Patent ID: 6932815

Claim:
A coagulation clamp ( 1 ) comprising clamp jaws ( 4 ) and having two projections ( 2 b or 2 c , 2 d ) that impinge on the clamp jaws directly or indirectly and that can be pivoted relative to one another at a common joint ( 2 ) via hand grips ( 3 ), the projections being coated or covered at least partly with insulating material ( 5 ) in an area of the joint, and each being connected directly or indirectly with a high-frequency terminal (HF) and insulated from one another in the joint ( 2 ), and the projections being situated adjacent to joint openings ( 6 ), through which a joint axle ( 7 ) runs, the joint openings ( 6 ) are covered with an insulation that surrounds the joint axle ( 7 ) in a position of use, and the joint axle ( 7 ) includes a sleeve ( 71 ) and an insert ( 72 ) located therein in telescoping fashion, the insert ( 72 ) extending, on a side of the sleeve ( 71 ) facing away from an insertion side, up to or into an opening ( 9 a ) of a termination ( 9 ) of the sleeve ( 71 ), or protruding past the termination at an end face thereof, and being fixedly connected or welded with the sleeve termination ( 9 ).