Clamps
Occluding and holding clamps across the full range a theatre uses, from the general-surgery workhorses to the atraumatic cardiovascular patterns.
General surgery and haemostasis: Crile, Kelly, Kocher (Rochester-Ochsner), Pean, Rochester, Halsted mosquito, Mixter (Overholt), Backhaus towel clamps, Allis and Babcock. Cardiovascular: Satinsky and DeBakey-Satinsky tangential occlusion, Diethrich micro coronary, Cooley, Glover, Gregory, Derra, Wylie and Bahnson. Bowel and specialty: Doyen intestinal, Payr, bulldog clamps in spring patterns, bronchus and coarctation clamps.
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Original price $385.36 - Original price $385.36Original price$385.36$385.36 - $385.36Current price $385.36Cooley Catheter Clamp 26 CH, 16cm
Cooley catheter clamp sized for 26 CH catheters, 16cm overall length. Atraumatic jaws provide secure occlusion of catheters and tubing without crus...
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Original price $332.82 - Original price $332.82Original price$332.82$332.82 - $332.82Current price $332.82Cooley Multi-Purpose Atraumatic Clamp, 26cm
Cooley multi-purpose atraumatic clamp, 26cm. Longitudinal atraumatic jaw pattern grips vessels securely while minimizing intimal trauma during card...
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Original price $437.92 - Original price $437.92Original price$437.92$437.92 - $437.92Current price $437.92Cooley Multi-Purpose Clamp, S-Curved, 28.5cm
Cooley multi-purpose clamp with S-curved shanks, 28.5cm. The S-curve geometry routes the working tip around overlying anatomy to reach deep vascula...
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Original price $420.38 - Original price $420.38Original price$420.38$420.38 - $420.38Current price $420.38Cooley Multi-Purpose Vascular Clamp, Curved & Angled, 26.5cm
Cooley multi-purpose vascular clamp with curved and angled shanks, 26.5cm. The combined curve-and-angle geometry improves access to deep or awkward...
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Original price $332.12 - Original price $332.12Original price$332.12$332.12 - $332.12Current price $332.12Cooley Multi-Purpose Vascular Clamp, Curved, 16 cm
The curved Cooley multi-purpose vascular clamp provides side-biting access to the aorta and great vessels. Cooley atraumatic serrations hold the ve...
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Original price $332.12 - Original price $332.12Original price$332.12$332.12 - $332.12Current price $332.12Cooley Multi-Purpose Vascular Clamp, Curved, 17 cm (Ref. R06844)
The curved Cooley multi-purpose vascular clamp gives side-biting access to the aorta and great vessels. Cooley atraumatic serrations grip the vesse...
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Original price $262.76 - Original price $262.76Original price$262.76$262.76 - $262.76Current price $262.76Cooley Multi-Purpose Vascular Clamp, Curved, 17 cm
The curved Cooley multi-purpose vascular clamp provides side-biting access to the aorta and great vessels. Cooley atraumatic serrations grip the ve...
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Original price $343.32 - Original price $420.38Original price$343.32 - $420.38$343.32 - $420.38Current price $343.32Cooley Multi-Purpose Vascular Clamp, Curved, 20.5-27.5cm
Cooley multi-purpose vascular clamp with curved shanks, available in 20.5cm, 26cm, 26.5cm and 27.5cm working lengths. Curved geometry aids placemen...
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Original price $332.12 - Original price $332.12Original price$332.12$332.12 - $332.12Current price $332.12Cooley Multi-Purpose Vascular Clamp, Slightly Curved, 17cm
Cooley multi-purpose vascular clamp with slightly curved shanks, 17cm. Versatile design supports partial and full occlusion across a range of vascu...
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Original price $262.76 - Original price $262.76Original price$262.76$262.76 - $262.76Current price $262.76Cooley Multi-Purpose Vascular Clamp, Straight, 17 cm
The straight Cooley multi-purpose vascular clamp provides in-line access for partial or complete occlusion of the aorta, vena cava, and pulmonary v...
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Original price $0.00 - Original price $0.00Original price $0.00$359.86$359.86 - $359.86Current price $359.86Cooley Neonatal Vascular Clamp, Curved Shanks Angled
A Cooley neonatal vascular clamp with curved shanks and angled jaws is designed for precise occlusion in neonatal procedures, offering enhanced man...
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Original price $0.00 - Original price $0.00Original price $0.00$359.86$359.86 - $359.86Current price $359.86Cooley Neonatal Vascular Clamp, Spoon Jaw
A Cooley neonatal vascular clamp with spoon jaws is crafted for gentle and secure occlusion in neonatal vascular procedures, featuring spoon-shaped...
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A Cooley neonatal vascular clamp with straight shanks and jaws is designed for precise and gentle occlusion of delicate neonatal vessels, ensuring ...
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Original price $462.56 - Original price $462.56Original price$462.56$462.56 - $462.56Current price $462.56Cooley Pediatric Vascular Clamp 14cm Atraumatic Angled
Cooley pediatric vascular clamp, 14cm overall length, atraumatic angled jaws for controlled occlusion of fine vessels during pediatric cardiothorac...
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Original price $462.56 - Original price $462.56Original price$462.56$462.56 - $462.56Current price $462.56Cooley Pediatric Vascular Clamp 14cm Slightly Curved
Cooley pediatric vascular clamp, 14cm overall length, slightly curved jaws for atraumatic occlusion of fine vessels in pediatric cardiothoracic pro...
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Original price $0.00 - Original price $0.00Original price $0.00$326.59$326.59 - $326.59Current price $326.59Cooley Vascular Clamp - 60° Angled Large Jaw
A Cooley vascular clamp with 60° angled large jaws is designed for secure and atraumatic vessel occlusion, offering enhanced access and precise con...
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A Cooley vascular clamp with 90° angled large jaws is engineered for precise and secure vessel occlusion, providing optimal control and access in c...
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Original price $297.77 - Original price $297.77Original price$297.77$297.77 - $297.77Current price $297.77Cooley-Derra Anastomosis Clamp
The Cooley-Derra anastomosis clamp is a partial-occlusion vascular clamp shaped for side-biting access during end-to-side and graft anastomoses. Th...
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Original price $83.52 - Original price $83.52Original price$83.52$83.52 - $83.52Current price $83.52Crafoord Bronchus Clamp, Curved, 24cm
Crafoord bronchus clamp with curved jaws for atraumatic bronchial occlusion during pulmonary resection. The 24cm length provides reach into the tho...
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Original price $280.26 - Original price $280.26Original price$280.26$280.26 - $280.26Current price $280.26DALE Peripheral Vascular Clamp, Atraumatic
DALE peripheral vascular clamp with atraumatic jaws designed for occluding peripheral vessels during vascular procedures. German surgical-steel con...
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Dale peripheral vascular clamp, atraumatic, 18 cm. Atraumatic jaws occlude peripheral vessels with minimal intimal damage during vascular reconstru...
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Original price $262.76 - Original price $262.76Original price$262.76$262.76 - $262.76Current price $262.76Dardik Multi-Purpose Vascular Clamp Atraumatic Straight 17cm
Dardik multi-purpose vascular clamp with straight atraumatic jaws, overall length 17cm. German surgical-steel construction with secure ratchet lock...
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Original price $369.26 - Original price $369.26Original price$369.26$369.26 - $369.26Current price $369.26DEBAKEY Aortic Aneurysm Clamp, Curved, Atraumatic, 28cm
DEBAKEY aortic aneurysm clamp, 28cm curved configuration with atraumatic DeBakey-pattern jaws for aortic cross-clamping during aneurysm repair. Ger...
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Original price $153.59 - Original price $153.59Original price$153.59$153.59 - $153.59Current price $153.59DeBakey Atraumatic Bulldog Clamp, Straight
The DeBakey atraumatic bulldog clamp features straight jaws designed for temporary occlusion of small and medium vessels with minimal intimal traum...
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Crile or Kelly? The difference nobody explains
These two are the most confused instruments in surgery and they are nearly indistinguishable in a catalogue photograph. The difference is one detail:
Crile jaws are serrated along their full length. Kelly jaws are serrated only on the distal half.
That is it, and it matters. A Kelly's smooth proximal jaw lets it grip a vessel near the tip without the whole jaw biting, which suits a delicate pedicle. A Crile grips along the entire jaw, which holds better on a bulkier bite and is the reason it is the more common general haemostat.
Kocher and Rochester-Ochsner, meanwhile, are the same instrument under two names - a heavy transverse-serrated clamp with 1x2 teeth at the tip. If a tray list calls for one and you stock the other, you already have it.
Toothed or smooth: the decision that goes wrong both ways
A toothed jaw penetrates and holds. A smooth jaw compresses and occludes. Choosing by feel rather than by tissue is how both classic errors happen:
- A toothed clamp on bowel perforates it - sometimes not visibly, and not until later.
- A smooth clamp on fascia slips under load, and the repair comes apart where the surgeon believed it was held.
The same error from opposite directions. Allis (toothed) and Babcock (atraumatic, fenestrated) exist as a pair precisely because of this: Allis for tissue being excised, Babcock for tissue staying in the patient.
Why a mosquito is not just a small haemostat
The Halsted mosquito is the finest ratcheted clamp in general use, and its purpose is not simply reaching small vessels. It is working in a field where a full-size haemostat would occlude the view. A 12.5cm mosquito on a 5mm bleeder leaves the surgeon able to see what they are doing; a 16cm Crile on the same bleeder does not.
Stocked in straight, curved, toothed and titanium, in 12.5cm micro patterns.
Ratchet, spring, or neither
Three closing mechanisms, three uses, and they are not interchangeable.
A ratchet holds indefinitely at whatever force the hand applied. Good for a vessel about to be tied. Dangerous on anything where force matters, because under pressure hands set clamps harder than they intend.
A spring - the bulldog patterns - delivers a known, repeatable force calibrated to the jaw. That is why bulldogs and not ratcheted clamps go on a coronary. Jaw length matters here too: a jaw longer than the vessel is wide concentrates the whole spring force at one point.
A tangential clamp occludes part of a vessel's circumference while flow continues past. See Cardiothoracic Instruments for when that is the right choice.
Frequently asked
Is a haemostat the same as a clamp? A haemostat is a clamp used for haemostasis - Crile, Kelly, mosquito, Pean. Aortic, bowel and towel clamps are clamps that are not haemostats. Everything in both groups is here.
Why are some titanium? Titanium is lighter, non-magnetic and does not interfere with imaging. It matters for MRI-adjacent work and for long cases where instrument weight on tissue accumulates.
What length should I order? Length is set by depth of field, not by the size of the vessel. Work at the skin surface takes 12-14cm; a deep pelvic or thoracic field needs 20cm or more, and the Rochester-Pean range runs to 40.5cm for exactly that reason.
Do you stock Kocher and Rochester-Ochsner separately? They are the same pattern; both names appear in the titles because both appear on tray lists.
Related collections
See also Hemostatic Forceps, Bulldog Clamps, Cardiothoracic Instruments, Surgical Forceps and General Surgery Instruments.
Other clamps and holding instruments: Diethrich Coronary Instruments, Laparoscopic Graspers & Clamps, Rubber Dam Clamps, Needle Holders and Rib Spreaders.