Electrosurgical cutting and coagulation e. g. for general surgery, urology, gynaecology, cardiothoracic surgery, vascular surgery, orthopaedics and neurosurgery. The LIGATION sealing function allows time-saving, gentle and efficient surgery with re-usable instruments. In addition to bipolar resection applications in urology and gynaecology, other programs for achieving indication-specific results are also available, e. g. for neurosurgery and cardiothoracic surgery.