#3 knife handle

Crile forceps/clamps, curved or straight

Category: cutting & dissecting other names: #3 handle, scalpel handle Use(s): knife handles are used to hold various blades to create scalpel. Scalpels are used to make skin incisions or whenever a fine precision cut is necessary. #7 knife handle

Category: clamping and occluding Other names: hemostat, snap, clamp, Kelly Use(s): is used to occlude bleeders before cauterization or ligation. halstead mosquito forceps/clamps

Category: clamping and occluding Category: cutting and dissecting Use(s): is used when precision cutting is needed in a confined space or a deep wound. Backhaus towel clamp (penetrating) Other names: Mosquito, Hartman Use(s): is used to occlude bleeders in small or superficial wounds before cauterization or ligation. Used often for delicate or small confined procedures. Some examples are plastics, pediatrics, thyroid, and hand procedures. Allis intestinal forceps

Category: grasping and holding Other names: Roeder towel clip, Jones. Use(s): is used for holding towels in place when draping, when grasping tough tissue, and during reduction of small bone fractures.

Category: grasping and holding Use(s): is used for lifting, holding, and retracting slippery dense tissue that is being removed. Commonly used for tonsils; for vaginal, breast, and thyroid tisse; or for grasping bowel during resection.

Babcock intestinal forcep

Mayo-Hegar needle holder

Category: grasping and holding Use(s): is used for grasping and encircling delicate structures such as ureters, fallopian tubes, bowel, ovaries, and appendix. Schnidt tonsil forceps/clamps

Category: suturing and stapling Use(s): is used for holding heavy needles when suturing. DeBakey tissue forceps

Category: grasping and holding Category: clamping and occluding Other Names: Adson, Schnidt Use(s): is used for clamping small vessels in a deep wound or holding tonsil sponges. Foerster sponge forcep Other Names: DeBakey's, DeBakes Use(s): grasps numerous types of tissue; commonly used in cardiac and vascular surgery Russian tissue forceps

Category: grasping and holding Category: grasping and holding Other Names: Fletcher, sponge stick, ring forceps Use(s): is used to create a sponge stick, for grasping tissues such as the lungs, or for removing uterine contents. Other Names: Star, Russian star Use(s): grasps dense tisses and used during wound closer.

plain Adson tissue forceps

curved Mayo scissors

Category: grasping and holding Other Names: Adson dressing forceps Use(s): grasps delicate tissue toothed Adson tissue forceps

Category: cutting and dissecting Other Names: heavy tissue scissors Use(s): dissect or undermine heany fibrous tissues curved Metzenbaum scissors

Category: grasping and holding Other Names: Adson w/teeth Use(s): aligns the edges of the wound during stapling of the skin; grasps superficial tissues so that Steri-Strips can be placed. straight Mayo scissors Category: cutting and dissecting Other Names: Metz, tissue scissors Use(s): dissect and undermine delicate tissue Yankauer suction tip

Category: cutting and dissecting Other Names: suture scissors Use(s): are used to cut suture richardson-eastman retractor Category: suctioning and aspirating Other Names: tonsil suction tip, oral Use(s): is used for suctioning in all types of wounds. Allows effective suction w/out aspiration damage to the surrounding tissue.

Poole suction tip

richardson retractor

ribbon retractor Category: suctioning and aspirating Other Names: abdominal sucker Use(s): suctioning large amounts of blood and/or fluids from a body cavity. The inner cannula of this suction tip can be used to suction down the shaft of the femur during a total hip replacement procedure. Weitlaner retractor

army-navy retractor

deaver retractor Category: retracting and exposing Use(s): holds wound edges open Description: self-retaining finger-ringed instrument w/a ratchet/release device on the shanks, which holds them open in the wound. the tip has three outwardcurved prongs on one side and four on the other side that may be sharp or dull. gelpi retractor Balfour w/bladder blade & wing nut

Harrington sweetheart retractor