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Forceps

The largest collection on the store: 1,397 forceps spanning general surgery, microsurgery, cardiovascular, ENT, ophthalmic and dental. If an instrument grips, holds or grasps, it is here.

General surgery and tissue handling: Adson, Adson-Brown, Allis, Babcock, Kocher, Gerald, DeBakey, Russian, Potts-Smith, Cushing, Semken, Ferris-Smith, Bonney and Rat-Tooth. Microsurgery: Yasargil, Rhoton, Jansen, Castroviejo, Barraquer, Jeweler, and bipolar patterns. Specialty: Magill catheter, Hartmann and Micro-Hartmann, Tischler and Kevorkian biopsy, Doyen intestinal, Lahey traction, sponge and dressing forceps.

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  • Sickle Knife with Three-Ring Handle, 10.5Fr x 38cm - DDP Elite USA
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    Sickle Knife with Three-Ring Handle, 10.5Fr x 38cm

    The Sickle Knife with Three-Ring Handle, 10.5Fr x 38cm from DDP Elite USA is a reusable endoscopic instrument built to surgical-grade standards. Th...

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  • Continuous-Flow Operating Sheath 26Fr, Type S - DDP Elite USA
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    Continuous-Flow Operating Sheath 26Fr, Type S

    The Continuous-Flow Operating Sheath 26Fr, Type S from DDP Elite USA is built to the Type S pattern, so it fits sheaths, telescopes and accessories...

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  • Continuous-Flow Operating Sheath 24Fr, Type S - DDP Elite USA
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    Continuous-Flow Operating Sheath 24Fr, Type S

    The Continuous-Flow Operating Sheath 24Fr, Type S from DDP Elite USA is built to the Type S pattern, so it fits sheaths, telescopes and accessories...

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  • Obturator for Continuous-Flow Operating Sheath, Type S - DDP Elite USA
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    Obturator for Continuous-Flow Operating Sheath, Type S

    The Obturator for Continuous-Flow Operating Sheath, Type S from DDP Elite USA is built to the Type S pattern, so it fits sheaths, telescopes and ac...

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  • Laparoscopic Needle Holder 3.5mm x 20cm - DDP Elite USA
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    Laparoscopic Needle Holder 3.5mm x 20cm

    The Laparoscopic Needle Holder 3.5mm x 20cm from DDP Elite USA is a reusable endoscopic instrument built to surgical-grade standards. The slim 3.5m...

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  • Lithotrite 24Fr - DDP Elite USA
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    Lithotrite Stone Crusher Forceps 24Fr, Screw Action

    The DDP Elite USA lithotrite, model DEU-UROA00275, is a 24Fr stone crusher with both handle and turning-screw action. It is supplied brand new.The ...

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  • PCNL Dilator 24Fr - DDP Elite USA
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    PCNL Hollow Obturator and Fascial Dilator, 24Fr

    The DDP Elite USA hollow obturator and fascial dilator, model DEU-UROA00613, is 24Fr for a PCNL operating sheath. It is supplied brand new.It dilat...

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  • Flexible Grasping 3Fr 30cm - DDP Elite USA
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    Flexible Grasping Forceps, Double Action, 3Fr x 30cm

    The DDP Elite USA flexible grasping forceps, model DEU-UROA00208, has double-action jaws, 3Fr x 30cm. It is supplied brand new.The size fits small ...

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  • Flexible Grasping 5Fr 42.5cm - DDP Elite USA
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    Flexible Grasping Forceps, Double Action, 5Fr x 42.5cm

    The DDP Elite USA flexible grasping forceps, model DEU-UROA00239, has double-action jaws, 5Fr x 42.5cm. It is supplied brand new.The length matches...

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  • Flexible Grasping 5Fr 40cm - DDP Elite USA
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    Flexible Grasping Forceps, Double Action, 5Fr x 40cm

    The DDP Elite USA flexible grasping forceps, model DEU-UROA00238, has double-action jaws, 5Fr x 40cm. It is supplied brand new.It is used through a...

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  • Flexible Grasping 3Fr 43cm - DDP Elite USA
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    Flexible Grasping Forceps, Single Action, 3Fr x 43cm

    The DDP Elite USA flexible grasping forceps, model DEU-UROA00207, is single action, 3Fr x 43cm. It is supplied brand new.The thin shaft passes thro...

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  • Flexible Grasping 1mm - DDP Elite USA
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    Flexible Grasping Forceps, Double Action, 1mm x 30cm

    The DDP Elite USA flexible grasping forceps, model DEU-UROA00206, has double-action jaws, 1mm x 30cm. It is supplied brand new.The 1mm size passes ...

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  • Pediatric Stone Grasper - DDP Elite USA
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    Pediatric Stone Grasping Forceps, Double Action, 5Fr x 30cm

    The DDP Elite USA pediatric grasping forceps, model DEU-UROA00612, is double action, 5Fr x 30cm, made for large stone fragments. It is supplied bra...

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  • Basket Forceps 2.8mm C - DDP Elite USA
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    Arthroscopic Basket Cutting Forceps 2.8mm x 13cm, Version C

    The DDP Elite USA basket cutting forceps, model DEU-ARTA00054, has a 2.8mm diameter and a 13cm working length. It is supplied brand new.It trims me...

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  • Basket Forceps 2.8mm B - DDP Elite USA
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    Arthroscopic Basket Cutting Forceps 2.8mm x 13cm, Version B

    The DDP Elite USA basket cutting forceps, model DEU-ARTA00055, has a 2.8mm diameter and a 13cm working length. It is supplied brand new.It bites an...

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  • Basket Forceps 2.8mm A - DDP Elite USA
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    Arthroscopic Basket Cutting Forceps 2.8mm x 13cm, Version A

    The DDP Elite USA basket cutting forceps, model DEU-ARTA00056, has a 2.8mm diameter and a 13cm working length. It is supplied brand new.The slim ba...

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  • Arthroscopic Grasping Forceps - DDP Elite USA
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    Arthroscopic Grasping Forceps, Straight

    The DDP Elite USA arthroscopic grasping forceps, model DEU-ARTA00051, is straight and made of stainless steel. It is supplied brand new.It grasps a...

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  • PCNL Hollow Obturator - DDP Elite USA
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    PCNL Hollow Obturator 26Fr

    The DDP Elite USA hollow obturator, model DEU-UROA00611, is 26Fr for a PCNL (percutaneous nephrolithotomy) operating sheath. It is supplied brand n...

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  • Stone-Watt Intestinal Forceps 7.5cm
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    Stone-Watt Intestinal Forceps 7.5cm

    Stone-Watt intestinal forceps, 7.5cm jaw length, German surgical-steel construction. Atraumatic longitudinal jaws occlude bowel without crush injur...

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  • Stockmann Penis Seizing Forceps, 8cm
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    Stockmann Penis Seizing Forceps, 8cm

    The Stockmann penis seizing forceps, 8cm overall length, provide controlled stabilization during urologic procedures. German surgical-steel constru...

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  • Stille-Liston Bone Cutting Forceps Straight 23cm
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    Stille-Liston Bone Cutting Forceps Straight 23cm

    Stille-Liston bone cutting forceps in a straight pattern, 23cm in length. German surgical-steel construction with a double-action joint for heavy-d...

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  • Stille-Liston Bone Cutting Forceps Angled 23cm
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    Stille-Liston Bone Cutting Forceps Angled 23cm

    Stille-Liston bone cutting forceps in an angled pattern, 23cm in length. German surgical-steel construction with a double-action joint for heavy-du...

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  • Stille-Horsley Bone Cutting Forceps 27cm
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    Stille-Horsley Bone Cutting Forceps 27cm

    Stille-Horsley bone cutting forceps with a 27cm overall length, designed for sectioning and resecting bone during orthopedic and general surgical p...

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  • Stevens Scissors 4 1/2 "GG" straight
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    Stevens Scissors 4 1/2 "GG" straight

    4 1/2" Stevens Scissors, GG, Straight are precision surgical scissors designed for delicate dissection and fine tissue work, often used in ophthalm...

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Adson, Allis, Babcock: three that are not interchangeable

These three are the ones most often substituted for each other, and each substitution has a characteristic failure.

Adson is a fine thumb forceps for skin and subcutaneous tissue - short, broad-handled, used in the fingertips. Stocked with cross-serrated tips, fenestrated handles, and 1x2 teeth. Its job is precise, light handling where you can see the tip.

Allis has interdigitating teeth on a ratcheted ring handle. It grips hard and it marks what it grips. Right for tissue being excised, a specimen, or fascia under load. Wrong for anything staying in the patient.

Babcock has a broad, fenestrated, atraumatic jaw shaped for bowel. Wide surface, low pressure, no teeth. It holds; it does not dissect and it does not grip under real load.

The rule: an Allis on bowel perforates it; a Babcock on fascia slips. Same error from opposite directions, and the reason a general tray carries all three.

Why the DeBakey jaw looks the way it does

A DeBakey forceps carries fine longitudinal rows of teeth that interdigitate rather than meet - quite unlike the transverse serrations of an ordinary tissue forceps.

The reason is the intima. A vessel's lining is a single cell layer, and where it is crushed, platelets aggregate and a thrombus forms. Transverse serrations pinch along one line; the DeBakey pattern spreads the hold along the jaw's length and grips a vessel wall firmly without creating that line. It is why DeBakey tips appear on vascular forceps, needle holders and the Gerald-DeBakey hybrid, and why they cost more than a plain tissue forceps of the same size.

Toothed or smooth, and what the numbers mean

Titles here carry notation like 1x2, 2x3 or 4x5. That is the tooth count on each jaw - one tooth opposing two, and so on. More teeth means a broader, more distributed grip; fewer means a more concentrated bite.

Smooth (serrated but untoothed) jaws compress without penetrating - for vessels, bowel, dura, anything where a puncture matters. Toothed jaws penetrate and hold against traction - for skin, fascia, and tissue being removed.

Tip width is the other number to read: a 0.3mm micro tip and a 2.0mm vascular tip are different instruments even when the pattern name is the same.

Bayonet and angled shafts

Several patterns - Gerald, Cushing, Jansen, Yasargil - come in bayonet form, where the shaft steps sideways before the tip.

That step is not styling. It moves the surgeon's hand and the instrument's body out of the line of sight, which is what makes it possible to work down a narrow corridor - a craniotomy, a nasal cavity, a deep pelvic field - while still seeing the tip. On an open field a bayonet offers nothing; in a corridor it is the difference between working by sight and working by feel.

Frequently asked

Are needle holders in this collection? Some appear here historically, but the full range now has its own page - see Needle Holders.

What is the difference between tissue, dressing and thumb forceps? Tissue forceps are toothed and grip tissue. Dressing forceps are serrated and untoothed, for packing and dressings. Thumb forceps describes the non-ratcheted, tweezer-style action rather than the jaw - an Adson is a thumb forceps.

Why are some titanium? Lighter, non-magnetic, and MRI-compatible. On microsurgery, the weight reduction genuinely reduces hand fatigue over a long case.

Is Kocher the same as Rochester-Ochsner? Yes, one instrument with two names, both used on tray lists. Both spellings appear in these titles for that reason.

Related collections

See also Hemostatic Forceps, Needle Holders, Surgical Clamps, General Surgery Instruments, Yasargil Instruments and Rhoton Instruments.

Specialty forceps: Endoscopic Biopsy Forceps, Laparoscopic Forceps, Arthroscopic Graspers, Bipolar Forceps, Micro Cup Forceps, Dissectors and Dental Tissue & Cotton Forceps.