Sugery Instruments

To pick up, hold, and maneuver delicate tissues

Adson/Rat Tooth Thumb Forceps

To pick up, hold, and maneuver delicate tissues

Adson Brown Thumb Forceps

Used on delicate tissue commonly used for thoracic, vascular, or neurologic procedures

Debakey Thumb Forceps

To secure the drapes to a patient’s skin by means of a small puncture. Can also be used to grasp tough tissue and reduce small bone fractures

Backhaus Towel Clamp

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

Jones Towel Clamp

Non-penetrating; ideal for securing second-layer drapes

Lorna Towel Clamp

To clamp small vessels that must be occluded, crushed, or held firmly in place. Traumatic

Halstead Mosquito Hemostatic Forceps

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

Crile Hemostatic Forceps

To occlude small to medium-sized vessels

Kelly Hemostatic Forceps

To powerfully crush and create a fold in the tissues to which it is applied

Ferguson Angiotribe Forceps

To clamp large tissue bundles that have a lumen or contain blood vessels. When placed perpendicular, it occludes the vessel and prevents blood flow

Rochester-Carmalt Hemostatic Forceps

To clamp and occlude large, dense blood vessels or to grasp and manipulate heavy tissues. Traumatic

Rochester Ochsner Hemostatic Forceps (Kocher Forceps)

To clamp large muscle/tissues, masses, or large vessels. Less traumatic than Rochester Oschner

Rochester-Pean Hemostatic Forceps

Holds suture needles, non-cutting

Mayo-Hegar Needle Drivers

Holds suture needle with scissors built in

Olsen-Hegar Needle Drivers

Allows for deep and precise grasping, minimizes tissue trauma and does not compromise blood flow

Doyen Intestinal Forceps

To grasp or encircle delicate tissue (intestines or uterus). Atraumatic

Babcock Intestinal Forceps

To hold with maximal power. However, they can cause tissue trauma in the process

Allis Tissue Forceps

To apply final paint of Betadine solution to a surgical suite or to handle sterile dressing. The length allows the user to reach far into a body cavity

Forester Sponge-Holding Forceps

To blunt-dissect or cut soft tissues

Metzenbaum Scissors

To perform blunt dissection and to cut through bulky connective tissues

Mayo Dissection Scissors

To remove sutures from an incision line or wound closure in small animals

Spencer Suture Removal Scissors

To cut suture material or other inanimate materials, i.e. fenestrated drapes

Operating Scissors

To remove bandages and other dressings

Knowles Bandage Scissors

To remove bandages and other dressings (more common)

Lister Bandage Scissors

To remove or break up small chunks of bone, cartilage, or fibrous tissue

Ruskin Bone Rongeur

To hold bone and bone fragments together for fixation with pins, screws, or plates. Care must be taken to avoid clamping this instrument too tightly as it could cause bruising to the bone

Kern Bone Holding Forceps

To cut bones

Liston Bone Fragment Reduction Forceps

To smooth off rough edges of bones

Bone Rasp

To set pins or to strike osteostomes (chisel) or any matter that requires pounding during surgery

Bone Chisel and Mallet

To cut through thick or heavy bone

Gigli Wire Saw and Handles

To cut through or shape bone

Osteostome

Manual drill to place intramedullary pins into the bone

Jacob’s Hand Chuck and Key

To facilitate fracture stabilization by placing a stainless-steel rod in the medullary cavity

Intramedullary Pins

To work under and lift the periosteum or soft tissues away from the bone

Periosteal Elevator

Used to cut wire

Wire cutters

To scrape out cancellous bone from the medullary cavity to perform bone grafts or to scrape joint disorder lesions

Bone Curette

Hand-held. To retract, expose, and hold back tissues, muscles, organs, and/or bones

Volkmann Retractor

Same as Volkmann Retractor

Ragnell Retractor

To hold open a wound or incision so that the surgeon can view the underlying tissue

Senn Retractor

Same as Senn Retractor

Army-Navy Retractor

To retract soft tissues at the margins of joints. Minimally invasive hip and knee surgeries

Hohmann Retractor

To maintain muscle retraction during orthopedic surgery

Weitlaner Retractor

To maintain wound exposure during surgery, orthopedic surgery, and neurosurgery

Gelpi Retractor

To hold the abdominal wall open for the performance of surgical procedures. 5 different configurations to set this instrument for various surgical incisions

Balfour Abdominal Retractor

To hold the ribs apart during thoracic surgery

Finochietto Thoracic Retractor

To remove large quantities of fluid, blood, and debris from surgical sites, especially during abdominal surgery

Poole Suction Tip

To remove oropharyngeal secretions in order to prevent aspiration, in addition, can be used to clear fluids and debris from the surgical field