Surgical Tools

Function: To clamp or occlude small capillaries or vessels that have been cut or are about to be cut

Hartman Mosquito Forceps

Function: To clamp small vessels that must be occluded, crushed, or held firmly in place

Halsted Mosquito Forceps

Function: To occlude vessels such as small uterine horns or small-to-medium sized blood vessels.

Crile Forceps

Function: To occlude small-to medium-sized vessels.

Kelly Forceps

Function: To clamp large tissue bundles that have a lumen or contain blood vessels. When the instrument is placed perpendicular to the blood Vessel, it occludes the vessel and prevents the blood from flowing. The other hemostats with their transverse grooves can allow blood or body fluids to continue flowing

Rochester Carmalt Forceps

Function: To clamp blood vessels or to control large tissue bundles.

Rochester-Péan Forceps

Function: To clamp blood vessels or to grasp tissue.

Rochester-Ochsner Forceps

Function: To powerfully crush and create a fold in the tissues to which it is applied. It is often included in spay packs because it can be applied to uterine horns and spermatic cords.

Ferguson Angiotribe Forceps

Function: To grasp skin and other dense tissues to place sutures. Forceps of this description can cause extensive damage to delicate tissues.

Tissue Forceps (Rat-Tooth Forceps)

Function: To pick up, hold, and maneuver delicate tissues.

Adson Tissue Forceps

Function: To pick up, hold, and maneuver delicate tissues.

Brown-Adson Tissue Forceps

Function: To grasp inanimate objects such as dressings or nonviable tissues; this type of forceps causes significant damage to viable tissues.

Dressing Forceps

Function: To hold with maximal power. However, it can cause tissue trauma in the process.

Allis Tissue Forceps

Function: To grasp or encircle delicate tissue, such as intestines or uterus, without crushing or traumatizing it.

Babcock Intestinal Forceps

Function: To apply the final paint of Betadine solution to a surgical site or to handle sterile dressings to provide hemostasis. Its length allows the user to reach far into a body cavity.

Forester Sponge-Holding Forceps

Function: To secure the drapes to a patient’s skin by means of a small puncture. This forceps can also be used to grasp tough tissues and reduce small bone fractures

Backhaus Towel Forceps

Function: To secure drapes to the patient’s skin by means of a small puncture.

Jones Towel Forceps

Scalpel Handles—#3, #4, and #8

Scalpel Blades—#10, #11, #12, #15,

#20, #23

Groove Director

Snook’s Ovariectomy Hook

Half-Circle Taper-Point Suture Needle

(Ferguson)

Half-Circle Cutting-Edge Suture

Needle

Half-Curved Cutting-Edge Suture

Needle

Keith’s Abdominal Suture Needle

Postmortem Needle

Michel Wound Clip and Applying

Forceps

Michel Wound Clips

Keyes Dermal Punch

Young Tongue-Seizing Forceps

Presbyterian Hospital Occluding

Forceps

Alligator Forceps

Mayo-Hegar Needle Holder

Olson-Hegar Needle Holder–Scissors

Combination

Metzenbaum Scissors

Mayo Scissors

Operating Scissors—Blunt-Blunt,

Sharp-Blunt, Sharp-Sharp

Wire Scissors

Straight Spencer Delicate-Stitch

Scissors

Straight Littauer Stitch Scissors

Lister Bandage Scissors

Knowles Bandage Scissors

Economy/Utility Bandage Scissors

Function: To hold open a wound or incision so that the surgeon can view underlying tissues.

US Army–Pattern Retractor

Function: To hold open a wound or incision so that the surgeon can view the underlying tissues.

Senn Rake Retractor

Function: To maintain muscle retraction during orthopedic surgery.

Weitlaner Retractor

Function: To maintain wound exposure during general surgery, orthopedic surgery, and neurosurgery

Gelpi Retractor

Function: To hold the abdominal wall open for the performance of surgical procedures.

Balfour Retractor

Function: To hold the ribs apart during thoracic surgery

Frazier Rib Spreaders

Function: To hold the ribs apart during thoracic surgery.

Tuffier Rib Spreader

Function: To hold the ribs apart during thoracic surgery.

Finochietto Rib Spreaders