A hand-held manual surgical instrument designed to grip and hold a bone or, being used in pairs one on either side of the fracture, to approximate the proximal and distal segment of a fractured bone during orthopaedic surgery. It is typically made of high-g...
A rigid, manual, non-electrosurgical instrument intended to obtain tissue specimens during endoscopic procedures (e.g., laparoscopy, thoracoscopy, spinoscopy, arthroscopy). It is typically constructed as a long instrument with one sliding and one stationary...
A single-bladed, surgical instrument, bevelled on one side that is used to cut and shape the nasal bones during ear/nose/throat (ENT) surgery. It is hand-held by the surgeon who will use a surgical mallet or hammer to manually impart an impacting force to t...
A single-bladed, surgical instrument, bevelled on one side with a flat cutting edge that is used to cut and shape the mastoid process (the large projection of the temporal bone of the skull found immediately behind each ear) during ear/nose/throat (ENT) sur...
A rigid, manual, non-electrosurgical instrument intended to obtain tissue specimens during endoscopic procedures (e.g., laparoscopy, thoracoscopy, spinoscopy, arthroscopy). It is typically constructed as a long instrument with one sliding and one stationary...
A rigid manual instrument intended to perform through a compatible bronchoscope to obtain specimens of the bronchi and/or the lungs during endoscopy for histopathological examination. It is typically constructed as a very long instrument with one sliding an...
A hand-held manual surgical instrument designed to cut/dissect a variety of tissues during open surgery and having no dedication to a specific anatomy or clinical use; it might in addition be intended for cutting materials associated with surgery (e.g., sut...
A chisel-like, one-piece manual surgical instrument designed to cut and/or shape bone by percussion during an orthopaedic procedure. It is hand-held by the operator who uses a surgical mallet or hammer to manually impart a force to the proximal end of the i...
A hand-held, single-blade surgical instrument, bevelled on one side, designed to cut and shape bone during orthopaedic surgery. It is hand-held by the operator who uses a surgical mallet or hammer to manually impart a force to the proximal end of the instru...
A hand-held manual ophthalmic surgical instrument designed to make precise incisions in the eye and surrounding tissues during ophthalmic surgery. It is typically designed as a one-piece instrument with a sharp, single-edged cutting blade at the distal tip ...
A heavy-duty, hand-held, surgical instrument used to remove pieces of bone or other hard tissue during orthopaedic and plastic surgery procedures. It typically comprises a handle proximally which becomes a shaft that terminates in a convex profile with a sh...
A hand-held manual surgical instrument designed to cut/dissect a variety of tissues during open surgery and having no dedication to a specific anatomy or clinical use; it might in addition be intended for cutting materials associated with surgery (e.g., sut...
A hand-held manual ophthalmic surgical instrument designed to make precise incisions in the eye and surrounding tissues during ophthalmic surgery. It is typically designed as a one-piece instrument with a sharp, single-edged cutting blade at the distal tip ...
A hand-held manual instrument intended to be used to cut bandages and cloth. Typically a robust instrument, it comprises two pivoted blades provided with finger and thumb holes in the handles. The distal end of the blades may be different shapes and are usu...
A sterile, hand-held manual ophthalmic surgical instrument designed to make precise incisions in the eye and surrounding tissues during ophthalmic surgery. It is typically designed as a one-piece instrument with a sharp, single-edged cutting blade at the di...
A device that is an interchangeable component of an orthopaedic chisel and functions as the cutting blade which is attached and locked to a dedicated handle. Together, they become a single-blade surgical instrument, bevelled on one side, intended to cut or ...
A large, scissors-like, hand-held instrument whose blades distal to the pivot point terminate in various jaw configurations, capable of cutting heavy layers of plaster or synthetic material used to form hardened casts, i.e., that which has already been used...
A hand-held, one-piece, manual surgical instrument designed to cut donor-site skin strips intended for grafting. It has a knife-like design with a flat broad blade and a sharp cutting edge; it is usually made of stainless steel. This device may reflect old ...
A single-blade bevelled surgical instrument intended for use in cutting or contouring the bones of the middle ear, otological microsurgery, stapedotomy, and related ear/nose/throat (ENT) surgery. It is hand-held by the surgeon who will use a surgical mallet...
A hand-held manual surgical instrument intended for the removal of the tonsils during a surgical intervention. It is typically designed as a one-piece instrument with a sharp, single-edged, scythe-like, cutting blade at the distal end (the internal radius o...
A hand-held, manual instrument intended to be used to cut bandages and cloth. Typically a robust instrument, it comprises two pivoted blades provided with finger and thumb holes in the handles. The distal end of the blades may be different shapes and are us...
A hand-held manual surgical instrument designed for cutting bone and/or cartilage in the nose. It is typically a one-piece metal instrument made of high-grade surgical steel with a handle at the proximal end and a long, thin, serrated blade at the distal en...
A hand-held, ophthalmic surgical instrument, constructed as a one-piece handle with trephine (not an exchangeable component) that is manually rotated with downward pressure by a surgeon in order to cut and remove circular pieces of corneal tissue (corneal b...
A hand-held manual surgical instrument designed to cut skin strips at the donor-site that are intended for grafting. It has a one-piece, knife-like design with a flat broad blade with a sharp cutting edge. It is usually made of stainless steel. This is a re...
A hand-held, manually-operated, surgical instrument with a profiled, forward-scraping edge (sharp or blunt, sometimes double-sided) used to elevate and/or detach the periosteum (membrane of fibrous connective tissue tightly surrounding bone) from the underl...
A hand-held manual surgical instrument designed to cut or incise the dura mater without damaging the underlying structures during a surgical intervention. It is typically a one-piece instrument with a sharp, single-edged, cutting blade terminating in a hook...
A single-bladed, hand-held manual surgical instrument designed to cut and shape the bone and cartilage of the nose during ear/nose/throat (ENT) surgery. It typically comprises a handle proximally which becomes a shaft that terminates in a convex profile wit...
A flat-bladed, hand-held, instrument with a short, strong cutting blade with a sharp edge that is used to cut or trim the plaster of a cast. It is typically a one-piece device made of high-grade stainless steel. This is a reusable device.
A device with an extremely sharp cutting edge intended to be inserted into a reusable razor to enable hair removal. It comes in various designs, traditionally with two cutting edges (one on either side of the blade's width). Though this device is reusable a...
A single-bladed, hand-held, surgical instrument that is used to cut and shape the mastoid process (the large projection of the temporal bone of the skull found immediately behind each ear) during ear/nose/throat (ENT) surgery. It typically comprises a handl...