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Instrument name: Adson Dissector
Alternate name: Adson Hook, Adson Dissector, Dura Hook
Instrument category: Retractors
Used for: Gentle dissecting and elevating tissue
Specialty commonly used in: Neurosurgery
Instrument name: Battery-Powered Burr
Alternate name: None
Instrument category: Powered Devices
Used for: Cutting through and rounding out rough edges of bone with different sized burrs
Specialty commonly used in: Orthopedic and spine surgery
Instrument name: Battery-Powered Drill
Alternate name:
Used for: Cutting through and creating a hole in the bone with different-sized drill bits
Instrument name: Battery-Powered Saw
Alternate name: Oscillating saw
Used for: Cutting and sawing bone using different sized blades
Instrument name: Bayonet Tissue Forceps
Alternate name: Nasal dressing forcep
Instrument category: Forceps
Used for: Grabbing delicate tissue
Specialty commonly used in: Nasal, dental, neuro, and spine surgery
Instrument name: Bipolar Electrocautery
Alternate name: Bipolar bovie
Instrument category: Energy Devices
Used for: Coagulating tissue
Specialty commonly used in: Neurosurgery, head and neck, vascular, thoracic, and for patients that have a pacemaker or automatic implantable cardioverter defibrillator (AICD)
Instrument name: Blakesley Through Cut Tissue Forceps
Alternate name: Nasal forcep, sinus punch, Blakesley, thru cut
Used for: Grabbing delicate tissue. This instrument comes in many different sizes and angles.
Specialty commonly used in: Nasal surgery
Instrument name: Bone Cutter
Alternate name: Ruskin Liston, Stille Horsley, Liston bone cutter
Instrument category: Bone Instruments
Used for: Cutting bone or soft tissue a piece at a time. This instrument comes in an array of sizes and can be double action.
Specialty commonly used in: Orthopedic, neuro, spine, and head and neck surgery
Instrument name: Bone Needle
Instrument category: Accessory
Used for: Entry and instilling solutions
Specialty commonly used in: Spinal procedures
Instrument name: Bone Tamp
Alternate name: Tamper
Used for: Supporting and protecting bone
Specialty commonly used in: Neurosurgery and orthopedic surgery
Instrument name: Bonney Tissue Forceps
Alternate name: Baker, bone forceps
Used for: Grabbing heavy tissue or bone
Specialty commonly used in: Orthopedic surgery
Instrument name: Caliper
Alternate name: Townley Caliper
Used for: Measuring the foraminal space during spine surgery
Specialty commonly used in: Spine surgery
Instrument name: Cerebellar Retractor
Alternate name: Anderson Adson
Used for: Provide exposure to surgical site. Is self-retaining.
Specialty commonly used in: Orthopedic, neuro, and spine surgery
Instrument name: Cervical Plate
Used for: Fixation of cervical spine fracture during reconstruction
Specialty commonly used in: Orthopedic and neurosurgery
Instrument name: Cervical Screw
Instrument name: Craniotome
Alternate name: Drill
Used for: Cutting and drilling bone, can have different attachments
Instrument name: Frazier Suction Tip
Alternate name: Frazier, Ferguson Frazier, suction tube, suction
Instrument category: Suction
Used for: Suctioning during surgery
Specialty commonly used in: Pediatric, neuro, minor, and ear surgery when suctioning is needed
Instrument name: Freidman Bone Rongeur
Alternate name: Synovectomy, Luer-Friedmann, rongeur, Freidman, bone cutter
Used for: Cutting bone by grabbing, cutting bone or soft tissue a piece at a time
Specialty commonly used in: General, ortho, neuro, and spine surgery
Instrument name: Gelpi Retractor
Alternate name: Zelpi, Gelpi perineal
Used for: Provide exposure to surgical site and is self-retaining
Instrument name: Jacobson Micro Vascular Needle Holder
Alternate name: Intracardiac needle holder, needle driver
Instrument category: Needle Holders
Used for: Holds small vascular sutures
Specialty commonly used in: Vascular, cardiac, and thoracic surgeries