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Simpson-Luikart Forceps Category: Grasping/Holding Usage: aid in delivery of fetus |
Tissue Forceps w/teeth (Rat-tooth) Category: Grasping/Holding Usage: grasping, holding, & manipulating skin and other dense tissue
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Tissue Forceps w/out Teeth Category: Grasping/Holding Usage: used to grab dressing's, packing, or drapes without using hands |
Alm Category: Retracting/Viewing Usage: soft tissue retraction in small bone and joint procedures |
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Balfour w/Attachments Category: Retracting/Viewing Usage: to hold open the abdominal walls during surgery |
Deaver Category: Retracting/Viewing Usage: to hold abdominal or chest incision open; deep tissue retractor as in liver, stomach, duodenum, etc.
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DeLee Category: Retracting/Viewing Usage: used to retract the bladder during C-Section |
Gelpi Category: Retracting/Viewing Usage: used in perineal area, spinal muscle, or orthopedic procedures |
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Giles Skin Hook Category: Retracting/Viewing Usage: used for holding back the edges of skin during intranasal and pharyngeal procedures. |
Goelet Category: Retracting/Viewing Usage: used for holding back tissue from small, superficial incisions. |
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Green Category: Retracting/Viewing Usage: used in thyroidectomy and other procedures in the neck. |
Greenberg Category: Retracting/Viewing Usage: used during craniotomy; neurosurgery and microsurgeries |
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Harrington Category: Retracting/Viewing Usage: used to hold back tissue and organs deep in the abdominal region. |
Heiss Category: Retracting/Viewing Usage: retracting skin during hand surgery; holding back skin from small shallow incisions. |
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Israel Category: Retracting/Viewing Usage: used to retract heavy tissue in orthopedic surgery |
Jennings Mouth Gag Category: Retracting/Viewing Usage: used to hold the mouth open when working in the oral cavity; force the mouth open when it cannot open naturally |
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Joseph Hook (double) Category: Retracting/Viewing Usage: used for holding back the edges of skin during intranasal and pharyngeal procedures. |
Kelly Category: Retracting/Viewing Usage: to actively separate the edges of a surgical incision or wound; can hold back underlying organs and tissues, so that body parts under the incision may be accessed. |
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McIvor Mouth Gag Category: Retracting/Viewing Usage: used for tongue displacement and opening of the mouth appropriately. |
Murphy (3 prong rake) Category: Retracting/Viewing Usage: exposing superficial wounds |
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O-Sullivan-O-Connor Category: Retracting/Viewing Usage: retracting the abdominal or pelvic wallin Gynecology. |
Ochsner (ribbon) Category: Retracting/Viewing Usage: is used to retract deep wounds. May be bent to various shapes. |
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Omni Category: Retracting/Viewing Usage: exposing underlying structures during vascular procedures |
Pillar Retractor/Dissector Category: Retracting/Viewing Usage: used in oral procedures and tonsillectomies; ENT |
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Ragnell Category: Retracting/Viewing Usage: Used to approxiate the ribs & hold them until sutures are placed & secured; exposing superficial wound |
Richardson Category: Retracting/Viewing Usage: used to hold multiple layers of deep tissue back during chest or abdominal surgery. |
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Senn Category: Retracting/Viewing Usage: used to retract primarily surface tissue. It is often used in plastic surgery, small bone and joint procedures, or thyroidectomy and dissection of neck tissue. |
Army/Navy Category: Retracting/Viewing Usage: used to expose surface layers of skin, commonly in plastic surgery procedures. |
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Vein Category: Retracting/Viewing Usage: used to expose surface layers of skin, commonly in plastic surgery procedures. |
Volkmann Category: Retracting/Viewing Usage: To retract, expose or hold back tissue, muscle, organs or bone for surgical exposure; GS/Ortho |
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Weitlaner Category: Retracting/Viewing Usage: used for holding wounds open so the surgeon can do repairs below |
Wieder Category: Retracting/Viewing Usage: Used to hold mucoperiosteal flaps, cheeks, lips and tongue away from the surgical area |
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Andrews-Pynchon Category: Suctioning Usage: suctioning fluid and bloodlength |
Ferguson-Frazier Category: Suctioning Usage: suctioning small quantities of fluid; suctioning in small areas; ENT; Neuro |
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Poole Category: Suctioning Usage: suctionuse: suctioning large quantaties of fluid/ bloodlength from abdominal cavity |
Yankauer Category: Suctioning Usage: suctioning fluid or blood; may be used to suction smokelength |
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Spring Category: Retracting/Viewing Usage: retract abdominal tissue |
Castroviejo Category: Suturing/Stapling Usage: used for holding small, delicate needles in various microsurgical procedures; commonly used for suturing corenoscleral wounds |
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Crile-Wood Category: Suturing/Stapling Usage: used to hold and guide small to medium size needles and suture materials. |
Derf Category: Suturing/Stapling Usage: Needle holders are used to hold a suturing needle for closing wounds during suturing surgical procedures |
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Heaney Needle Holder Category: Suturing/Stapling Usage: used for light to medium weight suturing, most commonly in gynecological procedures such as vaginal and abdominal hysterectomy, and dilation and curettage |
Intraluminal Stapler Category: Suturing/Stapler Usage: anastomosing bowel to the stomach or bowel to bowel length |
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Ligating Clips Category: Suturing/Stapling Usage: are intended for marking or ligating of any tissue structures or vessels |
Ligating Cutter Category: Suturing/Stapling Usage: are intended for marking or ligating of any tissue structures or vessels |
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Linear Cutter: Category: Suturing/Stapling Usage: 3-D surgical staple technology delivering superior hemostasis.* It is a sterile, single-patient-use instrument that simultaneously staples and divides tissue. It may be used for transection, resection, and the creation of anastomoses. |
Linear Stapler Category: Suturing/Stapling Usage: used in abdominal surgery, thoracic surgery, gynecology and pediatric surgery. Generally, the stapler is used for resection and transection of organs or tissues. |
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Mayo-Hegar Category: Suturing/Stapling Usage: a series of cylindrical bougies of graduated sizes used to dilate the cervical canal. |
Ryder Category: Suturing/Stapling Usage: is commonly used with very small suture needles in cardiovascular, plastic, and neurosurgical procedures. |
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Skin Stapler Category: Suturing/Stapling Usage: used to close wound and are also used in vertical banded gastroplasty surgery |
Webster Needle Holder Category: Suturing/Stapling Usage: to hold a suturing needle for closing wounds during suturing and surgical procedures. |
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Backhause Perforating Towel Clip Category: Accessory Usage: for grasping tissue, securing towels or drapes and holding or reducing small bone fractures. |
Grooved Director Category: Accessory Usage: is commonly used in examining the mouth of a pediatric patient. It is also used in the treatment of ankyloglossia, or tongue tie. |
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Peers Non-Perforating Towel Clip Category: Accessory Usage: to secure instruments, surgical materials such as tubing, and towels to the drape |
Probe: Category: Accessory Usage: used to explore a wound or body cavity. |
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Foerster Sponge Stick Category: Accessory Usage: used in surgical procedures to hold gauze squares that will absorb excess fluids and blood from the surgical site or hemostasis. |
Crile (Curved) Category: Clamping/Occluding Usage: used to clamp blood vessels or tag sutures. |
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Crile (Straight) Category: Clamping/Occluding Usage: used for clamping blood vessels or tissue before cauterization or ligation. They may also be used for soft tissue dissection typically no deeper than 6-8 inches or in Laparotomy procedures. |
Diethrich Category: Clamping/Occluding Usage: used for halting blood flow in a vessel. They are most commonly used in cardiovascular. |
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Gemini Category: Clamping/Occluding Usage: used for clamping vessels and occluding tissue. They are frequently used in vascular and cardiothoracic procedures. |
Halstead Mosquito (Straight & Curved) Category: Clamping/Occluding Usage: straight or curved hemostatic forceps used to hold delicate tissue or compress a bleeding vessel. |
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Heaney Category: Clamping/Occluding Usage: used for grasping uterine ligaments during vaginal hysterectomy procedures. |
Heaney-Ballentine Category: Clamping/Occluding Usage: used for grasping uterine ligaments during vaginal hysterectomy procedures. |
