1. INSTRUMENTATION “THE TOOLS OF THE TRADE”

2. JOINT TYPES BOX, LAP, DOUBLE ACTION

3. FINGER RING HANDLES

4. BLADES – STRAIGHT OR CURVED

5. 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

6. INSTRUMENT NAMING INVENTORS DOCTORS FUNCTION APPEARANCE NICKNAMES

7. SCALPEL BLADES

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

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

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

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

12. CLAMPING/OCCLUDING –

13. ROCHESTER PEAN JAWS

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

15. LORNA/EDNA TOWEL CLAMP

16. ALLIS CLAMP - ATRAUMATIC

17. KOCHER - TRAUMATIC

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

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

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

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

22. STAPLER/CLIPS

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

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

25. SUCTIONING INSTRUMENTS

26. PROBING/DILATING

27. MICRO INSTRUMENTATION Delicate Cutting Tips Grooved Grip Double leaf spring

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