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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 17, 2010
Dieter Weisshaupt, Immendingen, DE;
Anton Keller, Duerbheim, DE;
Christoph Rothweiler, Donaueschingen, DE;
Dieter Weisshaupt, Immendingen, DE;
Anton Keller, Duerbheim, DE;
Christoph Rothweiler, Donaueschingen, DE;
Aesculap AG, Tuttlingen, DE;
Abstract
The invention relates to improving a surgical system for connecting bodily tissues, comprising a surgical instrument having two tool elements displaceable relative to each other, each comprising an HF electrode defining a minimum distance from each other, opposite each other, and facing one another in an approach setting of the tool elements, wherein in order for simple and secure connecting of the tissue parts to be connected to each other, the invention proposes that at least one of the HF electrodes is divided into at least two electrode segments and that the at least two electrode segments are electrically insulated from each other.