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Surgical retractor/retraction system blade, reusable

8,568 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...

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...

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...

Lung spatula

22 GUDID devices

A hand-held manual surgical instrument designed to manipulate the pulmonary tissue/surfaces of the lungs during a surgical intervention in the thorax. It typically consists of a large flat blunt blade (no sharp edges) at the distal end and a strong handle a...

Cardiac retractor

10 GUDID devices

A hand-held manual surgical instrument designed to separate or draw aside the edges of an incision in the heart, various anatomical structures of the heart (e.g., an atrium or aortic valve), or the entire organ. It consists of a handle proximally and a wire...

Hand-held surgical retractor, reusable

17,561 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,...

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 ...

Hand-held dental retractor

1,346 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...

Bone hook

1,039 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...

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)....

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...

Skin/tissue hook

214 GUDID devices

A hand-held manual surgical instrument designed to hook skin or tissue in order to grasp, apply traction, and lift the skin/tissue during a surgical intervention. It is typically a shaft-like instrument with small double hooks at the distal end and a handle...

Abdominal retractor, hand-held

67 GUDID devices

A surgical instrument designed to be held by the surgeon or assistant to separate the margins of an abdominal incision, typically during deep surgery, to expose or access organs or tissues for examination or intervention. The instrument consists of a blunt-...

Soft-tissue surgical hook, single-use

41 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...

Soft-tissue surgical hook, single-use

21 GUDID devices

A sterile, 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 design...

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...

Brain retractor

13 GUDID devices

A hand-held manual surgical instrument designed for the temporary atraumatic separation and/or drawing aside of the margins of a sulcus or fissure of the brain, or margin of an incision of the brain, during neurosurgical procedures. It is typically made of ...

Wound retractor, superficial

4 GUDID devices

A hand-held, manually-operated, surgical instrument intended to catch and pull, lift, or draw aside the wound margins of skin and thin or delicate tissues [e.g., dura mater (the outermost membrane that envelops the brain and spinal cord)] during a surgical ...

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...