A wire intended for the fixation of bone fractures that may be implanted or used short-term (e.g., to hold a plate in the correct position during an intervention). It may be used: 1) as a cerclage wire to aid bone fixation; 2) in a loop or figure-of-eight c...
A sterile wire, intended to be percutaneously inserted into the coronary venous vasculature to aid in the transvenous placement and/or removal of implantable pacemaker/defibrillator leads; it may in addition be intended to extract an indwelling catheter or ...
A manual surgical instrument specially designed to grip the end of a wire, typically the self-boring type, for its extraction from the patient's body. It has a scissors-like design with strong curved handles and short pointed jaws that are heavily serrated ...
A thin, implantable rod intended to be used for the stabilization of a bone fracture or bone grafts, or for an osteotomy or arthrodesis (internal and/or external fixation). It is typically drilled into bone and may be smooth or threaded, solid or cannulated...
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...
A surgical instrument with specially designed sturdy blades used to grip, tighten and/or twist wires that are being applied to the patient during a surgical intervention. It typically has a scissors-like design with ring handles, is made of high-grade stain...
A hand-held dental instrument used in orthodontics to intraorally chill or cool thermally-activated archwires when placing bends in an orthodontic appliance. The device, after it has been precooled (typically with a cryogenic spray), is applied to a desired...
A hollow cylinder designed to be inserted into an artificial opening made in the trachea (windpipe) during a tracheotomy to provide a patent airway; it is not custom-made for a specific patient and is not reinforced with a wire. It is typically constructed ...
A thread or slender rod of metal (e.g., stainless steel, precious metal) incorporated into an orthodontic appliance, typically as part of an orthodontic appliance system. It is available in various dimensions and grades, and is used to exert pressure on tee...
A long, thin, sterile wire intended to be percutaneously placed into the cardiac vasculature (ventricles or coronary vessels) to function as a guide for the introduction, positioning, and/or operation of a device (e.g., catheter, pacing lead); it may also b...
A long, thin, sterile wire intended to be percutaneously placed into the peripheral vasculature (not heart or central nervous system) to function as a guide for the introduction of devices (e.g., catheters). It is made of metal (e.g., stainless steel, Nitin...
A long, thin wire intended to be percutaneously placed into the peripheral vasculature (not heart or central nervous system) to function as a guide for the introduction of devices (e.g., catheters). It is made of metal (e.g., stainless steel, Nitinol), with...
A sterile, multi-purpose electrical conductor inserted beneath the dermal layer of a patient's skin to record/monitor electrical activity (biopotentials) for physiological measurements [typically electroencephalography (EEG), electromyography (EMG), and evo...
A sterile, semi-rigid or rigid tube intended to be used during open heart surgery where it is surgically inserted for perfusion of the ascending aorta, serving as a channel for the transport of pumped, oxygenated, blood from a cardiopulmonary bypass system ...
A thin, implantable rod intended to be used for the stabilization of a bone fracture or bone grafts, or for an osteotomy or arthrodesis. It is typically drilled into bone and may be smooth or threaded, solid or cannulated, and/or semi-flexible. Also known a...
A sterile, semi-rigid or rigid tube intended to be used during open heart surgery where it is surgically inserted, typically into the right atrium and superior/inferior vena cava, to serve as a channel for the transport of blood to a cardiopulmonary bypass ...
A heavy-duty manual surgical instrument with specially-designed sturdy handles and blade jaws used to grip, tighten, and/or twist wires during a surgical intervention. It has a scissors-like design with curved handles and is made of high-grade stainless ste...
A long, thin, sterile wire designed to provide the necessary length to allow the exchange of one coronary artery dilatation catheter for another, while maintaining the position of the cardiac catheter guidewire in the coronary artery, during angiography or ...
A device designed to hold surgical instruments together; typically those with ring handles. This can be for sterilization, storage purposes, and/or to keep surgical instruments used for a particular procedure together prior to being lain out for surgery. It...
A flexible, wire-like, metal surgical instrument, usually of a high-grade stainless steel, typically intended to be used in orthopaedic or neurological surgery to cut bone. It has a serrated surface, or a surface coated with an abrasive material, and functi...
A flexible, wire-like, metal surgical instrument, usually of a high-grade stainless steel, typically used in orthopaedic or neurological surgery for cutting bone. It has a serrated surface and functions as the cutting blade of a flexible manual hand saw whi...
A sterile device designed to remove from the body the electrically-conducting leads (hollow coil type) of an implantable pacemaker or an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD). It is manipulated proximally with a handle, and its working end is typical...
A flexible, wire-like, metal surgical instrument, usually of a high-grade stainless steel, typically intended to be used in orthopaedic or neurological surgery to cut bone. It has a serrated surface, or a surface coated with an abrasive material, and functi...
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...
A long, thin, sterile wire designed to provide the necessary length to allow the exchange of a catheter, or other interventional device, while maintaining the intravascular position of the catheter guidewire during an interventional procedure in the periphe...
A length of metal (e.g., stainless steel) intended to stabilize bony fragments (fractured bone) in the oral cavity and/or stabilize injured teeth. Stabilization occurs by direct application of the device to the bone/teeth (e.g., by wrapping the ligature aro...
A permanently implanted vascular device intended to be percutaneously placed in the inferior vena cava (IVC) to prevent pulmonary embolism (PE). The device achieves its unconstrained diameter upon deployment in the IVC and imparts an outward radial force on...
A hand-held manual surgical instrument intended to be used to grip and excise atherosclerotic deposits (i.e., thickened atheromatous tunica intima) from the lumen of an artery (i.e., endarterectomy). It will typically consist of a slender handle onto which ...
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...
A length of metal (e.g., stainless steel) intended to stabilize bony fragments (fractured bone) in the oral cavity and/or stabilize injured teeth. Stabilization occurs by direct application of the device to the bone/teeth (e.g., by wrapping the ligature aro...