INSTRUMENTATION “THE TOOLS OF THE TRADE”

JOINT TYPES BOX, LAP, DOUBLE ACTION

FINGER RING HANDLES

BLADES – STRAIGHT OR CURVED

CLASSED BY USE/FUNCTION CUTTING/INCISING/DISSECTING CLAMPING/OCCLUDING GRASPING/HOLDING RETRACTING/EXPOSING SUTURING/STAPLING/CLIPPING SUCTIONING DILATING/PROBING SPECIAL– MICRO, SCOPES, POWER TOOLS, ELECTROCAUTERY,NERVE STIMULATORS

INSTRUMENT NAMING INVENTORS DOCTORS FUNCTION APPEARANCE NICKNAMES

SCALPEL BLADES

SCALPEL HANDLE #4 Blade seating area Pattern number Grooved grip area Shank

SCISSORS - STRAIGHT MAYO Blunt/blunt tips Screw lock Shanks Finger rings gold grip Tungsten carbide edge Beveled cutting blade

SCISSORS - METZENBAUM FINE blunt/blunt Tips Screw lock Shanks Finger rings Regular cutting edge

CLAMPING/OCCLUDING – HALSTED MOSQUITO HEMOSTAT, SNAP Fully serrated jaws Box lock Shanks Ratchet Finger rings

CLAMPING/OCCLUDING –

ROCHESTER PEAN JAWS

GRASPING HOLDING BACKHAUS TOWEL CLAMP (CLIP) Sharp points TRAUMATIC Box lock Shanks Ratchet

LORNA/EDNA TOWEL CLAMP

ALLIS CLAMP - ATRAUMATIC

KOCHER - TRAUMATIC

Dressing/Thumb Forceps ADSON FORCEPS Serrated tips Grooved grip area Spring part USE – Skin, Delicate Tissue

Dressing/Thumb Forceps Adson Brown Forceps 9x9 teeth Jaws Grooved grip area Spring part USE – Skin, Delicate Tissue Areas

HANDHELD RETRACTORS VOLKMAN RAKE RETRACTOR FINGER RETRACTOR Width - between points Depth - between tip/prong base Two sharp prongs Shaft Finger ring Finger rest

Self-Retaining Retractor BECKMANN-WEITLANER Hinges adjust - Backward and forward Shanks Screw lock Finger rings

STAPLER/CLIPS

NEEDLE HOLDERS DRIVERS Mayo Hegar NH Tungsten carbide insert Jaws Box lock Ratchet Finger rings

NEEDLE HOLDERS DRIVERS OLSEN-HEGAR NH Tungsten carbide insert Screw lock Shanks Finger rings Ratchet Scissor cutting blades

SUCTIONING INSTRUMENTS

PROBING/DILATING

MICRO INSTRUMENTATION Delicate Cutting Tips Grooved Grip Double leaf spring

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