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...

Ear wick, non-biodegradable

155 GUDID devices

A non-biodegradable packing material [e.g., loosely twisted unspun cotton, gauze, or polyvinyl alcohol (PVA)] intended to be used in the ear of a patient after internal ear surgery, and/or to administer medicinal substances to the ear to treat ear disorders...

Middle ear drill bit

107 GUDID devices

A cylindrical shaft of metal with a small cutting head (e.g., twisted or helicoidal) which when rotated will bore into the tissues of the middle ear to excavate, perforate, or excise tissue (e.g., ossicles, cartilage) during a middle ear (endaural) surgical...

Tissue pick

9 GUDID devices

A hand-held manual surgical instrument designed primarily to hook/grasp skin to lift the skin and adjacent tissues during a surgical intervention. It is a shaft-like metallic instrument with a proximal handle and two small opposing (i.e., curved in opposite...