A sterile, hand-held instrument used for grasping a tube [e.g., a catheter or an endotracheal (ET) tube] for its insertion and/or extraction into/from the airways, or for grasping obstructive objects for their removal from the airways. Commonly known as a M...
A long, thin, hand-held manual surgical instrument designed to facilitate grasping and manipulation of soft-tissues/anatomical structures, typically during ear/nose/throat (ENT) surgery; it is not intended for insertion through an endoscope, nor into the ey...
A long, thin flexible tube containing retractable forceps (grasping arms) intended to be inserted into the vasculature (artery/vein) to manually grasp and remove unintentionally-introduced foreign bodies (e.g., sheared cannula tips). Its use is typically in...
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...
A rigid, hand-held manual surgical instrument designed to be introduced through the working channel of an endoscope and/or an endoscopic port (e.g., laparoscopic port) primarily for grasping and manipulating tissues during endoscopic surgery. It has proxima...
A sterile, rigid manual device used in combination with a compatible endoscope to grasp tissue (typically atraumatically) or foreign bodies. It is typically constructed as a very long instrument with one sliding and one stationary rod whose distal ends are ...
A flexible manual device intended to be used in combination with a compatible endoscope to grasp tissue (typically atraumatically) or foreign bodies. It is typically constructed of a flexible metal coil or plastic tube whose distal end is equipped with a pa...
A rigid, hand-held manual surgical instrument designed to be introduced through the working channel of an endoscope and/or an endoscopic port (e.g., laparoscopic port) primarily for grasping and manipulating tissues during endoscopic surgery. It has proxima...
A sterile, hand-held, manual surgical instrument designed for general-purpose grasping/picking up of other devices/objects typically with the intention of maintaining a sterile condition or avoiding direct hand contact because of unhygienic/unfavourable con...
A sterile distal component of a probe-like ophthalmic soft-tissue surgical forceps assembly designed to grasp and manipulate intraocular tissues during ophthalmic surgery (e.g., anterior segment surgery, vitreo-retinal procedures, iridectomy, capsulorhexis)...
A sterile, hand-held, manual surgical instrument intended for the grasping, pulling or compression of the uterus during a hysterectomy (for the removal of the womb and the necessary associated organs). It typically has a scissors-like, self-retaining, desig...
A hand-held manual instrument designed primarily for non-dedicated grasping of devices, sponges and/or dressings during a procedure; it is not intended for endoscopic use. It has a scissors-like hinged design with ring handles and blades (non-cutting) that ...
A hand-held manual instrument designed primarily for non-dedicated grasping of devices, sponges and/or dressings during a procedure; it is neither intended for tissue manipulation nor endoscopic use. It has a scissors-like hinged design with ring handles an...
A hand-held, manual, open-surgery instrument designed to grasp, manipulate, dissect, and/or clamp soft-tissues; it is not intended for grasping/clamping bone or teeth, nor is it dedicated to ophthalmic surgery and is not a dedicated biopsy device. It has a ...
A hand-held manual instrument designed primarily for non-dedicated grasping of devices, sponges and/or dressings during a procedure; it is not intended for endoscopic use. It typically has a tweezers-like design with two blades joined at the proximal (non-w...
A hand-held manual instrument designed primarily for non-dedicated grasping of devices, sponges and/or dressings during a procedure; it is neither intended for tissue manipulation nor endoscopic use. It typically has a tweezers-like design with two blades j...
A sterile, hand-held, manual, open-surgery instrument designed to grasp, manipulate, dissect, and/or clamp soft-tissues; it is not intended for grasping/clamping bone or teeth, nor is it dedicated to ophthalmic surgery. It has a scissors-like hinged design ...
A hand-held manual instrument designed primarily for non-dedicated grasping of devices, sponges and/or dressings during a procedure; it is neither intended for tissue manipulation nor endoscopic use. It typically has a tweezers-like design with two blades j...
A sterile, hand-held manual manual instrument designed primarily for non-dedicated grasping of devices, sponges and/or dressings during a procedure; it is not intended for tissue manipulation. It has a scissors-like hinged design with ring handles and blade...
A hand-held manual ophthalmic surgical instrument with small blades designed to grasp and manipulate ophthalmic implants (excluding sutures) during implantation/explantation; it is not intended for use on tissues. Its design may be tweezers-like, or it may ...
A flexible, hand-held manual surgical instrument designed to be introduced through the working channel of an endoscope to grasp tissue (typically atraumatically), or additionally foreign bodies. It has proximal controls (e.g., scissors-like handles), a flex...
A hand-held, manual, open-surgery instrument designed to facilitate grasping and manipulation of soft-tissues. It has a tweezers-like design (may be a micro/fine instrument) with variously designed tips at the working end, whereby the blades are designed to...
A sterile, hand-held manual instrument designed to grasp and manipulate intraocular tissues during ophthalmic surgery (e.g., anterior segment surgery, vitreo-retinal procedures, iridectomy, capsulorhexis). It has a probe-like design with a proximal handle (...
A sterile, hand-held manual surgical instrument designed to facilitate grasping, manipulation or clamping of, and/or removal of foreign bodies from, ophthalmic soft-tissues (ocular tissues, eyelids), and may be pointed for capsulorhexis. It has a convention...
A sterile, hand-held manual instrument designed to grasp and manipulate intraocular tissues during ophthalmic surgery (e.g., anterior segment surgery, vitreo-retinal procedures, iridectomy, capsulorhexis). It has a probe-like design with a proximal handle (...
A hand-held ophthalmic surgical instrument used to grasp, manipulate, compress, pull, or join eye and/or surrounding tissues during a surgical intervention. It is typically: 1) a one-piece instrument with a tweezers-like design having two conjoined blades w...
A sterile grasping instrument designed to obtain tissue samples from the inner walls of the heart (endomyocardium) typically for histopathological examination. It is typically a flexible metal coil or plastic tube with a pair of scissors-like cups with cutt...
A flexible manual device intended to be inserted through the working channel of a compatible flexible endoscope to grasp and remove stones (e.g., calculi from the urinary tract) or foreign bodies during an endoscopic procedure. It is typically a flexible me...
A sterile, hand-held manual surgical instrument designed to facilitate grasping and manipulation of soft-tissues. It has a tweezers-like design (may be a micro/fine instrument) with variously designed tips at the working end, whereby the blades are designed...
A sterile, hand-held manual dental instrument designed for grasping and holding a dental dressing during its application to a patient's oral cavity. It typically has a tweezers-like design with two conjoined blades with serrated tips at the working end. It ...