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Snook Spay Hook
used to grab uterine horns during spay
Backhaus Towel Clamp
-most common
-penetrating tips, box lock, ring handles
Roeder Towel Clamp
-penetrating w/balls; prevents going too deep
Jones Towel Clamp
-penetrating, but lighter weight
Lorna (Edna) Towel Clamp
-non-penetrating
-ideal for drape to drape
Bard-Parker Scalpel Handle
-two size varieties, 3&4
-#3 is most common
Halsted Mosquito Hemostatic Forceps
-small jaws
-horizontal serrations along entire tip
Kelly Hemostatic Forceps
-wider horizontal serrations, half way down the jaw
Rochester-Carmalt Hemostatic Forceps
-horizontal(whole length) and vertical(tip) serrations
Metzenbaum Dissecting Scissors
-delicate dissection only
-thinner, finer, more delicate
-blades are thin, ¼ length of instrument
-shaft is long and thin
Mayo Dissecting Scissors
-cutting large muscle masses, cartilage, or any non-delicate tissue
-heaviest, thickest
-Blades are thick, 1/3 length of instrument
Allis Tissue Forceps
-used for grasping to be removed from the body
-very traumatic
Adson-Brown Thumb Tissue Forceps
-tips have 2 parallel rows of nine shallow teeth on both tips
Adson 1×2 Thumb Tissue Forceps “rat tooth“
-1 tooth on one tip, 2 teeth on the other
Olsen-Hegar Needle Holder
-needle holders at the tip, scissors at the jaw
Mayo-Hegar Needle Holders
-no scissors
U.S. Army (U.S. Navy)
-handheld
-no teeth, little tissue trauma
Senn Retractors
-handheld
-one end is a narrow blunt blade, other is toothed and traumatic
Gelpi Retractor
-self-retaining
-very traumatic, single pointed tips
Weitlaner Retractor
-self-retaining
-teeth can be blunt or sharp
Balfour Retractor
-self-retaining
-2 blades opening laterally, 1 cranially
-soft tissue, abdomen
Poole Suction Tip
-remove large volumes
-inner piece can be used alone
-outer basket aids in dispersing suction
Frazier Suction Tip
-single tube with 1 hole, and often a thumb hole to control suction
Yankauer Suction Tip
-all purpose single tube tip
Suture Removal Scissors
Lister Bandage Scissors
Crile Hemostatic Forceps
-used for clamping medium sized vessels, or small masses
-usually larger than kelly
Ferguson Angiotribe Forceps
-not true hemostat
-used on large vessels, and any tissue not viable to the body
