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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: Bulldog Clamp
Alternate name: Micro Bulldog, Serrefine
Instrument category: Clamps
Used for: Atraumatic grasping and holding of vascular tissue or suture
Specialty commonly used in: Vascular, cardiac, and thoracic 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
Used for: Atraumatic grasping and holding of vessels and vascular structures
Specialty commonly used in: Vascular, thoracic, and cardiac surgery
Instrument name: Debakey Forceps
Alternate name: DeBakey Pickup, DeBakey atraumatic, DeBakey vascular
Instrument category: Forceps
Used for: Grabbing delicate tissue and vascular structures and dissecting soft tissue
Specialty commonly used in: Vascular and thoracic surgery
Instrument name: Doyen Intestinal Forcep
Alternate name: Glassman non-crushing, intestinal clamp, intestinal forcep, non-crushing clamp
Used for: Grasping and holding intestinal or lung tissue without crushing
Specialty commonly used in: General surgery, thoracic 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: Mixter Hemostatic Forcep
Alternate name: Gemini Thoracic, Gemini Artery, Mixter, Right Angle, Mixter Clamp
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: Sarot Bronchus Clamp
Alternate name: None
Used for: Atraumatic grasping and holding of lung tissue
Specialty commonly used in: Thoracic surgery
Instrument name: Satinsky Vena Cava Clamp
Alternate name: DeBakey Satinsky, Satinsky Clamp
Instrument name: Suture Closure Device
Alternate name: brand name, suture, closure device
Instrument category: Endoscopic
Used for: Suturing after minimally invasive procedures, such as TAVR
Specialty commonly used in: Minimally invasive thoracic and vascular surgery when a suture is needed to close a vessel
Instrument name: Vessel Loop
Alternate name: Loop
Instrument category: Accessory
Used for: Isolating and retracting delicate structures, such as a vessel or nerve
Specialty commonly used in: Vascular, general, cardiac, and hand surgery