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 $102.46 - Original price $106.60Original price$102.46 - $106.60$102.46 - $106.60Current price $102.46Adson Dressing Forceps, TC, Serrated
Adson dressing forceps featuring tungsten carbide inserts with serrated tips for secure handling of dressings and soft tissue. Offered in 12 cm and...
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Original price $54.43 - Original price $54.43Original price$54.43$54.43 - $54.43Current price $54.43Adson Dressing Forceps Serrated Fenestrated 12cm
Adson dressing forceps with serrated, fenestrated tips and a 12cm working length for fine tissue handling and dressing work. German surgical-steel ...
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Original price $22.93 - Original price $35.05Original price$22.93 - $35.05$22.93 - $35.05Current price $22.93Adson Dressing Forceps Serrated
Adson dressing forceps with serrated tips, offered in 12cm and 15cm lengths for fine tissue and dressing handling. German surgical-steel constructi...
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Original price $41.92 - Original price $41.92Original price$41.92$41.92 - $41.92Current price $41.92Adson Brown Forceps 4 3/4" Straight
The Adson Brown Forceps 4 3/4" Straight are fine, delicate forceps designed to provide precise tissue manipulation during surgical procedures. Feat...
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Original price $0.00 - Original price $0.00Original price $0.00$144.14$144.14 - $144.14Current price $144.14Adson "GG" Tissue Forceps with 1x2 Teeth
These precision forceps are designed for securely grasping delicate tissues with minimal trauma. Featuring a 1x2 tooth configuration and fine "GG" ...
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Original price $56.63 - Original price $58.32Original price$56.63 - $58.32$56.63 - $58.32Current price $56.63Adlerkreutz Tissue Forceps 4x5 Teeth
Adlerkreutz tissue forceps with 4x5 teeth pattern. Forged from German surgical stainless steel for secure tissue grasping in general surgical proce...
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Genuine ACMI Circon Hendrickson-Bigelow stone crusher forceps (lithotrite), part number G192, supplied brand new. This is a rigid, jawed instrument...
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Original price $0.00 - Original price $0.00Original price $0.00$362.88$362.88 - $362.88Current price $362.88Castro Needle Holder 9mm - Straight, Delicate, Wide Handle, With Lock
This combination is excellent for high-precision surgical work where comfort, control, and reliability are critical - such as in plastic, ophthalmi...
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Original price $0.00 - Original price $0.00Original price $0.00$143.14$143.14 - $143.14Current price $143.149.5" Kantrowitz Thor Forceps - Finely Angled Right Jaw
The 9.5" Kantrowitz Thor Forceps are precision surgical instruments designed for use in thoracic surgery, particularly for delicate tissue manipula...
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Original price $0.00 - Original price $0.00Original price $0.00$175.39$175.39 - $175.39Current price $175.399" Teale Vulsellum Forceps, Bent to the Side
These 9" Teale vulsellum forceps are designed for grasping and holding tissue during gynecological procedures. The "bent to the side" feature allow...
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Original price $0.00 - Original price $0.00Original price $0.00$137.09$137.09 - $137.09Current price $137.099" Stratte Needle Holder with Double CV
The 9" Stratt Needle Holder with Double CV is a long, specialized surgical instrument designed for securely holding needles during suturing, partic...
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Original price $0.00 - Original price $0.00Original price $0.00$286.27$286.27 - $286.27Current price $286.279" Euphrate-Pasque Needle Holder TC, Smooth
The 9" Euphrate-Pasque Needle Holder TC (Tungsten Carbide, smooth) is a precision surgical instrument designed for secure and controlled needle han...
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Original price $0.00 - Original price $0.00Original price $0.00$300.38$300.38 - $300.38Current price $300.389" Doyen Intestinal Forceps (Straight)
Designed to clamp and handle intestinal tissue during surgery, the 9" Doyen Intestinal Forceps (Straight) are long, straight surgical instruments w...
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Original price $0.00 - Original price $0.00Original price $0.00$321.55$321.55 - $321.55Current price $321.559" Doyen Intestinal Forceps (Curved)
The 9" Doyen Intestinal Forceps (Curved) are specialized surgical tools used to clamp and manipulate intestinal tissue during surgery. Because of t...
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Original price $0.00 - Original price $0.00Original price $0.00$89.71$89.71 - $89.71Current price $89.719" Crile-Wood Needle Holder
The 9-inch Crilewood Needle Holder is a larger version of the standard Crilewood Needle Holder, providing extra length and reach for certain surgic...
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Original price $0.00 - Original price $0.00Original price $0.00$896.11$896.11 - $896.11Current price $896.119 7/8" Pelvic Reduction Forceps - Pointed Ball
The 9 7/8" Pelvic Reduction Forceps with Pointed Ball tips are designed for precise manipulation and reduction of pelvic fractures during orthopedi...
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Original price $0.00 - Original price $0.00Original price $0.00$119.95$119.95 - $119.95Current price $119.959 3/4" Bengolea Forceps, Curved
The 9 3/4" Bengolea Forceps, Curved is a long, curved surgical forceps designed for precise clamping and grasping during deep or delicate procedure...
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Original price $0.00 - Original price $0.00Original price $0.00$261.07$261.07 - $261.07Current price $261.079 1/8" Walsham Septum Straight Forceps Bay Blades
The 9 1/8" Walsham Septum Straight Forceps (Bay Blades) is a specialized surgical instrument used in nasal surgeries, particularly for procedures i...
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Original price $0.00 - Original price $0.00Original price $0.00$136.08$136.08 - $136.08Current price $136.089 1/2" White Tonsil Forceps Medium Curve
The White Tonsil Forceps (9 1/2", Medium Curve) are precision instruments designed for tonsillectomy procedures or other surgical interventions wit...
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Original price $0.00 - Original price $0.00Original price $0.00$373.97$373.97 - $373.97Current price $373.979 1/2" Van Doren Uterine Forceps, S-Shape
The 9 1/2" Van Doren uterine forceps, featuring an S-shape, are specialized surgical instruments used in gynecological procedures for grasping and ...
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These 9 1/2" Somer uterine elevating forceps are specialized surgical instruments used for elevating and holding the uterus during gynecological pr...
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Original price $0.00 - Original price $0.00Original price $0.00$80.64$80.64 - $80.64Current price $80.649 1/2" Roch-Pean Hemo Forceps, Curved
These 9 1/2" Roch-Pean hemostatic forceps feature a curved design, perfect for clamping blood vessels and tissues during surgical procedures. The c...
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Original price $0.00 - Original price $0.00Original price $0.00$74.59$74.59 - $74.59Current price $74.599 1/2" Rochester-Pean Hemostatic Forceps, Straight
These forceps feature straight jaws, designed to securely clamp blood vessels or tissue during surgical procedures. The 9 1/2-inch length provides ...
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Original price $0.00 - Original price $0.00Original price $0.00$47.55$47.55 - $47.55Current price $47.559 1/2" Rochester-Ochs Hemostatic Forceps, Straight, 1 1/2 Teeth
These forceps are designed with straight jaws and 1 1/2 interlocking teeth, ensuring a secure grip for clamping vessels or tissue. The 9 1/2-inch l...
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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.