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Rigid endoscopic scissors, single-use

65 GUDID devices

A sterile, rigid surgical instrument designed to be introduced through an endoscope (e.g., laparoscope, hysteroscope) or laparoscopic port, to mechanically cut tissues during an endoscopic/laparoscopic surgical procedure. It is a hand-held device typically ...

Wire cutter

885 GUDID devices

A heavy-duty, hand-held manual surgical instrument with sturdy handles and blade-like jaws designed to cut orthopaedic wires, cerclages, and small diameter pins or bolts. It has a scissors-like lever action with straight or curved handles and is made of hig...

General-purpose surgical scissors, single-use

178 GUDID devices

A non-dedicated hand-held manual surgical instrument designed to cut a variety of tissues during open surgery; it is not dedicated to surgery at a specific anatomy/body orifice nor does it have a single clinical intended use. It might in addition be intende...

General-purpose surgical scissors, single-use

104 GUDID devices

A sterile, non-dedicated, hand-held manual surgical instrument designed to cut a variety of tissues during open surgery; it is not dedicated to surgery at a specific anatomy/body orifice nor does it have a single clinical intended use. It might in addition ...

Laparoscopic grasping forceps, single-use

17 GUDID devices

A sterile, rigid surgical instrument designed to be introduced through a laparoscope primarily for grasping and manipulating tissues during a laparoscopic surgical procedure. It is a hand-held device typically with scissors-like handles that may include a r...

Intraocular scissors, conventional-hinge, single-use

49 GUDID devices

A hand-held manual ophthalmic surgical instrument intended to be used to cut intraocular tissue of the anterior segment (e.g., iris). It comprises two pivoted blades which cut with a shearing action directly adjacent to the handles (i.e., not a probe-like d...

Nail scissors, single-use

30 GUDID devices

A sterile, hand-held device designed specifically for cutting the nails of a patient. It is comprised of two pivoted blades with finger and thumb ring-handles, which cut the nails with a shearing action (i.e., the fine blades cut when the sharpened edges pa...

Anterior/posterior segment scissors, single-use

24 GUDID devices

An ophthalmic surgical instrument designed to cut either anterior or posterior segment tissue during eye surgery. It is typically: 1) two pivoted blades that are usually provided with a finger and thumb ring-handle and which cut with a shearing action (i.e....

Suture cutter, single-use

20 GUDID devices

A hand-held surgical instrument designed for cutting sutures using a mechanical action. It typically has a protected scalpel-like blade or a scissors-like cutting end, and a proximal manual actuator. This is a single-use device.

Gynaecological scissors, single-use

18 GUDID devices

A sterile hand-held manual surgical instrument designed to cut tissues during a gynaecological surgical procedure; it is not primarily intended for obstetric use. It is comprised of two pivoted shearing blades with finger and thumb ring-handles (i.e., not p...

Episiotomy scissors, single-use

4 GUDID devices

A hand-held, manual, obstetrical, surgical instrument intended to cut the outlet of the vagina in childbirth so as to facilitate the birth of the child (also known as perineotomy). It comprises two pivoted blades that are usually provided with a finger and ...

Ophthalmic strabismus scissors, single-use

4 GUDID devices

A hand-held, manual, ophthalmic surgical instrument intended to be used to cut the muscles of the eye during strabismus surgery. It comprises two pivoted blades that usually have finger and thumb ring-handles, and which cut with a shearing action (i.e., the...

Conjunctival scissors, single-use

3 GUDID devices

A hand-held, manual, ophthalmic surgical instrument intended to be used to cut the conjunctiva and Tenon’s capsule on the eye surface to access the sclera. It comprises two pivoted blades which cut with a shearing action directly adjacent to the handles (th...

Umbilical cord scissors, single-use

2 GUDID devices

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...

Laparoscopic grasping forceps, reusable

2,734 GUDID devices

A rigid surgical instrument designed to be introduced through a laparoscope primarily for grasping and manipulating tissues during a laparoscopic surgical procedure. It is a hand-held device typically with scissors-like handles that may include a ratchet me...

Bone distraction forceps

870 GUDID devices

A hand-held, manual, open-surgery instrument with sturdy handles and blade-like jaws designed to distract (force apart) two bone surfaces to enable a surgical procedure, e.g., two vertebrae during a spinal surgical intervention. It has a scissors-like lever...

Bone distraction forceps

40 GUDID devices

A hand-held manual surgical instrument with sturdy handles and blade-like jaws designed to distract (force apart) two bone surfaces to enable a surgical procedure, e.g., two vertebrae during a spinal surgical intervention. It has a scissors-like lever actio...

Intrauterine device thread scissors

1 GUDID devices

A sterile, hand-held manual instrument designed to cut the thread(s) of an in situ intrauterine device (IUD) to an appropriate length for extraction of the device. It is comprised of two pivoted blades which cut with a shearing action, operated using finger...