Patent ID: 8182478

Claim:
An electrosurgical instrument, comprising a handle with a first handle member and a second handle member; and a tool head with a first tool limb and a second tool limb, wherein the first and second tool limbs are each fastened with respective first pivot joints to an at least partially insulated joint bearing, the first handle member together with the first tool limb forming a first conducting path and the second handle member together with the second tool limb forming a second conducting path which is electrically separated from the first conducting path, and wherein the handle members are each attached with respective second pivot joints to the joint bearing without crossing over each other; the tool limbs are also fastened with the respective first pivot joints without crossing over each other, the first tool limb is coupled via a first coupling to the first handle member such that a pivot movement about the second pivot joint of the first handle member results in a contrary rotary movement about the first pivot joint of the first tool limb; and the second tool limb is coupled via a second coupling to the second handle member such that a pivot movement about the second pivot joint of the second handle member results in a contrary rotary movement about the first pivot joint of the second tool limb.