Retracting and Exposing Instruments

-used to hold back or retract organs or tissue to gain exposure to the operative site. They are
either "self-retaining" (stay open on their own) or "manual" (held by hand). When identifying
retractors, look at the blade, not the handle.

A Deaver retractor (manual) is used to retract deep abdominal or chest incisions.

Available in various widths.

A Richardson retractor (manual) is used to retract deep abdominal or chest incisions.

An Army-Navy retractor (manual) is used to retract shallow or superficial incisions.

Other names: USA, US Army.

A goulet (manual) is used to retract shallow or superficial incisions.

A malleable or ribbon retractor (manual) is used to retract deep wounds. May be bent to
various shapes.

AWeitlaner retractor (self-retaining) is used to retract shallow incisions.

A Gelpi retractor (self-retaining) is used to retract shallow incisions.

A Balfour with bladder blade (self-retaining) is used to retract wound edges during deep
abdominal procedures.

Cutting and Dissecting Instruments

-are sharp and are used to cut body tissue or surgical supplies.

Knife Handle, Scissors (left to right)

7 handle with 15 blade (deep knife) - Used to cut deep, delicate tissue.
3 handle with 10 blade (inside knife) Used to cut superficial tissue.
4 handle with 20 blade (skin knife) - Used to cut skin.

#7, #3, #4 (left to right)

Straight Mayo scissors - Used to cut suture and supplies. Also known as: Suture scissors.

Curved Mayo scissors - Used to cut heavy tissue (fascia, muscle, uterus, breast).
Available in regular and long sizes.

Metzenbaum scissors - Used to cut delicate tissue. Available in regular and long sizes.

Clamping and Occluding Instruments

-are used to compress blood vessels or hollow organs for hemostasis or to prevent spillage of
contents.

A hemostat is used to clamp blood vessels or tag sutures. Its jaws may be straight or
curved. Other names: crile, snap or stat.

A mosquito is used to clamp small blood vessels. Its jaws may be straight or curved.

hemostat, mosquito (left to right)

A Kelly is used to clamp larger vessels and tissue. Available in short and long sizes. Other
names: Rochester Pean.

A burlisher is used to clamp deep blood vessels. Burlishers have two closed finger rings.
Burlishers with an open finger ring are called tonsil hemostats. Other names: Schnidt
tonsil forcep, Adson forcep.

A right angle is used to clamp hard-to-reach vessels and to place sutures behind or around
a vessel. A right angle with a suture attached is called a "tie on a passer." Other names:
Mixter.

A hemoclip applier with hemoclips applies metal clips onto blood vessels and ducts
which will remain occluded.

Grasping and Holding Instruments

-are used to hold tissue, drapes or sponges.

An Allis is used to grasp tissue. Available in short and long sizes. A "Judd-Allis" holds
intestinal tissue; a "heavy allis" holds breast tissue.

A Babcock is used to grasp delicate tissue (intestine, fallopian tube, ovary). Available in
short and long sizes.

A Kocher is used to grasp heavy tissue. May also be used as a clamp. The jaws may be
straight or curved. Other names: Ochsner.

A dissector is used to hold a peanut.

dissector

EX: Dissector holding a peanut

A Foerster sponge stick is used to grasp sponges. Other names: sponge forcep.

A Backhaus towel clip is used to hold towels and drapes in place. Other name: towel clip.

Backhaus towel clip

Large & small towel clips

Pick ups, thumb forceps and tissue forcepsare available in various lengths, with or
without teeth, andsmooth or serrated jaws.

Russian tissue forceps are used to grasp tissue.

Adson pick ups are either smooth: used to grasp delicate tissue; or with teeth: used to
grasp the skin.Other names: Dura forceps.

Long smooth pick-ups are called dressing forceps. Short smooth pick-ups are used to
grasp delicate tissue.

DeBakey forceps are used to grasp delicate tissue, particularly in cardiovascular surgery.

Thumb forceps are used to grasp tough tissue (fascia,breast). Forceps may either have
many teeth or a single tooth. Single tooth forceps are also called "rat tooth forceps."

Mayo-Hegar needle holders are used to hold needles when suturing. They may also be
placed in the sewing category.

short, medium & long (top to bottom)

Surgical sets used in:

Orthopedic Surgery
Minor Surgery
Major Surgery
Cesarean Section

Basic Orthopedic Surgery

Product Name

Qty

Metal Ruler 6"

Scalpel Handle #3

Scalpel Handle #4

Lister Bandage Scissors (One Large Ring) 8"

Operating Scissors S/S Str 5 1/2"

Operating Scissors S/B Str 5 1/2"

Operating Scissors S/B Cvd 5 1/2"

Stitch Scissors Standard 5 1/2"

Mayo Dissecting Scissors Str 6 3/4"

Mayo Dissecting Scissors Cvd 6 3/4"

TC Wire Cutting Scissors Angled 4 3/4"

Mixter Forceps Right Angle 7 1/4"

Kelly Forceps Str 5 1/2"

12

Kelly Forceps Cvd 5 1/2"

12

Rochester-Pean Forceps Cvd 7 1/4"

Rochester-Pean Forceps Str 7 1/4"

Dressing Forceps 5 1/2"

Dressing Forceps 8"

Tissue Forceps 1 x 2 Teeth 5 1/2"

Tissue Forceps 1 x 2 Teeth 8"

TC Mayo-Hegar NH Serr 7"

TC Mayo-Hegar NH Serr 8"

Allis Tissue Forceps 4 x 5 Teeth 6"

Allis Tissue Forceps 5 x 6 Teeth 7 1/2"

Needle Nose Pliers 5 1/2"

Bone/Cartilage Clamp Cvd 8"

Kern Bone Forceps w/o Ratchet Extra Small 5 3/4"

Kern Forceps 8 1/2"

Lewin Bone Forceps Serr 7"

Lowman Clamp Small Jaw

Lowman Clamp 1" x 1 1/2" Jaw 4 3/4"

Liston Bone Forceps Angled 7 3/4"

Stille-Liston Bone Forceps Str 10 1/2"

Beyer Rongeur Cvd on Flat 7"

Ruskin Rongeur Str 7 1/4"

Hajek Bone Mallet 8"

Hibbs Osteotome 10 mm 9 1/2"

Hibbs Osteotome 13 mm 9 1/2"

Hibbs Chisel 10 mm 9 1/2"

Hibbs Chisel 13 mm 9 1/2"

Key Elevator 1/4" x 7 1/2"

Key Elevator 1/2" x 7 1/2"

Sayre Elevator Double End Blunt 6 1/2"

Weitlaner-Beckman Retractor Sharp 6"

Weitlaner Retractor 3 x 4 Prong Sharp 6 1/2"

Backhaus Towel Clamp 3 1/2"

Backhaus Towel Clamp 5 1/4"

12

Frazier Suction Tube 8 French

Frazier Suction Tube 10 French

Frazier Suction Tube 12 French

Hibbs Retractor 7 1/2"

Senn Retractor Double End Sharp 6 1/4"

Senn Retractor Double End Blunt 6 1/4"

Metzenbaum Scissors Cvd 7"

Major Basic Surgery

Product Name

Qty

Metal Ruler 6"

Scalpel Handle #3

Scalpel Handle #4

Yankauer Suction Tube (Slip on End)

Weinstein Sterilizing Rack 11 "

Mayo Dissecting Scissors Str 5 1/2"

Mayo Dissecting Scissors Cvd 6 3/4"

Hartmann Mosquito Fcp Str Del Serr 3 1/2"

Hartmann Mosquito Fcp Cvd Del Serr 3 1/2"

Halsted Mosquito Forceps Str 5"

Halsted Mosquito Forceps Cvd 5"

Rochester-Pean Forceps Cvd 6 1/4"

Rochester-Pean Forceps Cvd 8"

Rochester-Pean Forceps Str 6 1/4"

Rochester-Pean Forceps Str 8"

Rochester-Ochsner Forceps Cvd 6 1/4"

Rochester-Ochsner Forceps Str 6 1/4"

Rochester-Ochsner Forceps Str 8"

Crile Forceps Str 5 1/2"

12

Crile Forceps Cvd 5 1/2"

12

Dressing Forceps 5 1/2"

Dressing Forceps 8"

Tissue Forceps 1 x 2 Teeth 5 1/2"

Tissue Forceps 1 x 2 Teeth 8"

Russian Tissue Forceps 8"

TC Mayo-Hegar NH Serr 6"

TC Mayo-Hegar NH Serr 7"

Operating Scissors S/B Str 5 1/2"

Operating Scissors S/B Cvd 5 1/2"

Stevens Tenotomy Scissors Cvd 4 1/4"

Probe Double End 6"

Probe w/ Eye 6"

Babcock Intestinal Forceps 6 1/4"

Babcock Intestinal Forceps 8"

Allis Tissue Forceps 4 x 5 Teeth 6"

Allis Tissue Forceps 5 x 6 Teeth 7 1/2"

Adson Brown Tissue Forceps 4 3/4"

Adson Forceps Serr 4 3/4"

Backhaus Towel Clamp 5 1/4"

12

Metzenbaum Scissors Cvd 9"

US Army Retractor (Set of 2) 8 1/2"

Richardson Retractor w/ -Grip Handle Medium

Richardson Retractor w/ -Grip Handle Large

Richardson-Eastman Retractor (Set of 2)

Deaver Retractor #2 1" x 13"

Deaver Retractor #0 1" x 9"

Deaver Retractor #3 1 1/2" x 12"

Deaver Retractor #4 2" x 12"

Zalkind Ribbon Retractor Malleable 3/4" x 7"

Zalkind Ribbon Retractor Malleable 1" x 13"

Zalkind Ribbon Retractor Malleable 1 1/2" x 13"

Senn Retractor Double End Sharp 6 1/4"

Senn Retractor Double End Blunt 6 1/4"

Balfour Abdominal Retractor 7"

Schnidt Hemostat Half Cvd Jaws 7 1/2"

Metzenbaum Scissors Cvd 7"

Foerster Sponge Forceps Str Serr 9 1/2"

Foerster Sponge Forceps Cvd Serr 9 1/2"

Minor Basic Surgery

Product Name

Qty

Scalpel Handle #3

Scalpel Handle #4

Yankauer Suction Tube (Slip on End)

Mayo Dissecting Scissors Cvd 5 1/2"

Mayo Dissecting Scissors Cvd 6 3/4"

Halsted Mosquito Forceps Str 5"

Halsted Mosquito Forceps Cvd 5"

Crile Forceps Str 5 1/2"

12

Crile Forceps Cvd 5 1/2"

12

Dressing Forceps 5 1/2"

Dressing Forceps 8"

Tissue Forceps 1 x 2 Teeth 5 1/2"

TC Mayo-Hegar NH Serr 6"

Operating Scissors S/S Str 5 1/2"

Mayo Dissecting Scissors Cvd 5 1/2"

Mayo Dissecting Scissors Cvd 6 3/4"

Probe Double End 6"

Allis Tissue Forceps 4 x 5 Teeth 6"

Adson Brown Tissue Forceps 4 3/4"

Backhaus Towel Clamp 5 1/4"

12

Frazier Suction Tube 8 French

Goelet Retractor Double End 1 1/4" x 1 1/2"

US Army Retractor (Set of 2) 8 1/2"

Zalkind Ribbon Retractor Malleable 3/4" x 7"

Senn Retractor Double End Sharp 6 1/4"

Senn Retractor Double End Blunt 6 1/4"

Metzenbaum Scissors Cvd 7"

Foerster Sponge Forceps Str Serr 9 1/2"

Foerster Sponge Forceps Cvd Serr 9 1/2"

Cesarean Section

Product Name

Qty

Mayo Dissecting Scissors Str 9"

Mayo Dissecting Scissors Cvd 9"

Masson Needle Holder 10 1/2"

TC Heaney Needle Holder Cvd 8 1/4"

Jackson Vaginal Retractor

Phaneuf Forceps Angular 8"

Hildebrandt Uterine Hemostatic Forceps 6 1/2"

DeLee OB Forceps 12"