Patent ID: 8177804

Claim:
Surgical instrument, comprising: a clamping device for holding and/or clamping tissue, a severing device for severing tissue, a handling device for actuating the clamping device and/or the severing device, the clamping device comprising at least one clamping member having a clamping surface and a clamping member opening, the severing device comprising a severing member movable at least partially into the clamping member opening, and a severing member guide device comprising an insert adapted to be inserted within the clamping member opening for guiding the severing member in the clamping member opening and for maintaining a spacing from inner side surfaces of the clamping member opening; wherein an electrical connection device is provided, which is electrically conductively connected to at least one of the at least one clamping member and the severing member; wherein the electrical connection device has three connecting contacts, a respective one of which is electrically conductively connected to a first clamping member and a second clamping member comprising the at least one clamping member and to the severing member, which are electrically insulated from one another.