Freer Elevator
Shaped for blunt
dissection and
tissue manipulation
in small spaces. It
is often used with a
small ball of bone
wax on it's tip, to
aide in bone
hemostasis, in hard
to reach areas.
Gouge
Blade edge of the
gouges are not flat,
but curved or
angled. It is used to
scoop soft bone
and tissues.
Cobb Elevator
This is a blunt ended
instrument. It is used
commonly for dissections
in orthopedic and spine
procedure. It is can be
used to retract tissues
and scrape bones.
Allis Clamp
The allis clamp has a
scissor-like handle
and small teeth at
the gripping end.
It is used for
grasping soft
tissue.
Needle Holders
This has a scissor
like handle, a
ratchet-locking
mechanism and is
used for and
holding needles.
They are mostly
used for holding the
lead needle in
suturing.
Iris Scissors
These are small,
sharp scissors
designed for cutting
tissue.
Kelly Artery Forceps
Artery Forceps are
instruments designed to
handle, grasp or compress
tissues or organs, including
arteries. These tools can
either hold the artery in
place or close off the
artery, depending on the
circumstances. They can
lock and are sometimes
referred to as clamps. They
are characterized by teeth
that cover the clamping
surface from the tip MOST
of the way up the gripping
area.
Volkmann Retractor
The end of the
volkmann retractor
consists of five or six
curved finger like
extensions with sharp
tips. The base is a
single handle. The
volkmann is a hand
held tissue retractor
used during surgeries
to separate tissues
inside of incisions.
Army/Navy Retractor
The army navy is a
double ended hand
held retractor. The
blades are different
lengths to be used
for incisions of
different depths. It
is used to hold
back tissue during
procedures.
Jansen Mouth Gag
This instrument is a
self-retaining
retractor that has a
looped handle and
a ratchet lock
mechanism and
has two curved
plates to grasp
tissue.
Pituitary Grabbers
These have a trigger pull action. The grabbing end
has a hinged mouth that acts like a jaw and
pinches and rips tissue when the handle is
squeezed closed.
Beckmann Adson Forceps
These forceps are
one of the most
basic instruments.
It comes with or
without teeth and is
used to grasp and
manipulate tissue.
Allis Clamp
This instrument uses
its two small feet to
grab and clasp
tissue using a
ratchet locking
mechanism and
scissor grips on the
long handle.
Pratt T-Shaped Forceps
Standard handle with a
locking mechanism.
The grips consists of
two metal crescents
that when squeezed
closed come together
to form an "O". These
are used for tissue
grabbing.
Skin Marker
This is a purple pen specialized to writes on
skin and tissue. The ink is tough enough
to not wash off under betadine during
surgery and it is non-permanent so it will
not stain clothes.
Assorted Probes/Nerve Hooks
Slender medical
instruments used
especially for
exploration inside
of patients. They
often have pointed
metal tips for
pointing and
probing as well as
minimal tissue
manipulation.
Kerrison Rongeur
The kerrison rongeur
is used to remove
soft bone and
tissue. It takes
small 'bites’. It
comes in various
sizes and bite
angles. The top
portion of the body
slides forward to
create the cutting
surface.
Bone Rongeur
These are designed to chip, crack, or cut away
bone and rip through tough tissue such as
cartilage. It comes in either single action (one
joint) or double action (two moving joints).
Miscellaneous Retractors
These hand held
retractors come in
all shapes and
sizes and are used
to hold back tissue
so that surgeons
can operate on a
point of interest
without skin and
muscle getting in
the way.
Curette
These are slender
instruments whose
proximal end is disk
or ice cream scoop
shaped. They are
used for removing
excess bone
cement and
tissues. They come
in straight as well
as forward and
back angled.
Metzenbaum Scissors
These scissors are
designed for cutting
tissue fibers as well
as muscle and
other tissues. They
are blunt on the
end and come in
straight and curved.
Mayo Scissors
These scissors are
used for
preparation of soft,
cut able surgical
supplies like some
implants and
drapes. They have
a wider, duller
blade specialized
for cutting those
things.
Stitch Scissors
These scissors are
specialized for
cutting suture string
and are
characterized by
the curved notch on
one of the blades to
catch and hold the
string in order to
cut in the proper
place.
Lamina Spreaders
This instrument is
used primarily for
distracting space
between vertebral
bodies and other
bony structures. It
does that by using a
ratchet or spin in
lock and wide, flat
arms that distribute
pressure across a
wide surface.
Gauze
Cotton pads used to absorb fluids (often
blood) from patients or specimens. Also
referred to as four by fours.
Sutures
Sterile, individually
packaged piercing
needles of different
diameters and
points attached to a
thread that may be
made of various
polymers used to
sew tissues
together. Different
threads serve
different purposes.
Scalpel
The most basic and essential surgical tool in
any lab. It comes in many sizes, but the
standard 3 are size 10, 11, and 15. 10 and
15 are the same shape, but different sizes,
and 11 has a shape of its own.
Coband
A self-adhesive
dressing used to
wrap bandages or
conceal parts of a
specimen, e.g. the
sutured top of a
cadaveric foot.
Syringe Tips
Individually sealed, usually sterile
hypodermic needle tips of various
gauges and lengths which can be
attached to syringes.
Beckman Eaton Retractor
A large self-retaining
retractor often used
in laminectomies to
hold back
epidermal and
muscle tissues.
The hands consist
of 6 sharp fingers
on individually
articulating swing
arms.
Beckman Adson Retractor
A large self-retaining
retractor often used
in laminectomies to
hold back
epidermal and
muscle tissue, very
similar to a
Beckman Eaton
retractor, but with 4
fingers per arm.
Cuptooth Laproscopy Grabbers
This instrument looks like a set of jaws with
teeth that move when the scissor triggers
are squeezed or released. They are used
for grasping and ripping tissue during
endoscopic procedures.
Mixter Forceps
A large set of forceps
with a grasping end
consisting of two 90
degree turns in
order to work
around important
vessels and
organs.
Rotating Rongeur
This is a kerrison rongeur that is
specialized with a rotating head that
allows for bites at any angle simply by
twisting the head shaft.
DeBakey Forceps
These forceps are
very similar to the
beckman adison
forceps with the
exception that they
are much larger
and have a short
row of small teeth
to aid the grip.
Ball And Socket Clamps
These clamps
lock together in
order to hold
gauze pads or
towels so that
they can be
held onto while
absorbing
fluids inside of
specimens or
patients.
Backhaus Towel Clamp
This is another tool
used to hold towels
and gauze during
procedures. It is
characterized by
two sharp points
that lock with the
points touching.
Ring Curette
This instrument is
designed to scrape
and cut tissue off of
patients and
specimens using
sharpened ends
designed to slice.
Gall Stone Forceps
These forceps are specialized
for grabbing small, rock like
substances with it’s open
oval shaped tips.
Kidney Clamp
A large set of clamps
that are named due
to the shape of the
tip of the graspers.
Kocher Forceps
Medium sized
forceps used to
hold tissue,
needles and small
surgical implants.
Characterized by
it’s long clasping
jaw with teeth that
cover the entire
‘bite’ surface.
Bandage Scissors
Serrated scissors
with blades at an
angle to the
handles, useful for
cutting drapes and
zip-ties, traditionally
used for cutting
through bandages
and coband.
Bone Saw
A hack saw specialized to downsize and
cut through sections of specimens and
bone.
Rib Cutters
Useful for cutting ribs
or other relatively
small, porous
bones such as
fingers or toes.
Osteotomes
Surgical instrument that has a sharp cutting
edge used in conjunction with a mallet,
often to cleave very hard tissues such as
bone.
Surgical Tape
Lightly adhesive
tape often used
to attach
dressings to
specimens or
hold drapes
together.
Mallets
Instruments used in
conjunction with
osteotomes.
Comes in many
sizes and shapes
for different
applications.
Cleaning/Viraguard Spray
This spray is used
frequently in the lab
due to its ability to
clean up blood and
various other stains
because of enzymes
within the solution.
Often used on tables
and non submergible
surfaces.
Chux
Small, absorbent
drapes often used
to dress patients or
specimens to
absorb small
quantities of blood
or other fluids
Viraguard Wipes
General purpose
disinfecting wipes,
commonly used to
clean undraped
tables and
countertops
BioGone Spray
Sprays are often antimicrobial as well as
full of enzymes that
target bad smells
and are primarily
used reduce the
intensity of
unpleasant smells
due to specimen
aging and decomp.
Drapes
Sheets of fiber with
one plastic-coated
side. One side of
the drape is an off
color grey and the
other is a “sterile”
blue. The grey,
non-absorbent
plastic side should
be faced toward the
patient or specimen
with the sterile side
out.
Mosquito Clamp
A small clamp that is
slightly curved and
is used to hold
delicate tissues or
compress bleeding
vessels during
surgeries.
Senn Retractor
A hand-held retractor
often used in hand
and foot surgeries,
it is characterized
by its solid blade
end on one side
and the forked,
curled fingers on
the other end.
Gelpi Retractor
A self-retaining spreader
used for relatively small
surgical sites. This
instrument is
distinguishable due to the
ends of its arms being
sharp points to grip tissue.
Cerebellar Retractor
A self-retaining
retractor with short
prongs used to
keep various
tissues pulled back.
It is special in that
its arms have four
sharp, hooked
fingers per side.
Weitlaner
A self-retaining
retractor with short
prongs used to
keep various
tissues pulled back.
This is similar to
cerebellar
retractors, but the
main difference is
that the weitlaner
fingers are blunt
and are 3 on one
hand and 4 on the