Tenaculum Forceps

Tenaculum Forceps

An Overview of Medical Instruments Part 3

This editorial is on the 16 different types of surgical instruments. HNM Medical releases articles explaining in detail about medical procedures and surgical instruments such as dilators, pessary, forceps and other medical tools.

Medical Instruments: Hurd Dissector Use: To Cut Info: Mainly seen during the procedure on the tonsils. A blunt retractor/cutter.

Medical Instruments: Jacob Tenaculum Use: To grasp Info: Normal A clamp for grabing GYN.

Medical Instruments: Kerrison Ronguer Alias: Kerrison Punch Use: To cut the bone Info: Used for cutting the bone mostly during cranial spine surgery.

Medical Instruments: Key Elevator Use: Dissection

Medical Instruments: Klein Needle Use: To Inject Info: It places It puts lipo fluid into the tissue to get the tissue for lipo suction.

Medical Instruments: K-Wire Cutter Use: To cut K-wires and metal wire.

Medical Instruments: Lambotte Osteotome Alias: Lambot Use: Dissection Info: Obtainable with both curved & straight at the tip. Sometimes used to take bone & hip grafts.

Medical Instruments: Grasper Alias: Debakey Grasped Use: To grab Info: During laparoscopic surgery and for grabing the bowels.

Medical Instruments: Laparoscopic Trocar Use: Access for laparoscopic surgery. Info: The trocar is used for introduction of the port to the abdomen , but then removed to allow the instrument from the surgical instrument sets to be passed though.

Medical Instruments: Liposuction Cannula Alias: Lipo Cannula Use: Hydro Dissection Info: Used to dissect & suction fat tissue during liposuction suction.

Medical Instruments: Curved Dissector Alias: Maryland Grasper, dolphin nose Use: To disect Info: Used for dissection during cholecystomy surgery. Often is used to ligate vessels and is attached to a cautery cord.

Medical Instruments: Mayo-Hegar Needle Holder Alias: Needle Driver Use: Suturing Info: Available in a variety of sizes depending on the size of the needle to be used.

Medical Instruments: Metzenbaum Alias: Metz Use: To Cut Info: For cutting tissue

Medical Instruments: Mouth gag extension Use: To place in correct area Info: Attaches to the Mayo stand to enlarge the reach of the mouth gag in patients with a larger chest diameter.

Medical Instruments: Tongue Blade for Mouth Gag Use: To retract Info: Attaches to the Davis Mouth gag to provide exposure for tonsil surgery.

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Looking to become a medical sales rep and work indepednetly? Then visit HNM Medical online and see our independent medical representative application. This "Medical Instruments Part 2" editorial is by Rick E.