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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: Bicortical Screw
Alternate name: Screw
Instrument category: Accessory
Used for: Fixation of the mandibular bone during reconstruction
Specialty commonly used in: Reconstructive plastic surgery
Instrument name: Bite Block
Alternate name: Mouth wedge
Used for: Placed in the patient’s mouth between the upper and lower teeth to prevent them from biting the endoscope
Specialty commonly used in: Upper endoscopic procedures
Instrument name: Bone Tamp
Alternate name: Tamper
Used for: Supporting and protecting bone
Specialty commonly used in: Neurosurgery and orthopedic surgery
Instrument name: Double Skin Hook
Alternate name: None
Instrument category: Retractors
Used for: Retracting skin and muscle
Specialty commonly used in: Plastic, eye, and pediatric surgery
Instrument name: Freidman Bone Rongeur
Alternate name: Synovectomy, Luer-Friedmann, rongeur, Freidman, bone cutter
Instrument category: Bone Instruments
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: Goldman Elevator
Alternate name: Joker, Septum Elevator, Septum Displacer, butter knife
Used for: Repositioning of nasal bones
Specialty commonly used in: Nasal surgery
Instrument name: Hohmann Retractor
Alternate name:
Used for: Holding back tissue and providing exposure to surgical site
Specialty commonly used in: Orthopedic surgery
Instrument name: Lempert Elevator
Used for: Removing periosteum from bone or elevating tissue
Specialty commonly used in: ENT, plastic, and neurosurgery
Instrument name: Malleable Retractor
Alternate name: Brain retractor, ribbon retractor, spatula
Used for: Holding back abdominal contents and provide exposure to surgical site while being able to shape retractor to patient’s anatomy
Specialty commonly used in: General and gynecologic surgery
Instrument name: Mandibular Bone Plate
Instrument name: Mandibular Bone Screw
Instrument name: Mesh Plate
Alternate name: Malleable plate
Used for: Fixation of facial fracture during reconstruction
Instrument name: Micro Air Drill
Instrument category: Powered Devices
Used for: Cutting through and creating holes in bone with different sizes of drill bits
Specialty commonly used in: Plastic and reconstructive surgery
Instrument name: Mixter Hemostatic Forcep
Alternate name: Gemini Thoracic, Gemini Artery, Mixter, Right Angle, Mixter Clamp
Instrument category: Clamps
Used for: Clamping, dissecting, or grasping tissue
Specialty commonly used in: General, gynecology, vascular, otolaryngology, and thoracic surgery. Also used to pass a suture around a vessel.
Instrument name: Muscle Hook
Alternate name: Jameson hook, Graefe hook, Strabismus hook
Used for: Retracting muscles during eye surgery
Specialty commonly used in: Eye surgery
Instrument name: Nasal Speculum
Alternate name: Cottle, Vienna
Instrument category: Specula
Used for: Holding back nasal tissue or structures to provide exposure to surgical site
Instrument name: Pituitary Rongeur
Alternate name: Love Gruenwald, Cushing, IVD, Nasal Pituitary, Disc Rongeur, Rongeur, Pituitary
Used for: Cutting bone by grabbing, cutting bone or soft tissue a piece at a time. This instrument comes in an array of sizes and angles.
Instrument name: Scalp Clip
Alternate name: Clip
Used for: Grasping scalp edges for hemostasis
Specialty commonly used in: Neuro
Instrument name: Screws Used on Mesh Plate