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US 2004/0073208 A1Published application
Coagulation clamp
AssigneeSelect Medizin-Technik Hermann Sutter GmbH
InventorHermann Sutter
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AssigneeSelect Medizin-Technik Hermann Sutter GmbH
InventorHermann Sutter
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A coagulation clamp (1) has clamp jaws (4) and two projections (2b or 2c, 2d) that impinge on these jaws directly or indirectly and that can be pivoted relative to one another on a common joint (2) with the aid of hand grips (3). The projections are insulated in the area of the joint and each connected directly or indirectly with a high-frequency terminal (HF). Here, the joint openings (6) are coated with an insulation that surrounds the joint axle (7) in the position of use, this insulation usefully being formed by a respective insulating sleeve (8). The joint axle (7) is made up of a sleeve (71) and an insert (72) that can be placed therein in telescoping fashion and that has a press-fit seating and that, on the side of sleeve (71) facing away from the insertion side, extends up to or into an opening (9a) of a termination (9)of this sleeve (71) and is fixedly connected with this sleeve termination (9), preferably being welded thereto. This results in a stable joint (2) that can absorb large forces. Because both the sleeve (71) and its insert (72) can protrude past the clamp jaw (4) externally with a respective stop or flange (12 or 13), lateral or shear forces can also be absorbed effectively.
A coagulation clamp (1) comprising clamp jaws (4) and having two projections (2b or 2c, 2d) 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 (9a) 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).
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