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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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  • Brown Tissue Forceps 9x9 Teeth
    $67.36 - $78.14
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    Brown Tissue Forceps 9x9 Teeth

    Brown tissue forceps with 9x9 multi-tooth pattern for atraumatic grasping of tissue. Offered in 15 cm, 20 cm, and 25 cm working lengths. German sur...

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  • Brophy Tissue Forceps 1x2 Teeth Curved 20cm
    $65.47 - $65.47
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    Brophy Tissue Forceps 1x2 Teeth Curved 20cm

    Brophy tissue forceps with 1x2 teeth pattern, curved jaws, 20cm working length. Forged from German surgical stainless steel for deep-field tissue g...

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  • Brophy Forceps, Curved, Delicate, Serrated
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    $49.39
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    Brophy Forceps, Curved, Delicate, Serrated

    Brophy Forceps, Curved, Delicate, Serrated is a fine surgical instrument with curved, delicate jaws and serrated tips for secure, non-slip handling...

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  • Brophy Dissecting Forceps Delicate Straight 20cm
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    Brophy Dissecting Forceps Delicate Straight 20cm

    Brophy dissecting forceps with delicate straight serrated tips, 20cm working length. Forged from German surgical stainless steel for fine tissue di...

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  • Bridge Delicate Hemostatic Forceps, Curved, 275mm
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    Bridge Delicate Hemostatic Forceps, Curved, 275mm

    Bridge delicate hemostatic forceps with curved, fine jaws for atraumatic occlusion of small vessels around anatomical structures. The 275mm working...

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  • Brand Tendon Seizing Instrument, Curved
    $507.62 - $551.76
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    Brand Tendon Seizing Instrument, Curved

    The Brand Tendon Seizing Instrument (curved) is a ringed-handle forceps with a curved shaft used to grasp tendons during hand and reconstructive pr...

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  • Boynton Needle Holder, TC, 12cm
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    Boynton Needle Holder, TC, 12cm

    Boynton needle holder, 12cm length, fitted with tungsten carbide (TC) jaw inserts for secure needle grip. German surgical-steel construction. About...

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  • Bouchayer Laryngeal Forceps - Left, Triangle Jaws
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    $1,166.26
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    Bouchayer Laryngeal Forceps - Left, Triangle Jaws

    A specialized surgical instrument designed for grasping and manipulating tissue in the laryngeal region during ENT procedures. The forceps feature ...

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  • Bonn Suture Forceps.12mm Long Handle
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    $262.08
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    Bonn Suture Forceps.12mm Long Handle

    The BONN SUTURE FORCEPS 0.12MM 1X2 TEETH 10.0CM are specialized surgical instruments designed for delicate ophthalmic procedures. Their fine tips a...

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  • Bonn Suture Forceps .12mm
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    Bonn Suture Forceps .12mm

    The Bonn Suture Forceps with 0.12mm tips are specialized surgical instruments designed for precise tissue handling in ophthalmic procedures. Their ...

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  • Bonn Iris Forceps with Guide Pin, 7cm, 0.12mm
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    Bonn Iris Forceps with Guide Pin, 7cm, 0.12mm

    Modified Bonn iris forceps with integrated guide pin, 7cm overall length and 0.12mm tip width. The guide pin maintains accurate jaw alignment for p...

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  • Bonn Forceps Short Handle, 1x2 Teeth 0.12mm, Tying Platform, Titanium
    $455.17 - $455.17
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    Bonn Forceps Short Handle, 1x2 Teeth 0.12mm, Tying Platform, Titanium

    Titanium Bonn forceps featuring a short handle, 1x2 teeth at 0.12mm, and a tying platform. Lightweight, non-magnetic titanium construction made in ...

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  • Bonn Forceps Short Handle, 1x2 Teeth 0.12mm, Tying Platform
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    Bonn Forceps Short Handle, 1x2 Teeth 0.12mm, Tying Platform

    Bonn forceps featuring a short handle, 1x2 teeth at 0.12mm, and an integrated tying platform for suture handling. Built with German surgical-steel ...

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  • Bonn Forceps Long Handle, 1x2 Teeth 0.12mm, Tying Platform, Titanium
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    Bonn Forceps Long Handle, 1x2 Teeth 0.12mm, Tying Platform, Titanium

    Titanium Bonn forceps featuring a long handle, 1x2 teeth at 0.12mm, and a tying platform. Lightweight, non-magnetic titanium construction made in G...

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  • Bonn Forceps Long Handle, 1x2 Teeth 0.12mm, Tying Platform
    $367.62 - $367.62
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    Bonn Forceps Long Handle, 1x2 Teeth 0.12mm, Tying Platform

    Bonn forceps featuring a long handle, 1x2 teeth at 0.12mm, and an integrated tying platform for suture handling. Built with German surgical-steel c...

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  • Bone Reduction Forceps w/ speed lock
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    $444.53
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    Bone Reduction Forceps w/ speed lock

    Bone Reduction Forceps with Speed Lock are specialized surgical instruments designed for efficiently reducing (realigning) fractured bones. These f...

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  • Bonaccolto Utility Forceps 1.7mm jaw
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    Bonaccolto Utility Forceps 1.7mm jaw

    The Bonaccolto Utility Forceps with 1.7mm jaws are precise surgical tools designed for grasping, manipulating, and holding tissues, sutures, and ot...

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  • Bonaccolto Utility Forceps 1.2mm jaw
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    Bonaccolto Utility Forceps 1.2mm jaw

    Bonaccolto Utility Forceps - 1.2mm Jaw are specialized surgical instruments used primarily in ophthalmic surgery and other delicate surgical proced...

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  • Bonaccolto Strabismus Forceps, 11cm
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    Bonaccolto Strabismus Forceps, 11cm

    Bonaccolto strabismus forceps, 11cm overall length. Used to grasp and hold extraocular muscles during strabismus procedures. Ringed handles and fin...

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  • Bonaccolto Strabismus Forceps, 10cm
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    Bonaccolto Strabismus Forceps, 10cm

    Bonaccolto strabismus forceps, 10cm overall length. Used to grasp and hold extraocular muscles during strabismus procedures. Ringed handles and fin...

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  • Bonaccolto Fine Strabismus Forceps, 10cm
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    Bonaccolto Fine Strabismus Forceps, 10cm

    Bonaccolto fine strabismus forceps, 10cm overall length. Featuring a slimmer, finer working tip pattern for delicate handling of extraocular muscle...

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  • Boehler Bone Cutting Forceps Straight 15cm
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    Boehler Bone Cutting Forceps Straight 15cm

    Boehler bone cutting forceps in a straight pattern, 15cm in length. German surgical-steel construction with a double-action joint for controlled cu...

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  • Blohmke Tonsil Seizing Forceps 20cm
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    Blohmke Tonsil Seizing Forceps 20cm

    Blohmke tonsil seizing forceps, 20cm, with German surgical-steel construction and a ratcheted handle. The fenestrated, toothed jaws secure the tons...

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  • Blakesley Nasal Forceps Straight 130mm Tube Shaft 4.0mm
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    Blakesley Nasal Forceps Straight 130mm Tube Shaft 4.0mm

    Blakesley nasal forceps with straight tube shaft, 130mm working length and 4.0mm cup jaws. Larger jaw size for efficient tissue and polyp removal i...

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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.