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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Blakesley Nasal Forceps Straight 130mm Tube Shaft 3.5mm
Blakesley nasal forceps with straight tube shaft, 130mm working length and 3.5mm cup jaws. Tube-shaft design optimized for endoscopic sinus and nas...
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Blakesley Nasal Forceps Straight 130mm Tube Shaft 3.0mm
Blakesley nasal forceps with straight tube shaft, 130mm working length and 3.0mm cup jaws. Tube-shaft design supports endoscopic sinus surgery and ...
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Blakesley Nasal Forceps 45 Tube Shaft 130mm 4.0mm
Blakesley nasal forceps with 45 degree tube shaft, 130mm working length and 4.0mm cup jaws. Larger jaw size supports efficient tissue removal durin...
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Blakesley Nasal Forceps 45 Tube Shaft 130mm 3.5mm
Blakesley nasal forceps with 45 degree tube shaft, 130mm working length and 3.5mm cup jaws. Angled tube-shaft profile improves access during endosc...
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Blake Gallstone Forceps 20cm, Straight
Blake gallstone forceps, 20cm, straight jaw configuration. Fenestrated jaws designed to grasp and extract stones from the gallbladder and common bi...
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Bishop-Harmon Tissue Forceps .6mm teeth
Bishop-Harmon Tissue Forceps with 0.6mm teeth are fine, precise instruments used in surgical and dental procedures, particularly for handling delic...
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Bishop-Harmon Tissue Forceps .3mm teeth
Bishop-Harmon Tissue Forceps (.3mm Teeth) are specialized surgical instruments used for handling and manipulating delicate tissues in microsurgical...
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Bishop-Harman Iris Forceps, Anatomic, 8.5cm
Bishop-Harman iris forceps with anatomic (non-toothed) working tips, 8.5cm overall length. Available in 0.5mm and 0.8mm tip widths for fine handlin...
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Bishop-Harman Iris Forceps, 1x2 Teeth, 8.5cm
Bishop-Harman iris forceps with 1x2 interlocking teeth, 8.5cm overall length. Available in 0.5mm and 0.8mm tip widths for secure grasping of iris a...
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Bishop Harmon Forceps 12 teeth .8mm teeth
Bishop-Harmon Forceps with 12 teeth and 0.8mm teeth are specialized surgical instruments used for delicate tissue handling and manipulation. About ...
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Bishop Bone Holding Forceps
The Bishop Bone Holding Forceps are precision instruments designed for secure and controlled manipulation of bone fragments during orthopedic proce...
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Bircher-Ganske Bone Holding Forceps, Straight, 20cm
Bircher-Ganske bone holding forceps with straight jaws, 20cm overall length. Used to grasp and stabilize bone fragments during orthopedic reduction...
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Bircher-Ganske Bone Holding Forceps, Curved, 20cm
Bircher-Ganske bone holding forceps with curved jaws, 20cm overall length. Curve allows controlled grasping of bone fragments during orthopedic red...
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Bipolar Forceps, Bayonet, Angled Up, 1.0mm Blunt Tip, 19.5cm
Bipolar forceps with bayonet handle and angled-up distal tips for visualization during coagulation. 1.0mm blunt tip and 19.5cm overall length. Germ...
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Bipolar Forceps, Bayonet, 1.2mm Tip, 22.5cm
Bipolar forceps with bayonet shape and 1.2mm tip diameter on a 22.5cm shaft. Suited for general electrosurgical coagulation with offset handle clea...
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Bipolar Forceps, Bayonet, 0.3mm Tip x 6mm, 22.5cm
Bipolar forceps with bayonet shape for unobstructed sightline. Fine 0.3mm diameter tips, 6mm in length, on a 22.5cm shaft for microsurgical coagula...
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Bipolar Forceps with Irrigation Channel 200mm 2.0mm Tip
Bipolar forceps with an integrated irrigation channel for continuous saline delivery to the coagulation site, reducing tissue sticking and thermal ...
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Bipolar Forceps Bayonet 2mm 16.5cm
Bayonet bipolar forceps with 2mm tips, 16.5cm length. German surgical-steel construction. The wider 2mm tip is suited to broader-area coagulation i...
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Bipolar Forceps Bayonet 1mm 16.5cm
Bayonet bipolar forceps with 1mm tips, 16.5cm length. German surgical-steel construction. The 1mm tip suits coagulation of larger vessels in deep n...
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Bipolar Forceps Bayonet 0.3mm 16.5cm
Bayonet bipolar forceps with 0.3mm tips, 16.5cm length. German surgical-steel construction. Bayonet shape clears the surgeon's line of sight during...
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Biopsy Forceps (110°, 4mm Horizontal Cup)
High-precision biopsy forceps featuring a 110° angled design with a 4mm horizontal cup for efficient tissue sampling. Engineered for optimal access...
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Biopsy Forceps - 70° Downward, Vertical, 3mm
These Biopsy Forceps feature a 3mm vertical jaw angled 70° downward, specifically designed for precise tissue sampling in confined or hard-to-reach...
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Biopsy Forceps - 45 cm, Spring-Loaded, Flushable
These biopsy forceps are engineered for precision tissue sampling in endoscopic or laparoscopic procedures. With a 45 cm length, they provide excel...
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Biopsy Forceps - 35 cm, Spring-Loaded, Flushable
These 35 cm biopsy forceps are designed for precision tissue sampling in minimally invasive and endoscopic procedures. Built for both efficiency an...
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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.