Orthopedic Instruments

Orthopedic Instruments for Surgical Instruments

4mm Sheath And Sharp Obturator

The sharp tip is used to pass through tough tissue

Creates a port into which the endoscope is introduced and exchanged through a sheath or cannula

4mm Sheath With Blunt Obturator

A blunt tip is less traumatic on the tissues. Depending on the size of the joint, the tip can be of various sizes.

Creates a port into which the endoscope is introduced and exchanged through a sheath or cannula

Ablation Wand

A.k.a Cool cut wand

Use to clean up and smooth out meniscus and articular surfaces during an arthroscopy

Acufex Basket Punch

A surgical instrument used to grasp, cut, and remove tissue during arthroscopic procedures, featuring a basket-like design that allows for effective tissue manipulation.

Acufex Duckbill

A surgical instrument designed for arthroscopic procedures, featuring a duckbill-shaped tip that allows for precise tissue grasping and manipulation.

Alm Retractor

A surgical instrument used to hold back tissue or organs during surgery, providing better visibility and access to the surgical site.

Arterial Retractor

A surgical instrument used to hold back arteries during procedures, ensuring clear access to the surgical area and preventing accidental damage to blood vessels.

Arthroscopy Probe

A.K.A. Blunt Probe, blunt hook, knee scope probe

Use to examine and move tissues around inside the knee joint

Beckman Restractor

Finger-ringed instrument use for retraction in procedures involving deep tissue, such as a spine, and proximal femur fractures

Bennett Retractor

Smooth, solid grip-type handle with a downward curve used for retracting tissues during procedures involving large bones (e.g., the proximal or midshaft of the femur.

Blount Knee Retractor

Use for retracting tissue at a right angle. It is often used as a lever to retract. There is no pulling needed when holding this retractor

Blunt Hohmann Retractor

Use for retracting a small amount of tissue in a very tight area.

Bone Cement Gun/Injector

Use for injecting polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) bone cement during total joint procedures

Bone Cement System

Use for mixing the liquid (monomer) and powder (polymer) to produce bone cement, also known as PMMA

Bone File

A.K.A Rasp

Use for smoothing rough edges or surfaces of large bones

Bone Hook

Use for retracting bone or heavy tissue

Bone Tamp

Use to compact or wedge a structure into place (e.g. a bone wedge).

Browne Deltoid Retractor

A specialized surgical instrument used to retract the deltoid muscle and other soft tissues during shoulder and upper arm surgeries, providing better visibility and access to the surgical site.

Bruns Oval Bone Curettes

A.K.A Curettes

These are used for scooping out tissue or material from small, tight areas

Cannulated Pin Cutter

A.K.A Pin Cutter

Use for cutting wire or small pins, such as Kirschner wires (K wires) or Steinmann pins

Capsule retractor

A specialized instrument used to retract the capsule of a joint, enhancing visibility and access during orthopedic surgeries.

Chandler Retractor

A.K.A Chandler Elevator

Use for retracting bone and tissue

Charnley Retractor

A square-shaped frame with attachable blades is used during posterior hip surgeries to hold the wound open

Chuck and Key

A device used to hold and secure orthopedic instruments, typically in a powered drill or saw, ensuring stability during procedures.

Cobra Retractor

Smooth, solid grip-type handle with a downward-curved use for retraction of large areas of tissue. The large bend in the blade allows tissue to retract to be retracted far away from the field, allowing for better visualization

Cordless Driver 4

A.k.a CD4 power System

Use for cutting, drilling, or burring small bones

It is an all-in-one electrical-powered system that consists of sagittal, oscillating, and reciprocating saws, a micro drill, and a universal driver handpiece. The universal drivers are capable of pin and wire driving, sawing, drilling, tunneling, or reaming and have a variety of attachments, collets, and chucks that are used for specific purposes.

Crego Elevator

Thich handle that dissects or separates hard tissues (e.g., periosteum from bone).

Cushing Rongeur

Medium-sized handle with single hinge and short, oval, cup-shaped jaws use for removing pieces of bone and the soft tissues surrounding the bone

Depth Gauge

A surgical instrument used to measure the depth of bone tunnels or drill holes, ensuring accurate placement of implants during orthopedic surgeries.

Diamond Pin Cutter

A specialized surgical instrument used to cut and manipulate diamond pins or similar fixation devices, commonly utilized in orthopedic surgeries for precise bone alignment.

Also, cut K wires or Steinmann pins

Drill bit set

Use to drill holes in the bone, usually before the placement of a screw

Case ranges from 1.6 to 4.7 mm

Drill Guide

Provides a more precise drill hole. It is used to align the drill bit in the center of the hole in the plate, protects the soft tissue form damage, and prevents the drill from slipping and making a larger hole

Duckbill Straight Biter

Cuts and dissects tissue facing the surgeon

Duckbill Right and Left Biter

Cuts and dissects tissue during arthroscopy procedures

Endoscopic Camera

A specialized camera used in minimally invasive orthopedic surgeries to provide visual access to joints and soft tissues, allowing for real-time imaging and guidance during procedures.

Fiberoptic Lightcord

A flexible light source used in conjunction with endoscopic cameras, providing illumination during minimally invasive orthopedic surgeries to enhance visibility of surgical sites.

Freer Elevator

It lifts the periosteum from bone or retracts in confined spaces

Fukuda Humeral Head Retractor

A retractor used to hold the humeral head in place during shoulder surgeries, providing better access and visibility for the surgeon.

Gigli Saw

Type of saw used for cutting bone. A back-and-forth movement of the T handle slides the cable over the bone, creating a notch that continues though the bone. Often used for amputations and can be used to open the skull for craniotomies

Hibbs Retractor

A flattened, double-ended retractor is used for either deep or superficial areas. It is often used in large bone cases.

Humeral Head Retractor

A surgical instrument specifically designed to stabilize the humeral head during shoulder procedures, improving access for the surgeon.

Israel Rake Restractor

Handle with a teardrop opening with two prongs on the side use for retracting large amounts of tissue that usually does not involve bone

Jacobs Chuck And Key

Commonly used to hold rotating devices, such as the drill bit or a pin in a power tool. Some chucks can also hold irregularly shaped objects and those that lack radial symmetry. Often the jaws will be tightened be loosened with the help of a chuck key, which is a wrench-like device made to tighten or loosen the jaws

Kern Bone Holding Forceps

Use for manipulating bone fractures into place and for holding the fracture in alignment while plates and screws are placed. Also used during total joint procedures to grasp bone segments.

They are long, thin handles with a bar ratchet device between them to lock jaws in place.

Key Elevator

Octagonal handle that dissects or separates hard tissues (e.g., periosteum from bone).

Kirshner Wires

A steel wire is used for the fixation of bone fractures. These are often used on small bones such as phalanges, wrists, and ankles and are often placed percutaneously.

Lambotte Osteotome

A flattened stainless steel ribbon that used to cut or shape bone. The chisel is often used when harvesting a bone graft

Large Fragment Set

Set primarily used in orthopedic surgeries that involve small bones, such as fractures in the hand, wrist, and ankle, metacarpal fractures, phalangeal fractures, distal radius fractures, and ankle fractures.

Large Pin Cutter

A.K.A Bolt Cutter, rod cutter

Use for cutting heavy pins and rods

Lead hand

Often used during hand procedures to position the hand open for exposure

Lever Skid Humeral Head Retractor

during shoulder surgeries to effectively retract the humeral head (the ball of the shoulder joint) away from the glenoid cavity (the socket)

Lewin Bone Holding Forceps

Use for manipulating bone fractures into place and for holding the fracture in alignment while plates and screws are placed. Also used during total joint procedures to grasp bone segments

These are ringed handles with very sharp double-curved graspers

Liston Bone Cutting Forceps

A.K.A Large bone cutters

Use for cutting large bones

Little Scissors

Slightly curved, blunt-tipped, sharp blades use for fine tissue dissection

Lowman Bone Clamp

Use for holding the fractured bone in alignment while plates and screws are placed

Mallet

Use to impact and extract implants or exert force on osteotomies, chisels, gouges, stamps, and other specially designed instruments

Martin Cartilage Clamp

A.K.A Meniscus Clamp

Use grasping heavy tissues and cartilage. Use to grasp the meniscus for dissection during total knee arthroplasty

Miller Rasp

A.K.A as Small Rasp

Use for smoothing rough edges or surfaces of small bones.

Mini Hohmann Retractor

Flattened, smooth handle usedd for retracting tissue or bone in tight, small areas. It is often used during ORIF of the ankle

Murphy-Lane Bone Skid

Use for removing the femoral head from the joint during total hip anthrplasty

Needlenose pliers

Thin, single-action handles use to remove pins and hardware and twist wires.

Plate Bending Pliers

Use during open reduction internal fixation (ORIF) to bend the plate to conform to the contour of the bone in which it is being implanted

Plate Forceps

During an ORIF, these are used to hold the plate in alignment while drilling and screw placement take place

Pliers

A.K.A Channel Locks

Used to place or remove hardware and to grasp pointed trocar during drain insertion of deep wounds

Pulsavac

A wound debridement system that uses irrigation and suction to clean wounds. It's used in operating rooms, orthopedic surgeries, and wound care clinics. 

Pump Tubing

Attaches irrigation fluid bags to pump at one end, with the other end attached to the arthroscopic irrigation cannula

Putti Bone Rasp

A.K.A Rat tail or Putti-Platte rasp

Use or smoothing rough edge or surfaces of large bones

Ruler

Used to measure distances and ranges before surgery. They are used in many surgical specialties, including orthopedic, plastic, and reconstructive surgery. 

Ragnell Retractor

Use for retracting varying amounts of tissue of different depts in hands and wrist surgeries

Sharp Hohmann Retractor

Use for retracting a large area of tissue, usually close to bone

Shaver

Houses various shaver attachments to remove, trim, or burr tissue and bone

Small Fragment Set

A titanium plate and screw system that fuses locking screw technology with conventional plating techniques. The set was designed to maximize treatment options managing fractures requiring small fragment fixation, as well as, serve as the core system for additional anatomic implants.

Smooth Steinman Pins

A.k.a Smooth pins

These pins can be used for the fixation of bone fractures, bone reconstruction, and as a guide pin when placing implants and placing skeletal traction. These are often used on larger bones.

Still Bone Chisel

Flat, round impaction platform with a solid octagonal handle that is used to cut or shape bone. The chisel is often used when harvesting a bone graft

Still Bone Osteotome

Flat, round impaction platform with a solid octagonal handle that is used to cut or shape bone. The chisel is often used when harvesting a bone graft that is used

Stille Bone Gouge

Use to cut or scoop out a channel of bone

Still-Luer Rongeur

A.K.A Straight rongeur, large-mouthed rongeur

Used for large cases that require significant dissection or cleaning of the area

Stryker cd4

A cordless surgical power tool used to cut, drill, ream, and fixate bone and hard tissue. It's designed for general surgical use, but is also used in sports medicine and ortho trauma. 

Stryker Core System

A.ka. TPS System

Use for cutting, drilling, or burring small bones

It is an all-in-one electrical-powered system that consists of sagittal, oscillating, and reciprocating saws, a micro drill, and a universal driver handpiece. The universal drivers are capable of pin and wire driving, sawing, drilling, tunneling, or reaming and have a variety of attachments, collets, and chucks that are used for specific purposes.

Stryker System 6 Power

Use for cutting, reaming, or drilling large bones.

It contains an oscillating saw, a reciprocating sawm sternal saw, and a rotary handpiece. The rotary handpiece is used for reaming and drilling and has a variety of attachments and chucks that are used for specific purposes

SutureCut™ Needle Driver

Used for handling & driving needles; handling, tying, and cutting sutures. tines for measurement purposes. These lines differentiate the Large SutureCut™ Needle Driver from the Large Needle Driver. This reduces the likelihood of accidently cutting suture with the proximal blade.

Taylor Hip Retractor

A specialized surgical instrument employed in orthopedic and hip surgery. This handheld retractor is designed with a distinctive, adjustable blade mechanism, often resembling a butterfly's wings, to gently and precisely hold and retract tissues surrounding the hip joint.

Threaded Steinman pins use for

A.k.a Threaded pins

These pins can be used for the fixation of bone fractures, bone reconstruction, and as a guide pin when placing implants and placing skeletal traction. These are often used on larger bones

Townley Caliper

Use for measuring structures and distances. Commonly used for measuring the thickness of the patella before cutting its undersurface during a total knee arthroplasty

Universal Screwdriver Set

Use during the revision of total joint surgery in which screws were used, removal of bone plates, fracture fixation screws, or bone graft screws

Utility Scissors

A.K.A Bandage Scissors

Cut bandages, casting material, clothing, and other nonsterile items

Zaufel-Jansen Rongeur

A.K.A Small-mouthed rongeur

Use for removing pieces of bone and the soft tissues surrounding the bone