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Master Set- Surgical Instruments
Master Set- Surgical Instruments Amarillo College
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09/21/2009

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Term

Name? Category? Uses?

Ring Forceps

Definition

Name: Ring Forceps, Sponge Forceps

Category: Grasping and Holding

Uses: Create a sponge stick (with a 4x4 or 4x8 Raytec sponge), grasp tissues such as lungs, or removing uterine contents

 

* Must specify CURVED or STRAIGHT

Term

Name? Category? Uses?

Iris Scissors

Definition

Name: Iris Scissors

Category: Cutting and Dissecting

Uses: Cut delicate tissue during plastic, hand and minor vascular surgery

 

*This instrument is TRAUMATIC*

*Must specify STRAIGHT or CURVED*

* 4 1/ 2" long

* Small, fine, sharp blades, sharp tip

Term

Name? Category? Uses?

Potts Smith Scissors

Definition

Name: Potts-Smith Scissors, Vascular Scissors

Category: Cutting and Dissecting

Uses: To extend venotomy or arteriotomy incisions

 

* Various lengths, blades range from 25° to 60° angles

Term

Name? Category? Uses?

Tenotomy Scissors

Definition

Name: Tenotomy Scissors, Stevens Scissors

Category: Cutting and Dissecting

Uses: Dissect fine tissue (like in hand surgery), to penetrate tissue, spread and cut tissue

 

* Must specify STRAIGHT or CURVED

* Varieties include: short narrowed tip; straight; slightly curved blades;

Term

Name? Category? Uses?

Lister Bandage Scissors

Definition

Name: Bandage Scissors, Lister Scissors, Esmarch Scissors

Category: Cutting and Dissecting

Uses: Cut bandages and dressings, to open uterus during a c-section and avoid harm to the fetus

 

* Various lengths

Term

Name? Category? Uses?

 Jorgensen Scissors

Definition

Name: Jorgenson Scissors, Gallbladder Scissors

Category: Cutting and Dissecting

Uses: dissecting scissors used in GYN and general procedures

 

* Rounded tip

* 100% smooth blades, no serrations

Term

Name? Category? Uses?

Straight Mayo Scissors

Definition

Name: Straight Mayo Scissors, Suture Scissors

Category: Cutting and Dissecting

Uses: Cutting suture

 

* Must specify STRAIGHT or CURVED

Term

Name? Category? Uses?

Curved Mayo Scissors

Definition

Name: Curved Mayo Scissors, Heavy Tissue Scissors

Category: CUtting and Dissecting

Uses: Dissect heavy tissues

 

* Must specify STRAIGHT or CURVED

Term

Name? Category? Uses?

Metzenbaum Scissors

Definition

Name: Curved Metzenbaum Scissors, Metz

Category: Cutting and Dissecting

Uses: Dissect delicate tissues

 

* Must Specify CURVED or STRAIGHT

* You will rarely pass the straight metz

* Thin shanks, much lighter than Mayo scissors

Term

Name? Category? Uses?

Lahey Clamp

Definition

Name: Lahey Traction Forceps, Tenaculum

Category: Grasping and Holding

Uses: Grasping tissue that is being removed (thyroid, uterus)

 

* Has 3x3 teeth

* Length 6" to 8"

* This instrument is TRAUMATIC

Term

Name? Category? Uses?

Debakey Clamp

Definition

Name: Debakey Clamp

Category: Clamping and Occluding

Uses: Occluding vessels

 

* This instrument is ATRAUMATIC

* On this particular Debakey, the serrations of the jaw go halfway down, while the remainder of the jaws do NOT meet

Term
Name? Category? Uses?Atraumatic Towel Clip
Definition

Name: Atraumatic Towel Clip 

Category: Grasping and Holding

Uses: Attach Bovie and suction to drapes

Term

Names? Category? Uses?

Crile Clamps

Definition

Name: Curved Crile Clamp, Curved Hemostat Clamp, (also known as Snap, Clamp or Stat)

Category: Clamping and Occluding

Uses: Creates Hemostasis, Controls flow of blood

*MUST SPECIFY CURVED OR STRAIGHT

*This instrument is ATRAUMATIC

Term

Name? Category? Uses?

Mosquito Halstead Clamps

Definition

Name: Mosquito Clamps, Halstead Clamps

Category: Clamping and Occluding

Uses: Clamp/ occlude small vessels, tagging sutures

 

*This instrument is ATRAUMATIC

*Must specify STRAIGHT OR CURVED

*This is a very small, fine instrument 

Term

Name? Category? Uses?

(Hint: This has a "dolphin nose", curved tip)

Pean Kelly Clamp

Definition

Names: Pean Clamp, Kelly Clamp

Category: Clamping and Occluding

Uses: Can clamp a small sponge called a peanut or kitner with this clamp to dissect tissue. Clamps/ occludes bledding vessels, retracts tissues for exposure.

 

*Short, Medium, Long lenghts

* This instrument is ATRAUMATIC

 

Term

Name? Category? Uses?

Mixter Clamp

Definition

Names: Mixter Clamps

Category: Clamping and Occluding

Uses: Clamp, dissect, occlude tissue

 

* Various angles and lengths, though if the angle is 90° then the instrument is a RIGHT ANGLE CLAMP

Term

Names? Category? Uses?

(Hint: The jaws are always curved, the shanks are always long)

Tonsil Heiss Clamp

Definition

Names: Tonsil Clamp, Heiss Clamp

Category: Clamping and Occluding

Uses: Clamps small vessels in a deep wound, holds tonsil sponges. Can be used with a small sponge called a peanut or kitner for dissecting tissues.

 

*This instrument is ATRAUMATIC

Term

Names? Category? Uses?

Traumatic Towel Clip

Definition

Names: Traumatic Towel Clip, Backhaus Clip

Category: Grasping and Holding

Uses: Holding towels in place while draping. grasping tough tissue

Term

Names? Category? Uses?

Allis Adair Clamp

Definition

Name: Allis Clamps

Category: Grasping and Holding

Uses: Lifitng, holding, retracting slippery tissues or organs (tonsils, vaginal, breast, thyroid, bowel)

 

* Standard, Long and Extra Long sizes

Term

Names? Category? Uses?

Babcock Clamp

Definition

Names: Babcock Clamp

Category: Grasping and Holding

Uses: Clamp delicate anatomy (bowel, fallopian tubes, ovaries, appendix)

 

*This instrument is ATRAUMATIC

*This instrument comes in various lengths

Term

Names? Category? Uses?

(Hint: The tip has a "crocodile tooth" look)

Ochsner Kocher Clamp

Definition

Name: Ochsner Clamp, Kocher Clamp

Category: Clamping and Occluding

Uses: Grasping tough, fibrous tissue such as muscle and fascia

 

* Must specify CURVED OR STRAIGHT

* This instrument is TRAUMATIC

* Various lengths

Term

Names? Category? Uses?

(Hint: This has a narrow tip)

Crile Wood Needle Holder

Definition

Name: Crile-Wood Needle Holder

Category: Suturing and Stapling

Uses: Apply delicate suture

Term

Names? Category? Uses?

(Hint: This has a broad tip)

Mayo Hegar Needle Holder

Definition

Name: Mayo Hegar Needle Holder

Category: Suturing and Stapling

Uses: Apply heavy sutures, widely used in general surgery and cardiothoracic surgery

Term

Name? Category? Use?

Poole or Abdominal Suction

 

Definition

Name: Poole Suction, Abdominal Suction

Category: Suctioning and Aspirating

Uses: Suction blood and fluids from surgical field

 

* Is counted as TWO pieces during counts

* Has a guard that protects bowel and intestinal organs

Term

Name? Category? Uses?

Yankauer or Tonsil Suction

Definition

Name: Yankauer Suction Tip, Tonsil Suction Tip

Category: Suctioning and aspirating

Uses: Suction blood and body fluids from chest cavity and throat

 

* Most widely used suction tip

Term

Name? Category? Uses?

Pickups with Teeth

Definition

Name: Pickups with teeth

Category: Grasping and Holding

Uses: To grasp or pickup soft tissue or boney tissue

 

* This instrument is TRAUMATIC

Term

Name? Category? Uses?

Smooth Pickups

Definition

Name: Smooth Pickups

Category: Grasping and Holding

Uses: pick up/ grasp tissue/ items in the surgical wound.

 

* Delicate to heavy

* various sizes

* This instrument is ATRAUMATIC

Term

Name? Category? Uses?

Adson Smooth Pickups

Definition

Name: Adson Smooth pickups

Category: Grasping and Holding

Uses: to grasp superficial/ delicate tissue

Term

Name? Category? Uses?

Adson Brown Tissue Forceps

Definition

Name: Brown-Adson Tissue Forceps, Adson-Brown Tissue Forceps

Category: Grasping and Holding

Uses: skin closure, often used in plastic or hand surgery for delicate tissues

Term

Name? Category? Uses?

Adson with Teeth

Definition

Name: Adson with Teeth Pickups

Category: Grasping and Holding

Uses: grasp superficial tissue, aligns wound edges in skin stapling or steri-strip placement

Term

Name? Category? Uses?

Debakey Pickups

Definition

Name: Debakey Pickups, Vascular Forceps, Debakey Thoracic Tissue Forceps, Debakey Vascular Tissue Forceps

Category: Grasping and Holding

Uses: Grasp tissue during vascular/ cardiovascular surgery

 

* The "Holy Grail"- ALWAYS have one on your mayo

* Straight or angled varieties

* Various jaw tips

* Various lengths

Term

Name? Category? Uses?

Russian Pickups

Definition

Name: Russian Pickups

Category: Grasping and Holding

Uses: Approximate tissue during wound closure

 

* This instrument is ATRAUMATIC

 

Term

Name? Category? Uses?

(Note: This instrument has serrations and teeth)

 

 

Bonney Tissue Forceps 2ABonney Tissue Forceps 2B

Definition

Name: Bonney Tissue Forceps, Cowan, Victor Bonney

Category: Grasping and Holding

Uses: Grasping heavy tissue or bone

 

* Lengths: 6.25", 7.75", 9"

Term

Name? Category? Use?

BE Glass Retractor

Definition

Name: B.E. Glass retractor

Category: Retracting and Exposing

Uses: Retracting organs

 

* This retractor is hand-held

Term

Name? Category? Use?

No 10 Knife Blade

Definition

Name: #10 Blade

Category: Cutting and Dissecting

Uses: Skin Incision

 

* Most common blade used

* Fits #3 and #7 knife handles

Term

Name? Category? Uses?

No 11 Knife Blade

Definition

Name: #11 Blade

Category: Cutting and Dissecting

Uses: Puncture the skin, initiate opening of an  

        artery

 

* Commonly loaded on a #7 handle

Term

Name? Category? Uses?

No 12 Knife Blade

Definition

Name: #12 Blade

Category: Cutting and Dissecting

Uses: Excise tonsils

Term
Name? Category? Uses?
No 15 Knife Blade
Definition

Name: #15 Blade

Category: Cutting and Dissecting

Uses: To cut deeper tissue and sometimes on

         skin

 

* Can make shallow and presice incisions

* Often used in pediatric and plastic surgery

Term

Name? Category? Uses?

* Note the ridge*

No 20 Knife Blade

Definition

Name: #20 Blade

Category: Cutting and Dissecting

Uses: Create larger/deeper incisions, or on heavy

         tissue or bone

 

* Used with a #4 handle

Term

Name? Category? Uses?

No 3 Knife Handle

Definition

Name: #3 Knife handle

Category: Cutting and dissecting

Uses: Hold #10, #11, #12, and #15 blades to make incisions

Term

Name? Category? Uses?

No 3 Long Knife handle

Definition

Name: #3 Long Knife Handle

Category: Cutting and Dissecting

Uses: Hold #10, #11, #12, and #15 blades to make incisions

Term

Name? Category? Uses?

Balfour Retractor

Definition

Name: Balfour Retractor

Category: Retracting and Exposing

Uses: Reatraction of large abdominal wound

 

* This instrument is self-retaining

* Comes with 2 sets of blades, a shallow set and a deep set

* Comes with a shallow center bladder blade and a deep center bladder blade

* COUNT ALL INTERCHANGEABLE PIECES SEPARATELY- INCLUDING THE WING NUT

Term

Name? Category? Uses?

 Kelly Retractor

Definition

Name: Kelly Retractor

Category: Retracting and Exposing

Uses: Retraction of wound edges

 

* Found in the major Lap set

Term
Name? Category? Uses?
Weitlaner Retractor
Definition

Name: Weitlaner Retractor

Category: Retracting and Exposing

Uses: Hold wound edges open

 

* this instrument is self-retaining

* tips may be sharp or dull

*Always hand to surgeon PRONGS DOWN

Term
Name? Category? Uses?
Goelet Retractor
Definition

Name: Goelet Retractor

Category: Retracting and Exposing

Uses:  Retraction of small, superficial incisions

 

* Always same shape and size

* This instrument is hand-held

* Lap set contains 2 of these

Term

 

 

 

Define: Retractor

Definition

Retractor: Used and held by scrub members in the sterile field to gain exposure of the anatomy the surgeon will be operating on

Term

 

 

 

Name the 6 possible characteristics of a retractor

Definition

1) Sharp or Dull

2) Malleable

3) Wide or Narrow

4) Hand-held or Self-Retaining

5) Deep or Superficial

6) Right Angled, Curved or Straight

Term

Name? Category? Uses?

Volkman Rake Retractor

Definition

Name: Volkman Rake Retractor

Category: Retracting and Exposing

Uses: Superficial retracting of wound edges

 

* Usually packaged in pairs

* Sharp or dull edges

* 2-6 claws

* Always hand to the surgeon CLAWS DOWN

Term

Name? Category? Uses?

Nerve Hook

Definition

Name: Nerve Hoook

Category: Accessory

Uses: Manipulate nerves, untangle suture, manipulate heart valve "leaflets"

Term

Name? Category? Uses?

No 7 Knife Handle

Definition

Name: #7 knife Handle

Category: Cutting and Dissecting

Uses: Precision cutting in a confined space or deep wound

 

* Used with #10, #11, #12, #15 blades

Term

Type? Describe?

Tubex Syringe

Definition

Name: Tubex Syringe

Description: A pre-loaded syringe

Term

Type? Describe?

Toomey Syringe with Cath Tip

Definition

Name: Toomey Syringe with Cath Tip

Description: Syringe can be used to irrigate the bladder by connecting to catheter tubing and flushing with sterile water

Term

Name? Category? Use?

Heaney Right Angle Retractor 1

Definition

Name: Heaney Right Angle Retractor

Category: Retracting and Exposing

Use: Provides retraction of the anterior vaginal wall

 

* D&C set contains 2

Term

Name? Category? Use?

Hegar Dilators 

Definition

Name: Hegar Dilator

Category: Probing and Dilating

Use: Progressive dilation of the cervicaL os

 

* Sized 1-2mm to 17-18mm

* Arrange on your table from smallest to largest

* DIP BOTH ENDS in KY Jelly before handing to surgeon

Term
Name? Category? Use?
Sims Uterine Sound
Definition

Name: Sims Uterine Sound

Category: Probing and Dilating

Use: Inserted into cervical os to gauge depth of uterus from the cervix to the fundus, preventing perforation while curetting

 

* Malleable and calibrated in inches or centimeters

Term

Name? Category? Use?

Auvard Weighted Speculum

Definition

Name: Auvard Weighted Speculum

Category: Retracting and Exposing

Use: Retraction of posterior vaginal wall

 

*Avg weight of the retractor is 2.5 lbs (but it feels like a lot more than that!)

Term

Name? Category? Use?

Rubin Catheter

Definition

Name: Rubin Catheter

Category: Catheterizing

Use: Catheterizing female bladder when a foley catheter is not needed

 

* Can be plastic or metal

* Comes in sizes 10 fr to 18 fr (fr= french)

Term

Name? Category? Use?

Schroder Tenaculum

Definition

Name: Schroeder Tenaculum

Category: Grasping and holding

Use: Grasp anterior lip of cervix for manipulation

 

* Sharp tips allow for greater control of the fibrous tissue. Some surgeons do not use this tenaculum on the cervix of pregnant women because of the thinning of the tissue during gestation.

Term

Name? Use?

Silver Nitrate Stick

Definition

Name: Silver Nitrate Stick

Use: To create hemostasis, such as with bleeding of the cervix due to penetration of the tenaculum

Term

Name? Category? Use?

Pratt Dilators

Definition

Name: Pratt Uterine Dilators

Category: Probing and Dilating

Use: Progressive dilation of the cervical os

 

* Sizes ranges from 13-15 fr to 41-43 fr (fr=french)

* Arrange on your table from smallest to largest

* Dip both ends in KY jelly before handing to surgeon

Term

Name? Category? Use?

* this tip is serrated *

Heaney Uterine Biposy Curette

Definition

Name: Heaney Uterine Biopsy Curette

Category: Cutting and Dissecting

Use: Obtain uterine scrapings

 

Term

Name? Category? Use?

Hank Dilators

 

Definition

Name: Hank Dilators

Category: Probing and Dilating

Use: progressive dilation of the cervical os

 

* cuff designed to limit penetration into the uterus

* arrange on your table from smallest to largest

* dip both ends in KY jelly before handing to the surgeon

Term

Name? Category? Use?

Sims Uterine Curette

Definition

Name: Sims Uterine Curette

Category: Cutting and Dissecting

Use: Scraping the endocervical and endometrial lining of the uterus

 

* Shaft is malleable, tip is sharp

* remember Sims= Sharp

Term

Name? Category? Use?

Kevorkian Endocervical Curette

Definition

Name: Kevorkian Endocervical Curette

Category: Cutting and Dissecting

Use: Obtain cervical scrapings or biopsies

Term
Name? Category? Use?
Thomas-Gaylor Biopsy Punch
Definition

Name: Thomas-Gaylor Biopsy Punch

Category: Cutting and Dissecting

Use: Take small bites of uterine tissue for examination

 

 

Term

Name? Category? Use?

Thomas Uterine Curette

Definition

Name: Thomas Uterine Curette

Category: Cutting and Dissecting

Use: Bluntly remove uterine contents after sharp curetting

 

* Shaft is malleable

* Remember: Thomas = BlunT

Term

Name? Category? Use?

Graves Vaginal Speculum

Definition

Name: Graves Vaginal Speculum

Category: Retracting and Exposing

Use: Retraction of anterior and posterior vaginal walls

 

* Self- retaining

* Size based on patient size

Term

Name? Category? Use?

Bozeman Uterine Forceps

Definition

Name: Bozeman Uterine Forceps, Uterine Packing Forceps

Category: Grasping and Holding

Use: Place vaginal packing in the vagina following vaginal procedures

Term

Name? Category? Use?

Overstreet Endometrial Polyp Forceps

Definition

Name: Overstreet Endometrial Polyp Forceps, Polyp Forceps

Category: Grasping and Holding

Use: Removal of endometrial polyps and other uterine tissue

Term

Name? Category? Use?

Coblation Wand

Definition

Name: Coblation Wand

Category: Accessory

Use: to remove tonsils and adenoids

 

* How it works: radiofrequency energy excites electrolytes in a conductive solution (like saline) creating a focused plasma. The plasma causes tissue bonds to dissolve at low temps.

 

* A minimal damage approach to tissue dissection 

Term

Name? Category? Use?

Suction Coagulator Tip

Definition

Name: Suction Coagulator Tip

Category: Accessory

Use: Remove tonsils and adenoids while simultaneously suctioning fluid, debris and plume from the operative site

 

* Must place a dispersive pad on the pateint before use

Term

Name? Category? Use?

Laryngeal Mirror

Definition

Name: Laryngeal Mirror

Category: Accessory

Use: Visualize pharyngeal and laryngeal areas form the back of the throat

 

* To de-fog: dip into anti-fog solution or warm sterile water

Term

Name? Category? Use?

Red Robinson Catheter

Definition

Name: Red Robinson Catheter

Category: Catheterizing

Use: Can be used in tonsillectomies to retract the soft palate (threaded thru the nostril and back out thru the mouth)

Term

Name? Catgeory? Use?

Tonsil Sponges

Definition

Name: Tonsil Sponges

Category: Accessory

Use: Creates hemostasis, clear/expose operative site

 

* Must be counted, come in a package of 5

* Can be used with sponge forceps or a curved allis

Term

Name? Category? Use?

Tonsil Snare

Definition

Name: Tonsil Snare

Category: Cutting and Dissecting

Use: Severs the tonsil thru a guillotine action. The tonsil is placed in the snare, the wire is drawn up thru the cannula, the tonsil is severed.

Term

Name? Category? Use?

Barnhill Adenoid Curettes

Definition

Name: Barnhill Adenoid Curettes

Category: Cutting and Dissecting

Use: Remove adenoid tissue via a scraping action

Term

Name? Category? Use?

* jaws are much more curved than a similar clamp*

Adson Tonsil Schnidt

Definition

Name: Adson Tonsil Schnidt

Category: Clamping and Occluding

Use: Clamp small vessels in a deep wound or holding tonsil sponges

 

Term

Name? Category? Use?

Curved Allis Forceps

Definition

Name: Curved Allis Forceps

Category: Grasping and Holding

Use: Grasp and hold tonsil tissue for removal

Term

Name? Category? Use?

McIvor Mouth Gag

Definition

Name: McIvor Mouth Gag

Category: Retracting and Exposing

Use: Retracts mouth open and tongue down for exposure of oral cavity and back of throat

 

* Self-retaining

* 3 different sized tongue blades

* Hook end of tongue blade slips over edge of mayo to hold patient in proper alignment

Term

Name? Category? Use?

Fisher Knife

Definition

Name: Fisher Knife

Category: Cutting and Dissecting

Use: Dissection of tonsil tissue

Term

Name? Category? Use?

Hurd-Pillar Dissector

Definition

Name: Hurd-Pillar Dissector

Category: Retracting and Exposing

Use: Retracts soft palate for oral procedures and dissects tonsil tissue

Term

Size? Type of tip? Use?

 

18 Gauge Luer Lock Needle

 

Definition

Size: 18 gauge needle

Type of tip? Luer Lock

Use: To draw up medication

 

* Remeber: the bigger the number, the smaller the needle

Term

Size? Type of Tip? Use?

 

25 Gauge Luer Lock Needle

Definition

Size: 25 gauge

Type fo Tip: Luer Lock

Use: For injection of medication into IV or patient

 

* Remember: The bigger the number, the smaller the needle

Term

Name? Category? Use?

Frazier Suction Tip

 

Definition

Name: Frazier Suction Tip

Category: Suctioning and Aspirating

Use: Suction confined spaces such as in craniotomies, lumbar or cervical procedures, or in the nasal cavity

 

* Diameter sized from 3fr-15fr (fr=french)

Term

Name? Category? Use?

Gelpi Retractor

Definition

Name: Gelpi Retractor

Category: Retracting and Exposing

Use: Superficial to deep wound exposure

 

* Self-retaining

Term

Name? Category? Use?

Harrington Sweetheart Retractor

Definition

Name: Harrington / Sweetheart Retractor

Category: Retracting and Exposing

Use: Deep retraction in body, often for retraction of liver and intestine

Term

Name? Category? Use?

Ferris Smith Tissue Forceps

Definition

Name: Ferris-Smith Tissue Forceps

Category: Grasping and Holding

Use: Grasp heavy tissue, muscle and bone that is being closed

 

Term

Name? Category? Use?

Cushing Vein Retractor

Definition

Name: Cushing Vein Retractor

Category: Retracting and Exposing

Use: Gently retract veins

 

* Hand-held

Term
Name? Category? Use?
Deaver Retractor
Definition

Name: Deaver Retractor

Category: Retracting and Exposing

Use: Deep abdominal retraction

 

* Also have a "Baby Deaver" used in vaginal and pedi cases

* Hand-held

Term

Name? Category? Use?

DeLee Retractor

Definition

Name: DeLee retractor

Category: Retracting and Exposing

Use: Retract bladder tissue during a cesearean section

Term

Name? Category? Use?

Richardson Retractor

Definition

Name: Richardson Retractor

Category: Retracting and Exposing

Use: Retraction of abdominal layers

 

* Various sizes

* Hand-held

Term

Name? Category? Use?

Ribbon Malleable Retractor

Definition

Name: Ribbon/ Malleable Retractor

Category: Retracting and Exposing

Use: Deep retraction of organs and instestines

 

* Malleable = Bendable

* Narrow, Medium, Wide sizes

Term

Name? Category? Uses?

Army Navy Retractor

Definition

Name: Army Navy Retractors

Category: Retracting and Exposing

Use: Retract abdominal layers

 

* Usually packaged in pairs

Term

Name? Category? Use?

Senn Retractor

Definition

Name: Senn Retractor

Category: Retracting and Exposing

Use: Retract skin edges and deeper tissues

 

* Always hand prongs down

* Usually packaged in pairs

* Claws can be sharp or dull

Term

Name? Category? Use?

Goodell / Alligator Dilating Forceps

Definition

Name: Goodell Dilating Forceps, Alligator Dilating Forceps

Category: Probing and Dilating

Use: Dilation of cervix

Term

Name? Category? Use?

Hulka Manipulator

Definition

Name: Hulka Manipulator

Category: Grasping and Holding

Use: Combination of Uterine Sound and single tooth tenaculum

Term

Name? Category? Use?

Rings

Definition

Name: Rings

Category: Accessory

Use: Tied to end of sponge, used to ID

 

* Comes in a package of 5

Term

Name? Category? Use?

Jacobs Vulsellum

Definition

Name: Jacobs Vulsellum

Category: Grasping and Holding

Use: Grasps anterior lip of cervix for manipulation

 

* This instrument is traumatic

Term

Name? Category? Use?

* note single tooth in jaw*

Curved Heaney Clamp

Definition

Name: Curved Heaney Clamp

Category: Clamping and Occluding

Use: Clamps vessels and uterine ligaments during hysterectomy

 

* Can be curved or straight

Term

Name? Category? Use?

Simpson Delivery Forceps

 

Definition

Name: Simpson Delivery Forceps

Category: Grasping and Holding

Use: Aid in delivery of baby

 

* Comes in 2 pieces, should be handed in 2 pieces

Term

Name? Category? Use?

O'Sullivan-O'Conner Retractor

Definition

Name: O'Sullivan-O'Connor Retractor

Category: Retracting and Exposing

Use: Retraction of abdominal wall during abdominal and pelvic procedures

 

* Self-Retaining

* Count all pieces separately!

Term

Name? Category? Use?

Heaney Needle Holder

Definition

Name: Heaney Needle Holder

Category: Suturing and Stapling

Use: For suturing around curved structures or in confined spaces (like in a vaginal hysterectomy)

 

* Position with CURVE of needle holder TOWARD the suture string (The needle holder tip will be pointing toward the needle tip)

Term

Name? Category? Use?

Baron Suction Tip

Definition

Name: Baron Suction Tip

Category: Accessory/Suctioning

Use: ear suctioning, remove blood and fluid from operative site

 

* Must remove stylet when sterilizing

* Placing finger over relief hole will increase suction

Term

Name? Category? Use?

Boucheron Ear Speculum

Definition

Name: Boucheron Ear Speculum

Category: Viewing

Use: Opens ear canal for exposure of portions of middle ear and tympanic membrane

Term

Name? Category? Use?

Myringotomy Knife

Definition

Name: Myringotomy Knife

Category: Cutting and Dissecting

Use: Incises tympanic membrane for removal of fluid and insertion of aeration tubes

Term

Name? Category? Use?

Pick

Definition

Name: Pick

Category: Accessory

Use: Manipulate aeration tube

Term

Name? Category? Use?

Billeau Ear Loop / Curette

Definition

Name: Billeau Ear Loop, Curette

Category: Accessory

Use: Remove cerumen from ear canal

Term

Name? Category? Use?

Buck Ear Curette

Definition

Name: Buck Ear Curette, Ring Curette

Category: Cutting and Dissecting

Use: removes bone and tissue from ear canal and middle ear

Term

Name? Category? Use?

Wullstein Ear Forceps

Definition

Name: Wullstein Ear Forceps, Alligator Forceps

Category: Grasping and Holding

Use: Manipulating and Removing tissue from ear canal and middle ear, inserting aeration tubes, placing gelfoam pack

 

Term
Name? Category? Use?
Jansen Tissue Forceps / Bayonet
Definition

Name: Jansen Tissue Forceps, Bayonet

Category: Grasping and Holding

Use: grasps and manipulates tissue and placing packing or nasal splints

Term

Name? Category? Use?

Bellucci Scissors

Definition

Name: Belluci Scissors, Middle Ear Scissors

Category: Cutting and Dissecting

Use: Cut tissue in the middle ear

Term

Name? Category? Use?

Langenbeck Periosteal Elevator

Definition

Name: Langenbeck Periosteal Elevator

Category: Cutting and Dissecting

Use: reflect scalp flap off skull, scrap periosteum when creating bone flaps during a craniotomy

Term

Name? Category? Use?

Cobb Elevator

Definition

Name: Cobb Elevator

Category: Cutting and Dissecting

Use: Stripping paraspinous muscles and periosteum off lamina

Term

Name? Category? Use?

Kerrison Rongeur

Definition

Name: Kerrison Rongeur, Up Biter

Category: Cutting and Dissection

Use: removes pieces of bone, lamina

Term

Name? Category? Use?

Joker / Adson Periosteum Elevator

Definition

Name: Adson Periosteal Elevator, Joker

Category: Cutting and Dissector

Use: elevating of the skull off the dura, scraping periosteum

Term

Name? Category? Use?

Putti Bone Rasp

Definition

Name: Putti Bone Rasp, Putti Platte, Rat Tail

Category: Cutting and Dissecting

Use: smooth rough edges or surfaces of large bone

Term

Name? Category? Use?

Leksell Rongeur

Definition

Name: Leksell Rongeur

Category: Cutting and Dissecting

Use: Removes pieces of bone and tissue surrounding bone, to remove spinous process in spinal surgery

Term

Name? Category? Use?

Mallet

Definition

Name: Mallet

Category: Accessory

Use: impact and extract implants. exert force on osteotomes, chisels, gouges, tamps

Term

Name? Category? Use?

Lowman Bone Clamp

Definition

Name: Lowman Bone Clamp

Category: Grasping and Holding

Use: holds fractured bone in alignment while plates and screws are placed

Term

Name? Category? Use?

Key Elevator

Definition

Name: Key Elevator

Category: Cutting and Dissecting

Use: dissects or separates hard tissue- periosteum from bone, SHARP

 

Term

Name? Category? Use?

Freer Elevator

Definition

Name: Freer Elevator

Category: Cutting and Dissecting

Use: lifts periosteum from bone, retracts in confined spaces

Term

Name? Category? Use?

Lambotte Osteotome

Definition

Name: Lambotte Osteotome

Category: Cutting and Dissecting

Use: Flatten bone surfaces and retraction

Term
Name? Category?
Endo Babcock
Definition

 

 

Endo Babcock

Grasping and Holding

Term

Name? Category?

Maryland Dissector

Definition

 

Maryland Dissector

Cutting and Dissecting

 

(curved fine jaws with horizontal serrations)

Term

Name? Category?

L Hook

Definition

 

L Hook

Accessory

 

(for cauterizing)

Term

Name? Category?

J Hook

Definition

 

J Hook

Accessory

 

(for cauterizing)

Term

Name

 

irrigation tubing

Definition

 

Irrigation Tubing

Suctioning and Irrigation Accessory

Term

Name? Category?

Verres needle from class

Definition

 

Verres Needle

Cutting and Dissecting

 

(Insufflate abdomen with CO2)

Term

Name? Category?

Anti Fog

Definition

 

Anti-Fog

Accessory

Term

Name? Category?

insufflation tubing

Definition

 

Insufflation Tubing

Accessory

Term

Name? Category?

Fiberoptic Light Cord

Definition

 

Fiberoptic Light Cord

Accessory

Term

Name? Category?

Endo Kitner

Definition

 

Endo Kittner

Accessory

Term

Name? Category?

Endo Clip

Definition

 

Endo Clip Applier

Suturing and Stapling

Term

Name? Category?

gyn- acorn tip applicator

Definition

 

Acorn Tip Applicator (Gyno)

Grasping and Holding

 

(Can Manipulate the uterus and Irrigate the fallopian tubes)

Term

Name? Category?

Endoscopic Scissors

Definition

 

Endo Scissors

Cutting and Dissecting

Term

Name? Category?

10mm 30dg endoscope

Definition

 

10mm 30 degree Endoscope

Viewing

Term

Name? Category?

10mm 0dg endoscope

Definition

 

10mm 0 degree Endoscope

Viewing

Term

Name? Category?

disposable trocar

Definition

 

Disposable Trocar

Probing and Dilating

Term
Name? Category?
Endoscopic Camera
Definition

 

Endoscopic Camera

Viewing

Term

Name? Category?

Doyen Intestinal Clamp

Definition

 

Doyen Intestinal Clamp

Clamping and Occluding

Term

Name? Category?

glassman forcep from class

Definition

 

Carter-Glassman Intestinal Clamp

Clamping and Occluding

Term

Name? Category?

Carmalt Clamp

Definition

 

Carmalt Clamp

Clamping and Occluding

Term

Name? Category?

 Endo Catch

Definition

 

Endo Catch

Accessory

 

(Specimen pouch)