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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 19, 2002
Filed:
Apr. 21, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Ludwig Bonnet, Knittlingen, DE;
Assignee:
Richard Wolf GmbH, Knittlingen, DE;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/818 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/818 ;
Abstract
The forceps serves for coagulating and severing the body tissue of a patient by way of a forceps jaw which consists of two jaw parts, is actuatable with a proximate handle for opening and closing and is located at the distal forceps end, wherein on the distal end section of a first jaw part a hook projects towards the second jaw part, said hook fixing the tissue, grasped between the jaw parts given a closed forceps jaw, in the forceps jaw. On the first jaw part additionally there is provided a proximally running web which proceeds directly from the hook and projects in the direction of the second jaw part.