SN Instruments what they do

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