A hand-held surgical instrument, usually softly rounded and curved at the working end, used to separate the outermost membrane covering of the brain and spinal cord from the inner membranes. It is usually designed with a handle which continues into a shaft ...
A hand-held manual surgical instrument designed for cutting an anatomical valve or valves in situ (e.g., to slit a heart valve or to cut the valves within a vein to allow blood flow in the opposite direction). It is typically a flexible, plastic-coated meta...
A hand-held surgical instrument, usually spoon-shaped or rounded at the working end, used during the dissection of the tonsils during ear/nose/throat (ENT) surgery. It can be designed in several configurations, e.g., with a shaft that terminates at the dist...
A long, flexible tube used for middle ear drainage and/or temporary equalization of the pressure on both sides of the eardrum via insufflation. The distal tip is passed along the floor of the nose and guided into the Eustachian tube; air may be blown from a...
A hand-held manual surgical instrument designed to spread orthopaedic bone cement material onto a surface. It is typically made of high-grade stainless steel and consists of a handle proximally and a flat blunt blade (no sharp edges) at the distal tip. Prog...
A hand-held surgical instrument, usually spoon-shaped or rounded at the working end, used during the dissection of the tonsils during ear/nose/throat (ENT) surgery. It can be designed in several configurations, e.g., with a shaft that terminates at the dist...
A hand-held manual surgical instrument designed to manipulate middle ear tissue or structures during ear/nose/throat (ENT) surgery. It is typically made of high-grade stainless steel and consists of a handle proximally and a flat blunt blade (no sharp edges...
A hand-held, non-self-retaining surgical instrument intended to be used for retracting a nerve, tendon, or blood vessel to separate it from the surrounding tissue primarily to allow access to other tissues during a surgical intervention. It is a shaft-like ...
A hand-held dental instrument intended to be inserted into a periodontal pocket around a tooth to measure the depth of the periodontal pocket, in order to assess the health of the periodontium and to monitor the progress of disease. It is typically made of ...
A sterile, sharp bevel-edged, hollow tubular metal instrument designed to percutaneously obtain a specimen of soft tissue, typically for histopathological examination. The device is usually attached to a syringe for the aspiration of the specimen; it is ava...
A hand-held surgical instrument used during surgery to cut suture or ligature material, i.e., to divide lengths or remove excessive/unwanted ends. It comprises two pivoted blades that are usually provided with a finger and thumb ring-handle and which cut wi...
A hand-held manual surgical instrument designed to manipulate neural tissue or to remove a material from a neural surface or vessel during brain surgery. It is typically made of high-grade stainless steel and consists of a handle proximally and a broad flat...
A sterile, sharp bevel-edged, hollow tubular metal instrument designed to percutaneously obtain a specimen of soft tissue, typically for hsitopathological examination. The device is usually attached to a syringe for the aspiration of the specimen; it is ava...
A sterile cover, used in pairs, fitted onto the distal working end (the jaws) of artery forceps, vascular clamps, or similar surgical instruments, to provide improved grip for delicate sutures. It is typically tube-like with a closed, rounded tip and compos...
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 sterile cover, used in pairs, fitted onto the distal working end (the jaws) of artery forceps, vascular clamps, or similar surgical instruments, to provide improved grip for delicate sutures. It is typically tube-like with a closed, rounded tip and compo...
A long, hand-held, manual surgical instrument designed to tunnel an artificial passageway along ligament and/or tendon tissue to create a connecting channel. It can have a variety of designs: 1) a long, round, stiff rod that tapers to a rounded point at the...
A slender hand-held manual instrument designed with a dull curved tip intended to prevent damage to sensitive and delicate tissues while it is being used to explore within the body. This is a reusable device.
A sterile, slender, hand-held manual instrument designed with a dull curved tip intended to prevent damage to sensitive and delicate tissues while it is being used to explore within the body. This is a single-use device.
A hand-held manual surgical instrument designed specifically to cut the umbilical cord after birth. It comprises two pivoted blades that are usually provided with a finger and thumb ring-handle and which cut with a shearing action (i.e., the blades cut as t...
A hand-held manual surgical instrument with a surface(s) of coarse and/or fine grooves or teeth at the distal working end designed to scrape, clean out, and enlarge the frontal sinus cavities during ear/nose/throat (ENT) surgery. It is available in two main...
A sharp bevel-edged, hollow tubular metal instrument designed to obtain a specimen of soft tissue percutaneously, typically for the pathological analysis of the specimen's cellular elements. The device is usually attached to a syringe for the aspiration of ...
A sterile, hand-held, powered surgical instrument designed to excise spinal (central canal and foramen) soft and hard tissue to relieve pressure (decompression) on adjacent nerve tissue, especially in the case of spinal stenosis or degenerative disk disease...
A hand-held device that is a component of an electronic ophthalmic cryosurgical system designed for the application of cold, produced by a cryogen from a cylinder connected via the system control unit, to retinal tissue for various therapeutic applications ...
A hand-held manual surgical instrument with a sharp pyramidal or conical point intended to be used to create a percutaneous puncture using the transobturator approach (i.e., insertion points overlie the obturator space and the obturator foramen membrane is ...
A sterile tubular device designed for cannulation of the left atrium through the atrial septum, via the femoral vein, to drain the atrium and provide a means for temporary (less than six hours) left ventricular bypass [percutaneous transseptal ventricular a...
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 hand-held manual surgical instrument with a sharp pyramidal or conical point designed to create a puncture in the vaginal wall for the surgical positioning of a sling typically used in the treatment of stress urinary incontinence (SUI) associated with bla...
A hand-held manual surgical instrument designed with a sharp pyramidal or conical point at the distal end to percutaneously puncture the lower abdominal wall to provide suprapubic access for surgical repair, typically to position a sling used in the treatme...
A sterile non-powered device designed to assist in the manual bending of a surgical handpiece tip, probe, or cannula to adjust the shape of the surgical device during surgery. It consists of a curved mould with a channel(s) to accept the surgical device and...