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Instrument name: Resectoscope Cutting Loop Tip
Alternate name: None
Instrument category: Endoscopic
Used for: Cutting through and removing lining of cavity
Specialty commonly used in: Urologic and gynecologic surgery
Instrument name: Resectoscope Obturator
Alternate name:
Used for: Gaining access to a cavity via bluntly passing through orifice
Instrument name: Robotic Bipolar Arm
Alternate name: Bipolar
Instrument category: Robotic
Used for: Cutting and coagulation of tissue during robotic assisted laparoscopic surgery
Specialty commonly used in: General, GYN, and urologic surgery
Instrument name: Robotic Clip Applier Arm
Alternate name: Clip
Used for: Hemostasis of tissue during robotic assisted laparoscopic surgery
Instrument name: Robotic Fundus Grasper
Alternate name: Robotic grasper, fundus grasper, grasper
Used for: Gentle grasping, dissecting, and retracting of tissue during robotic surgery
Instrument name: Robotic Grasper Arm
Alternate name: Grasper
Used for: Grasping and holding of tissue during robotic assisted laparoscopic surgery
Instrument name: Robotic Hook
Alternate name: Hook
Used for: Mobilization and transection of tissue during robotic assisted laparoscopic surgery
Instrument name: Robotic Needle Driver Arm
Alternate name: Robotic needle holder, needle driver
Used for: Suturing during robotic assisted laparoscopic surgery
Instrument name: Robotic Scissor
Alternate name: Scissor, cutter
Used for: cutting of tissue during robotic assisted laparoscopic surgery
Instrument name: Rochester Pean Clamp
Alternate name: Pean Artery, Kelly, Hemostat, Crile
Instrument category: Clamps
Used for: Grasping, holding, and crushing large tissue, ligaments, or vessels
Specialty commonly used in: Gynecological surgery, especially during hysterectomies
Instrument name: Russian Tissue Forcep
Alternate name: Russian pickup, thumb forcep
Instrument category: Forceps
Used for: Grabbing heavy or thick tissue, closing wounds
Specialty commonly used in: General surgery
Instrument name: Semi-rigid Ureteroscope
Alternate name: Semi-rigid scope, scope, uteroscope
Used for: Visualization during urologic surgery
Specialty commonly used in: Urologic surgeries when a semi-rigid ureteroscope is needed
Instrument name: Thoracoscope
Alternate name: Scope
Used for: Visualization during laparoscopic surgery of the chest
Specialty commonly used in: Thoracic laparoscopic surgeries
Instrument name: Uterine Tenaculum Forceps
Alternate name: Single tooth tenaculum, uterine tenaculum, uterine vulsellum, uterine forceps, tenaculum
Used for: To grasp, hold, and manipulate uterine tissue or cervix
Specialty commonly used in: Gynecologic surgery
Instrument name: Veress Needle
Alternate name: Veress, needle
Used for: Gaining access to the cavity during laparoscopic surgery. This device can come in many different lengths to accommodate different size patients.
Specialty commonly used in: Laparoscopic surgery for general, gynecologic, and thoracic.
Instrument name: Working Element
Used for: Placement of a loop or a ball during endoscopy that requires a resection
Specialty commonly used in: Urologic or gynecologic surgery
Instrument name: Zeppelin Clamp
Alternate name: Z Clamp, Hysterectomy, Zeppelin Style
Used for: Grasping and holding tissues and ligaments