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Instrument name: Bailey Rib Approximator
Alternate name: Rib spreader, rib approximator
Instrument category: Retractors
Used for: Reapproximating the ribs
Specialty commonly used in: Thoracic surgery
Instrument name: Battery-Powered Drill
Alternate name:
Instrument category: Powered Devices
Used for: Cutting through and creating a hole in the bone with different-sized drill bits
Specialty commonly used in: Orthopedic and spine surgery
Instrument name: Beck Aortic Clamp
Alternate name: DeBakey Beck Aortic
Instrument category: Clamps
Used for: Atraumatic grasping and holding of vessels and vascular structures
Specialty commonly used in: Vascular, thoracic, and cardiac surgery
Instrument name: Bonney Tissue Forceps
Alternate name: Baker, bone forceps
Instrument category: Forceps
Used for: Grabbing heavy tissue or bone
Specialty commonly used in: Orthopedic 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: Debakey Clamp
Alternate name: Vascular clamp, atraumatic clamp
Instrument name: Debakey Forceps
Alternate name: DeBakey Pickup, DeBakey atraumatic, DeBakey vascular
Used for: Grabbing delicate tissue and vascular structures and dissecting soft tissue
Specialty commonly used in: Vascular and thoracic surgery
Instrument name: Dull Trocar
Alternate name: Dull tip trocar sheath, dull sheath
Instrument category: Endoscopic
Used for: Gaining access to a joint during arthroscopic surgery
Instrument name: Gerald Forceps
Alternate name: Gerald dressing, Gerald pickup, atraumatic forcep
Specialty commonly used in: Vascular, cardiac, and thoracic surgery
Instrument name: Harrington Retractor
Alternate name: Sweetheart retractor, splanchnic retractor
Used for: Holding back abdominal contents and providing exposure to surgical site
Specialty commonly used in: General and gynecologic surgery
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
Instrument name: Laparoscopic Blunt Grasper
Alternate name: Blunt nose grasper, duckbill blunt grasper, duckbill, grasper
Instrument category: Laparoscopic
Used for: Gentle grasping, dissecting, and retracting of tissue
Specialty commonly used in: Laparoscopic surgery for general, gynecologic, and thoracic
Instrument name: Laparoscopic Dissecting Forceps
Alternate name: Dissector.
Used for: Gentle grasping, dissecting, retracting of tissue, and can be connected to cautery. Multiple types exist, including Maryland Dissecting Forceps.
Instrument name: Laparoscopic Hook Cautery
Alternate name: None
Used for: Mobilization and transection of tissue with cauterization
Specialty commonly used in: Laparoscopic surgery for general, gynecologic, urologic, and thoracic
Instrument name: Laparoscopic Peanut Dissector
Alternate name: Peanut on a stick, Kittner dissector, Kittner
Used for: Bluntly dissecting tissue deep within the cavity during laparoscopic surgery
Instrument name: Laparoscopic Scissor
Alternate name: Curved cutter
Used for: Cutting tissue during laparoscopic surgery
Instrument name: Laparoscopic Spatula
Alternate name: Spatula tip cautery
Used for: Dissecting tissue and vessels
Instrument name: Lung Biopsy Needle
Instrument category: Accessory
Used for: Obtaining a biopsy of the lung
Specialty commonly used in: Minimally invasive procedures where a lung biopsy is needed
Instrument name: Pleural and peritoneal drainage
Alternate name: Drainage device
Used for: Drainage of fluid from the pleural or abdominal cavity
Specialty commonly used in: Thoracentesis or paracentesis procedures
Instrument name: Sarot Bronchus Clamp
Used for: Atraumatic grasping and holding of lung tissue