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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Original price $385.14 - Original price $385.14Original price$385.14$385.14 - $385.14Current price $385.14Castroviejo-Colibri Forceps, Very Delicate, 1x2 Teeth 0.12mm without Tying Platform
The Castroviejo-Colibri Forceps combine the Castroviejo handle with the Colibri offset shaft for delicate corneal tissue handling. This very delica...
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Original price $455.17 - Original price $455.17Original price$455.17$455.17 - $455.17Current price $455.17Castroviejo-Colibri Forceps, Very Delicate, 1x2 Teeth 0.12mm with Tying Platform, Titanium
These Castroviejo-Colibri Forceps in titanium combine the Castroviejo handle with the Colibri offset shaft for delicate corneal tissue handling. Th...
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Original price $385.14 - Original price $385.14Original price$385.14$385.14 - $385.14Current price $385.14Castroviejo-Colibri Forceps, Very Delicate, 1x2 Teeth 0.12mm with Tying Platform
The Castroviejo-Colibri Forceps combine the Castroviejo handle with the Colibri offset shaft for delicate corneal tissue handling. This very delica...
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Original price $385.14 - Original price $525.19Original price$385.14 - $525.19$385.14 - $525.19Current price $385.14Castroviejo Suturing Forceps Straight Wide Handle Titanium
Titanium Castroviejo straight suturing forceps featuring a wide handle for ergonomic ophthalmic suturing. Available in 0.12mm, 0.30mm, 0.50mm and 1...
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Original price $157.55 - Original price $295.16Original price$157.55 - $295.16$157.55 - $295.16Current price $157.55Castroviejo Suturing Forceps Straight Wide Handle
Castroviejo straight suturing forceps featuring a wide handle for ergonomic control during ophthalmic suturing. Offered in 0.12mm, 0.30mm, 0.50mm a...
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Original price $157.63 - Original price $295.33Original price$157.63 - $295.33$157.63 - $295.33Current price $157.63Castroviejo Suturing Forceps Straight
Castroviejo straight suturing forceps for ophthalmic and microsurgical tissue handling during suture placement. Available in tip widths of 0.12mm, ...
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Original price $202.00 - Original price $245.09Original price$202.00 - $245.09$202.00 - $245.09Current price $202.00Castroviejo Suturing Forceps Angled 1x2 Teeth with Tying Platform
Castroviejo angled suturing forceps with 1x2 teeth and an integrated tying platform for ophthalmic suturing. Offered in 0.3mm and 0.5mm tip sizes t...
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Original price $525.19 - Original price $525.19Original price$525.19$525.19 - $525.19Current price $525.19Castroviejo Suturing Forceps Angled 1x2 Teeth Tying Platform Titanium
Titanium Castroviejo angled suturing forceps with 1x2 teeth and an integrated tying platform for ophthalmic procedures. Available in 0.3mm and 0.5m...
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Original price $0.00 - Original price $0.00Original price $0.00$470.74$470.74 - $470.74Current price $470.74Castroviejo Slim-Line Blade Breaker and Holder
A precision instrument designed for the controlled breaking of blades in microsurgery. The slim-line design allows for fine maneuverability, making...
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Original price $577.00 - Original price $635.39Original price$577.00 - $635.39$577.00 - $635.39Current price $577.00Castroviejo Needle Holder, Straight, Diamond-Coated Jaws, With Catch, 14cm
Castroviejo needle holder with straight diamond-coated jaws and catch (ratchet) lock, 14cm working length. German surgical-steel construction. Also...
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Original price $427.37 - Original price $427.37Original price$427.37$427.37 - $427.37Current price $427.37Castroviejo Needle Holder, Straight Smooth Jaws, With Catch, 21.5cm
Castroviejo needle holder with straight smooth jaws and catch (ratchet) lock, 21.5cm working length. German surgical-steel construction. About this...
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Original price $234.43 - Original price $234.43Original price$234.43$234.43 - $234.43Current price $234.43Castroviejo Needle Holder, Straight Smooth Jaws, Micro Spring Handle, With Ratchet, 14cm
Castroviejo needle holder with straight smooth jaws and micro spring handle with ratchet lock, 14cm working length. German surgical-steel construct...
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Original price $437.92 - Original price $437.92Original price$437.92$437.92 - $437.92Current price $437.92Castroviejo Needle Holder, Straight Serrated Jaws, With Catch, 21cm
Castroviejo needle holder with straight serrated jaws and catch (ratchet) lock, 21cm working length. German surgical-steel construction. About this...
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Original price $1,138.90 - Original price $1,138.90Original price$1,138.90$1,138.90 - $1,138.90Current price $1,138.90Castroviejo Needle Holder, Curved, Titanium, With Catch, 14cm
The Castroviejo Needle Holder with curved jaws and catch lock is a precision-crafted microsurgical instrument made from lightweight, non-magnetic t...
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Original price $583.88 - Original price $607.91Original price$583.88 - $607.91$583.88 - $607.91Current price $583.88Castroviejo Needle Holder, Curved, Diamond-Coated Jaws, With Catch, 14cm
Castroviejo needle holder with curved diamond-coated jaws and catch (ratchet) lock, 14cm working length. German surgical-steel construction. Also a...
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Original price $427.37 - Original price $427.37Original price$427.37$427.37 - $427.37Current price $427.37Castroviejo Needle Holder, Curved Smooth Jaws, With Catch, 18cm
Castroviejo needle holder with curved smooth jaws and catch (ratchet) lock, 180mm (18cm) working length. German surgical-steel construction. About ...
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Original price $521.98 - Original price $521.98Original price$521.98$521.98 - $521.98Current price $521.98Castroviejo Needle Holder TC 21cm Straight Smooth Jaw with Catch
Castroviejo needle holder, 21cm, straight with tungsten carbide (TC) smooth jaws and locking catch. German surgical-steel construction. About this ...
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Original price $275.90 - Original price $275.90Original price$275.90$275.90 - $275.90Current price $275.90Castroviejo Needle Holder TC 14cm Straight Smooth Jaw with Catch
Castroviejo needle holder, 14cm, straight with tungsten carbide (TC) smooth jaws and locking catch. German surgical-steel construction. About this ...
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Original price $511.48 - Original price $511.48Original price$511.48$511.48 - $511.48Current price $511.48Castroviejo Needle Holder TC 13cm Smooth Jaw with Round Handle
Castroviejo needle holder, 13cm, with tungsten carbide (TC) smooth jaws and round handle. German surgical-steel construction. About this instrument...
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Original price $0.00 - Original price $0.00Original price $0.00$359.86$359.86 - $359.86Current price $359.86Castroviejo Needle Holder - Straight, Smooth Jaws
The Castroviejo Needle Holder with straight smooth jaws is a precision surgical instrument designed for microsurgical procedures, particularly in o...
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Original price $434.38 - Original price $434.38Original price$434.38$434.38 - $434.38Current price $434.38Castroviejo Needle Holder 13cm Smooth Jaw with Round Handle
Castroviejo needle holder, 13cm, with smooth jaws and round handle. German surgical-steel construction. About this instrument Needle holders grip t...
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Original price $0.00 - Original price $0.00Original price $0.00$371.95$371.95 - $371.95Current price $371.95Castroviejo Needle Holder - Curved, Smooth Jaws
Designed for delicate procedures, this holder has a flat handle and smooth jaws, providing excellent control. About this instrument Needle holders ...
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Original price $117.23 - Original price $117.23Original price$117.23$117.23 - $117.23Current price $117.23Castroviejo Fixation Forceps Straight 2x2 Teeth 9cm
Castroviejo fixation forceps with straight jaws and 2x2 interlocking teeth, 9cm overall length. German surgical-steel construction for secure tissu...
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Original price $105.11 - Original price $105.11Original price$105.11$105.11 - $105.11Current price $105.11Castroviejo Fixation Forceps Straight 1x1 Tooth 9cm
Castroviejo fixation forceps, straight tips with 1x1 tooth configuration, overall length 9cm. German surgical-steel construction for precise tissue...
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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.