A small diameter tube intended to be placed over the shaft of a pipette to facilitate ejection of a pipette tip after use. The distal end of the sleeve pushes on the connected pipette tip to remove it. It is typically made of plastic materials. This is a re...
A hand-held, manual, stainless steel surgical instrument with a small diameter shaft tapering from the handle typically intended to be used to remobilize the footplate of the stapes to relieve conductive hearing impairment due to otosclerosis or middle ear ...
A manual surgical instrument designed to cut a circular plug of tissue from the wall of the aorta to create an anastomosis site during vascular surgery. It consists of a pointed, cone-shaped, disk-like tip on the end of a plunger that is inserted through a ...
A small device designed be placed over the top of a syringe to encase the tip of the syringe as means to modify the shape and the size of the syringe tip. It is typically made of stainless steel or a durable polymer material and its shape and size mimics th...
A connecting device designed to allow the attachment of an ophthalmic surgical instrument tip to an ophthalmic surgical instrument handle. It is typically in the form of a small, stainless steel, circular adaptor with a threaded interface that attaches to a...
An assembly of devices designed for abrasion of the cornea and other eye tissues. It typically consists of a small, mains electricity (AC-powered) rotatory handpiece with a motor, and a small shaft made of a hard metal such as steel (i.e., a bur) that may i...
"An assembly of devices designed for abrasion of the cornea and other eye tissues. It typically consists of a small, mains electricity (AC-powered) rotatory handpiece with a motor, and a small shaft made of a hard metal such as steel (i.e., a bur) that may ...
A rod-like manual surgical instrument designed to explore the urethra and/or to dilate a urethral and/or urinary meatus stenosis. It is designed with a semi-rigid tapered shaft that terminates at the distal end in a small bulbous tip (an olive) and it typic...
A hand-held, manual, ophthalmic surgical instrument designed for eye lens extraction and gentle manipulation and/or irrigation of eye tissues during an ophthalmic surgical procedure. It typically consists of a small wire loop (frequently serrated) at the di...
A hand-operated surgical instrument designed for the automatic extraction of a small tissue sample from an anatomic structure of the body (i.e., a biopsy), while causing minimal surrounding tissue damage, for pathological examination/testing. It has a sprin...
A distal component of a probe-like ophthalmic soft-tissue surgical forceps assembly designed to grasp and manipulate intraocular tissues during ophthalmic surgery (e.g., anterior segment surgery, vitreo-retinal procedures, iridectomy, capsulorhexis). It is ...
A small shaft made of a hard metal (e.g., steel) with fluting or cutting planes designed for gentle removal ("brushing") of rust stains (rust rings) from the cornea after the extraction of a ferrous foreign object. It is attached to the tip of a special slo...
A hand-held surgical device designed to connect to a radio-frequency ablation system generator to deliver radio-frequency (RF) energy to a targeted operative site for soft-tissue coagulation/ablation (i.e., thermal ablation, therapeutic lesion, or denervati...
A small connecting device designed to fit between the component devices of an ultrasonic surgical system (i.e., the handpiece tip, handpiece, and generator) to enable them to join each other. It may include controls (e.g., buttons) that allow the operator t...
A slender, hand-held, surgical instrument that is used to clear blockages of the Eustachian tube during an ear/nose/throat (ENT) procedure. It is typically made of high-grade stainless steel and can be either rigid or malleable (bendable) and has a small, h...
A device intended to connect to a surgical power tool system motor [it is locked and held in a collet or quick coupling and not simply gripped in a drill chuck (Jacobs chuck)] to convert the non-dedicated mechanical energy provided by the motor to a dedicat...
A small, non-sterile cover designed to be placed on the tip or working end of a surgical instrument to protect it from damage while not in use. It may be made of metal or synthetic polymer materials. This is a reusable device.
A hand-held surgical instrument with specially strong, curved blades that is used to cut small plaster cast dressings and layers of thick material, e.g., bandages. It is designed like a strong pair of scissors with two pivoted blades usually provided with f...
A cylindrical, rod-like, surgical instrument that is used to explore and/or dilate a stricture during ear/nose/throat (ENT) surgery, e.g., opening the Eustachian tube to improve chronic dysfunction or inspection of the tympanic orifice during otology. It is...
A device designed to insert and remove a soft contact lens from the eye. It typically consists of a small, hand-held, double-prong plastic pincer with specially-designed tips to retract the lens from the eye; the device tip includes a mark and an indentatio...
A cylindrical, rod-like, manual surgical instrument intended to be inserted into the colon to explore/assess the colonic lumen, relieve colonic spasms, or dilate strictures during open-surgery procedures. It is designed with a semi-rigid tapered shaft that ...
The segment of a laryngoscope (i.e., rigid intubation type) intended to be inserted into the oral cavity to manipulate the tongue, preventing it from obstructing the oropharynx and enabling a clear view of the trachea for the insertion of an endotracheal (E...
A hand-held manual instrument designed for cutting a small hole (e.g., 0.3 mm diameter) into the distal end of a closed Foley catheter (usually 14.0 French or larger) to form a "Council tip Foley catheter", allowing it to be placed over a guidewire or urete...