Major Instrument Set

Major Instrument Set

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#7 Knife Handle

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Cards (40)

Section 1

(40 cards)

#7 Knife Handle

Front

Cutting and dissecting. Is used when precision cutting is needed in a confined space or a deep wound #7 knife handle holds blades 10, 11, 12 and 15

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Richardson-Eastman Retractor

Front

Retracting and Exposing. Double ended hand held retractor. One end blade is longer than the other end.

Back

Poole Suction Tip

Front

Suctioning & aspirating, Suctioning large amounts of blood and/or fluids from a bod cavity. The inner cannula of this suction tip can be used to suction down the shaft of the femur during a total hip replacement procedure. Can be disposable or reusable. Has two components: an outer sheath and an inner cannula

Back

Army-Navy Retractor

Front

Retracting and Exposing. Hand-held retractor (also US Retractor) Used to retract small incisions

Back

Curved Mayo Scissor

Front

Cutting and Dissecting, curved, heavy tissue

Back

Doyen Intestinal Clamp

Front

Clamping & Occluding, atraumatic clamp used during intestinal surgery. Small natural gap when closed.

Back

Kelly Clamp

Front

Clamping and Occluding, half serrated jaws; clamping blood vessels or tissues. Curved Kelly Clamp, or Straight Kelly Clamp

Back

Adson Brown Forceps

Front

Grasping forceps, A-traumatic thumb forceps Many teeth concentrate force Allows good grip with minimal trauma

Back

Crile Clamp

Front

Clamping and Occluding, hemostatic forceps with transverse grooves all the way down the tips, Straight Crile Clamp or Curved Crile Clamp. It is the most commonly used type. Alias: hemostat, tag, snap.

Back

Towel Clamp

Front

Holding. - may have sharp or atraumatic tips, (non-penetrating) - are various lengths from 3 to 6 1/2 inches. - used to hold drapes in place during surgery

Back

Russian Forceps

Front

Grasping and Holding Grasping dense tissue and used during wound closure Rounded tips with starburst pattern serrations

Back

Bonney Tissue Forceps

Front

Grasping and holding. Heavy forceps with teeth and serrated tips. Used for heavier tissue and facia.

Back

Senn Retractor

Front

Retracting and exposing. Is used to retract skin edges and deeper tissues of small incisions. Double-ended, hand-held retractor in which one end has three sharp or blunt claws and the other end is a small, narrow, lateral-bent blade

Back

Harrington Retractor

Front

Retracting and Exposing. Hand held retractor, flat, large curved blade with hollow hand grip for traction. Heat-sharped viscera protector at the tip to prevent perforation. Alias: Sweetheart.

Back

Peanut Dissectors

Front

Dissecting. Placed between the jaws of a curved hemostat for blunt tissue dissection.

Back

Richardson Retractor

Front

Retracting & Exposing, (hand-held) abdominal retractor varying in blade size.

Back

Thumb Forceps

Front

Grasping and holding. Also called smooth forceps vary in shape and size. The blades are tapered to a point and have small grooves at the tip.

Back

Peers Towel Clamp

Front

Clamping. Non-perforating towel clamp, used to secure towels over the surgical site

Back

Foerster Ring Forceps

Front

Edge Hemostasis and Grasping. Ringed handles with open oval serrated or smooth grasping edges. Shanks are straight or mildly curved at the box locks.

Back

Malleable Ribbon Retractor

Front

Retracting and Exposing, (hand-held) bendable retractor and may be shaped by the surgeon at the operative site.

Back

Mayo-Hegar Needle Holder

Front

Suturing. Ring handles with heavy jaws; Cross serrated with central notch. Used for intermediate to heavy weight suture.

Back

Debakey Forceps

Front

Grasping and Holding. Grasps numerous types of tissue. Commonly used in cardiac and vascular surgery. An atraumatic tissue forceps with an elongated, narrowed blunt tip. A set of parallel fine serrations runs the length of one jaw with a center row of serration on the opposite side that interlocks to grip when closed

Back

Yankauer Suction Tip

Front

Retracting and exposing Used for suctioning in all types of wounds. Allows effective suction without aspiration damage. A hollow plastic tube with a grip handle and a slightly bent shaft that terminates with a bulbous tip and large opening. May be metal reusable or disposable.

Back

Straight Mayo Scissors

Front

Cutting and dissecting. Used to cut suture Heavy scissors with straight blades

Back

#3 Knife Handle

Front

Cutting and dissecting. Knife handles are used to hold various blades to create a scalpel. Scalpels are used to make skin incisions or whenever a fine precision cut is necessary. #3 handle holds blades 10, 11, 12 and 15

Back

Murphy Rake Retractor

Front

Rectracting and Exposing. Hand held rake retractor

Back

Crile-Wood Needle Holder

Front

Suturing. Used for holding delicate to intermediate size needles when suturing Narrow rounded tip with crisscross gripping pattern in the inner jaws

Back

Allis Forceps

Front

Grasping and holding. Used to hold edge of tissue. Short interlocking teeth. Good for adipose tissue.

Back

Balfour Bladder Blade

Front

Bladder blade used with Balfour Retractor to retract and protect bladder during open abdominal procedures.

Back

Kocher Clamp

Front

Back

Backhaus Towel clamp

Front

Grasping; used to hold towels in place. Penetrating sharp tips

Back

Balfour Retractor

Front

Retracting & Exposing, -self-retaining -used to retract wound edges and internal organs during abdominal procedures

Back

Right Angle Clamp

Front

Clamping. Often used to pass things under structures or separate and dissect soft tissue structures

Back

Smooth Adson Forceps

Front

Grasping. Smooth forceps without teeth

Back

Electrosurgical Unit, ESU or Bovie

Front

Instrument powered by electrical current that incises and coagulates, generates current that is used to cut or coagulate tissue. Current flows from a generator to a device (active electrode) that delivers electric current to the surgical site through the patient or tissue and is channeled back to the generator via the dispersive (inactive)electrode (also referred to as a grounding pad).

Back

Mosquito Clamp

Front

Clamping and Occluding, to secure hemostasis of delicate tissue ( in plastic surgery and hand surgery) Straight Mosquito Clamp or Curved Mosquito Clamp , serrations along entire length of the jaw.

Back

Babcock Clamp

Front

Grasping and holding. A-traumatic curved, fenestrated blades without teeth used to grip or enclose delicate structures such as intestines, ureters, and fallopian tubes

Back

Rat Tooth Forcep

Front

Grasping and holding. Toothed forcep used to pick up intermediate to heavy tissue

Back

Cushing Forceps

Front

Grasping and holding, grasping fine tissue Cushing Forceps with a tooth; or may be Smooth Cushing Forceps w/o tooth

Back

Metzenbaum Scissor

Front

Cutting and Dissecting. Fine, lightweight scissor with blunt tips. Dissection of fine tissue. Can be curved or straight; standard, long or delicate.

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