Patent ID: 8100907

Claim:
A jawed surgical instrument fitted at a distal end with a jaw head which is affixed to a longitudinally elongated stem and which supports two mutually oppositely displaceable jaw parts, said jaw head being connectable by means of an actuation bar to one of two drive elements of a manipulating unit that are mutually oppositely displaceable in a stem direction, the other of said drive elements being connected to the stem, said jaw head comprising at least one electrode designed for tissue engagement and being electrically connected by means of the actuation bar to an electric cable issuing from said bar, the actuation bar and the jaw head being detachably connected to the manipulating unit, wherein the actuation bar and the jaw head are removable in a direction transverse to the stem direction or in a direction proximal and parallel to the stem, and wherein the electric cable is non-detachably affixed to the actuation bar.