A hand-held, manual surgical instrument designed to cut a blood vessel (i.e., to cut over a blood vessel or cut longitudinally to split it open) during open vascular surgery; it is not intended for endoscopic use. Often referred to as micro-scissors, it is ...

Suture scissors

565 GUDID devices

A hand-held surgical instrument used during surgery to cut suture or ligature material, i.e., to divide lengths or remove excessive/unwanted ends. It comprises two pivoted blades that are usually provided with a finger and thumb ring-handle and which cut wi...

Dental collar/crown scissors

179 GUDID devices

A hand-held dental instrument designed to cut metal bands. 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 the sharpened edges pass one another as th...

Dental surgical scissors

1,806 GUDID devices

A hand-held dental instrument used to cut oral tissue during a dental surgical procedure. 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 the sharpen...

Nasal scissors

1,362 GUDID devices

A hand-held, manual, surgical instrument used to cut tissue during ear/nose/throat (ENT) or plastic surgery in or on the nose and its associated structures. It comprises two pivoted blades that are usually provided with a finger and thumb ring-handle and wh...

Neurosurgical scissors

830 GUDID devices

A hand-held manual surgical instrument designed to cut tissue (e.g., dura mater, neural soft-tissue) during neurosurgery. It comprises two hinged blades of micro design that cut with a shearing action (i.e., the blades cut as the sharpened edges pass one an...

Corneal scissors

398 GUDID devices

A hand-held, manual, ophthalmic surgical instrument intended to be used to cut corneal tissue (e.g., during cataract extraction surgery, corneal transplant surgery). It comprises two pivoted blades that are usually provided with a finger and thumb ring-hand...

Corneal scissors, reusable

364 GUDID devices

Ophthalmic suture scissors

327 GUDID devices

A hand-held ophthalmic surgical instrument used to cut suture during eye surgery. 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 fine blades cut as the sharpened ...

Ophthalmic strabismus scissors, reusable

109 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...

Ophthalmic strabismus scissors

68 GUDID devices

Enucleation scissors

61 GUDID devices

A hand-held surgical instrument used to cut tissue during eye surgery involving enucleation of the eye and/or its related structures (i.e., the removal of the eyeball to, e.g., remove a malignant tumour or to relieve intolerable pain in a blind eye). It com...

Tonsil scissors

60 GUDID devices

A hand-held surgical instrument used to cut tonsil tissue during ear/nose/throat (ENT) surgery. 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 the s...

Ophthalmic tenotomy scissors

42 GUDID devices

A hand-held ophthalmic instrument used to cut and/or divide tendon tissue in the eye during surgery, typically to correct a deformity. It comprises two pivoted blades that usually have finger and thumb ring-handles, and which cut with a shearing action (i.e...

Umbilical cord scissors, reusable

36 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...

Episiotomy scissors, reusable

33 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 ...

Orthopaedic scissors

31 GUDID devices

A hand-held manual surgical instrument designed to cut bone or cartilage tissue during orthopaedic surgery. It comprises two sturdy pivoted blades that are usually provided with a finger and thumb ring-handle and which cut with a shearing action (i.e., the ...

Enucleation scissors, reusable

30 GUDID devices

A hand-held, manual, ophthalmic surgical instrument intended to be used to cut tissue during surgery involving enucleation of the eye and/or its related structures (i.e., the removal of the eyeball to, e.g., remove a malignant tumour or to relieve intolerab...

Assistive scissors

27 GUDID devices

A utensil used by a person with a disability to cut objects or materials, e.g., cloth, paper, string, or to prepare food in the kitchen. It comprises two pivoted blades that are usually provided with a finger and thumb ring-handle and which cut with a shear...

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....

Rectal scissors

24 GUDID devices

A hand-held manual surgical instrument designed to cut tissue during rectal surgery. Also known as bowel scissors, 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 ...

Dissection scissors

15 GUDID devices

A hand-held manual instrument designed to cut tissue during dissection and/or autopsy. 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 the sharpened ...

Blepharoplasty scissors

7 GUDID devices

A hand-held, manual, ophthalmic surgical instrument intended to be used to cut eyelid tissue during plastic surgery of the eyelids (blepharoplasty). It comprises two pivoted blades that usually have finger and thumb ring-handles, and which cut with a sheari...

Abdominal scissors

6 GUDID devices

A hand-held surgical instrument used to cut the abdominal tissue, in particular the abdominal wall tissue, during surgery. It comprises two pivoted blades that are usually provided with ring handles which cut with a shearing action (i.e., the blades cut as ...

Bone fixation plate pliers insert

5 GUDID devices

A small, soft, gripping device inserted into bone fixation plate bending/cutting pliers to hold the free section of a cut implant to prevent it from becoming a projectile when it is cut. The insert is used when modifying an orthopaedic implant, typically a ...

Episiotomy scissors, single-use

4 GUDID devices

Ophthalmic strabismus scissors, single-use

4 GUDID devices

Ostomy appliance scissors

2 GUDID devices

A hand-held manual device designed to be used by a patient (layperson) in the home to cut an ostomy appliance (e.g., ostomy flange); it is not intended to cut tissues, sutures, or bandages. It is comprised of two pivoted shearing blades with handles, whereb...

Umbilical cord scissors, single-use

2 GUDID devices

Diamond dental bur, reusable

80,307 GUDID devices

A rotary cutting device made of high-grade steel with the working end coated with particles of diamond, and which is designed to fit into a dental handpiece that provides the rotation allowing the user to cut hard structures in the mouth, such as teeth or b...