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
Back
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.