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Surgical retractor/retraction system blade, reusable

8,553 GUDID devices

A distal component of a surgical retraction system, surgical retractor, and/or surgical instrument assist arm system designed to function as a parting edge to separate the margins of a wound/incision during a surgical procedure. It is intended to be attache...

Surgical retractor/retraction system blade, reusable

5,115 GUDID devices

A distal component of a surgical retraction system, surgical retractor, and/or surgical instrument assist arm system designed to function as a parting edge to separate the margins of a wound/incision during an open surgical procedure. It is intended to be a...

Surgical retractor/retraction system blade, reusable

1 GUDID devices

A component of a surgical retraction system or surgical retractor designed to function as a parting edge to separate the margins of a wound/incision during an open surgical procedure. It is intended to be attached to the frame (e.g., mounting ring/bar) of a...

Internally-anchored endoscopic retractor applier

7 GUDID devices

A non-sterile, hand-held, manually-operated surgical instrument designed to perform through a compatible endoscopic instrument (e.g., an access port) to insert, manipulate, and activate (apply) an internally-anchored endoscopic retractor to provide hands-fr...

Internally-anchored endoscopic retractor sleeve

4 GUDID devices

A non-sterile, interchangeable, tubular device (sleeve) designed to be attached (screwed or snapped) to a dedicated applier and perform through a compatible endoscopic instrument (e.g., an access port) to insert an internally-anchored endoscopic retractor f...

Fibreoptic retractor handle

304 GUDID devices

A hand-held surgical instrument with an integral fibreoptic bundle intended to accept a retractor blade (not included) to: 1) enable manipulation of the blade during non-self-retaining surgical retraction of tissues; and 2) provide illumination of deep surg...

Surgical retractor/retraction system blade, single-use

129 GUDID devices

A distal component of a surgical retraction system, surgical retractor, and/or surgical instrument assist arm system designed to function as a parting edge/hook to separate the margins of a wound/incision during a surgical procedure. It is intended to be at...

Surgical retractor/retraction system blade, single-use

64 GUDID devices

A distal component of a surgical retraction system, surgical retractor, and/or surgical instrument assist arm system designed to function as a parting edge/hook to separate the margins of a wound/incision during an open surgical procedure. It is intended to...

Laparotomy ring

24 GUDID devices

A surgical instrument designed in the shape of a circular band that is set into the abdominal wall to hold open an incision during surgery on the abdominal organs. It functions as a fixed-length access retractor or wound retractor and is used in procedures ...

Vessel retractor

18 GUDID devices

A hand-held, surgical instrument used for separating/drawing aside vascular structures to permit examination or intervention during a surgical procedure. It is typically a shaft-like instrument with an inwardly curved, saddle hook at the distal end and a ha...

Vibrating dental retractor tip

1 GUDID devices

A non-sterile dental device intended to be attached to a battery-powered vibrating dental retractor handpiece to function as the retraction hook and vibration transmitter during the administration of a dental injection. The vibration is intended to minimize...

Hand-held surgical retractor, reusable

17,556 GUDID devices

A hand-held, non-self-retaining surgical instrument intended to be used to separate/draw aside the margins of a wound/incision to allow access to tissues/organs during open surgery; it is not dedicated to ophthalmic surgery or small nerve/vessel retraction,...

Hand-held dental retractor

1,344 GUDID devices

A hand-held, non-self-retaining dental instrument intended to be used to manually displace soft tissues of the oral cavity to improve their visualization and access, and to afford them protection during oral surgical procedures. It is typically a metallic d...

Hand-held surgical retractor, single-use

459 GUDID devices

A hand-held, non-self-retaining surgical instrument intended to be used to separate/draw aside the margins of a wound/incision to allow access to tissues/organs during open surgery; it is not dedicated to ophthalmic surgery or small nerve/vessel retraction,...

Periocular/lacrimal retractor, hand-held, reusable

344 GUDID devices

A hand-held, non-self-retaining, ophthalmic surgical instrument intended to be used to separate periocular tissues and/or draw aside the margins of a periocular surgical wound during an ophthalmic intervention (e.g., eyelid retraction, lacrimal sac access)....

Radial surgical retractor

58 GUDID devices

A sterile surgical device intended to be inserted across a surgical incision to separate the margins of the incision to create a conduit to the underlying organs/tissues during hand-assisted minimally-invasive and open surgery. It consists of an external an...

Hand-held endoscopic retractor, reusable

19 GUDID devices

A hand-held manual surgical instrument intended to be used to enable retraction of tissues during endoscopic/laparoscopic surgery. It consists of a handle with a slender body connected at the distal end to a retracting mechanism (e.g., inflatable/folding pa...

Hand-held endoscopic retractor

3 GUDID devices

A sterile, hand-held manual surgical instrument intended to be used to enable retraction of tissues during endoscopic/laparoscopic surgery. It consists of a handle with a slender body connected at the distal end to a retracting mechanism (e.g., inflatable/f...

Periocular/lacrimal retractor, hand-held, single-use

3 GUDID devices

A hand-held, non-self-retaining, ophthalmic surgical instrument intended to be used to separate periocular tissues and/or draw aside the margins of a periocular surgical wound during an ophthalmic intervention (e.g., eyelid retraction, lacrimal sac access)....

Hand-held endoscopic retractor, single-use

2 GUDID devices

A hand-held manual surgical instrument intended to be used to enable retraction of tissues during endoscopic/laparoscopic surgery. It consists of a handle with a slender body connected at the distal end to a retracting mechanism (e.g., inflatable/folding pa...

Hand-held surgical retractor, single-use

2 GUDID devices

A sterile, hand-held, non-self-retaining surgical instrument intended to be used to separate/draw aside the margins of a wound/incision to allow access to tissues/organs during open surgery; it is not dedicated to ophthalmic surgery or small nerve/vessel re...

Self-retaining surgical retractor, reusable

12,155 GUDID devices

A hand-operated, self-retaining, one-piece surgical instrument intended to be used to separate/draw aside the margins of a wound/incision to allow access to tissues/organs during open surgery; it is not intended to retract the ribs and is not dedicated to o...

Soft-tissue surgical hook, reusable

2,657 GUDID devices

A hand-held, shaft-like, manual surgical instrument designed for hooking and applying traction to specific soft-tissues of interest (e.g., skin, vessel, organ, and/or duct), to facilitate surgical intervention; it is not dedicated to separating or drawing a...

Nerve/vessel retractor

1,608 GUDID devices

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 ...

Bone hook

1,038 GUDID devices

A hand-held, surgical instrument used for hooking around or into bone, typically to grasp, hold, and apply traction to the bone during a surgical intervention. It is a shaft-like instrument with a robust design and can have a singular hook or multiple hooks...

Soft-tissue surgical hook, reusable

719 GUDID devices

A hand-held, shaft-like, manual surgical instrument designed for hooking and applying traction to specific soft-tissues of interest (e.g., skin, vessel, organ, and/or duct) to allow surgical intervention on those tissues. It is not primarily designed for pu...

Ophthalmic surgical device handling forceps

519 GUDID devices

A hand-held manual surgical instrument with blades designed to grasp and manipulate a nonimplantable invasive ophthalmic surgical device (e.g., ophthalmic cannula, handless iris retractor) and/or for ophthalmic suturing. It has a tweezers-like design (may b...

Orthopaedic retractor

418 GUDID devices

A hand-held manual surgical instrument designed to separate and/or draw back tissues to permit access to skeletal structures for examination or intervention. It is made of high-grade stainless steel. This is a reusable device.

Dental cheek retractor, professional, reusable

404 GUDID devices

A hands-free, self-retaining frame intended to allow a dental professional to retract the lips/cheeks of a patient during an orthodontic or restorative dental procedure for easy access to the field of operation. It is designed to be placed in and around the...

Ophthalmic surgical device handling forceps, reusable

268 GUDID devices

A hand-held manual surgical instrument with blades designed to grasp and manipulate a nonimplantable invasive ophthalmic surgical device (e.g., ophthalmic cannula, handless iris retractor) and/or for ophthalmic suturing. It has a tweezers-like design (may b...