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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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  • 8" Heaney Needle Holder
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    8" Heaney Needle Holder

    The 8" Heaney Needle Holder is a surgical instrument specifically designed for suturing in gynecological and other deep pelvic or abdominal procedu...

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  • 8" Heaney Hysterectomy Forceps, Angled at Jaws
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    8" Heaney Hysterectomy Forceps, Angled at Jaws

    A robust 8-inch surgical instrument commonly used in gynecological surgeries, particularly hysterectomies. These forceps feature serrated, single-t...

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  • 8" Euphrate-Pasque, GG Needle Holder, smooth
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    8" Euphrate-Pasque, GG Needle Holder, smooth

    The 8" Euphrate-Pasque GG Needle Holder is a precision surgical instrument designed for secure grip and control during suturing procedures. Featuri...

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  • 8" Curved Jarcho Uterine Tenaculum Forceps
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    8" Curved Jarcho Uterine Tenaculum Forceps

    The 8" curved Jarcho uterine tenaculum forceps are specialized surgical instruments used for grasping and stabilizing the uterus or cervix during g...

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  • 8" Curved Bengolia Artery Forceps with 1x2 Teeth
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    8" Curved Bengolia Artery Forceps with 1x2 Teeth

    The 8" Curved Bengolia Artery Forceps with 1x2 Teeth is a surgical forceps designed for precise clamping of arteries or vessels. Features curved ja...

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  • 8" Bozeman Rev Curve "GG" Needle Holder
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    8" Bozeman Rev Curve "GG" Needle Holder

    The 8" Bozeman Reverse Curve "GG" Needle Holder is a specialized surgical instrument designed for precise needle control in deep or confined anatom...

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  • 8" Bengolia Artery Forceps, Straight
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    8" Bengolia Artery Forceps, Straight

    The 8" Bengolia Artery Forceps, Straight is a surgical forceps designed for clamping arteries or vessels during procedures. The straight design ens...

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  • 8" Bengolia Artery Forceps, Curved
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    8" Bengolia Artery Forceps, Curved

    The 8 Bengolia Artery Forceps (Curved) is a precision hand instrument designed for efficient and secure vessel clamping in surgical settings. With ...

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  • 8" Allis Forceps with Parallel Serrations
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    8" Allis Forceps with Parallel Serrations

    These 8" Allis forceps feature parallel serrations along the jaws for a secure yet gentle grip on tissues. Designed for atraumatic handling, they a...

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  • 8 3/4" Right-Angled Clamp Forceps, Mixer, Long Serrated
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    8 3/4" Right-Angled Clamp Forceps, Mixer, Long Serrated

    Surgical forceps featuring a right-angled design and long serrated jaws for secure clamping and manipulation of tissues or vessels. The mixer style...

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  • 8 1/4" Straight Two-and-a-Half-Toothed Jacobs Vulsellum Forceps
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    8 1/4" Straight Two-and-a-Half-Toothed Jacobs Vulsellum Forceps

    These 8 1/4" Jacobs vulsellum forceps feature straight jaws with two and a half teeth, providing a secure and firm grip on tissue. Typically used i...

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  • 8 1/4" Phaneuf Artery/Uterine Forceps, Oriented on a Flat Surface
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    8 1/4" Phaneuf Artery/Uterine Forceps, Oriented on a Flat Surface

    These 8 1/4" Phaneuf forceps are designed for use in gynecological surgeries, particularly for clamping arteries or uterine tissue during procedure...

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  • 8 1/4" Overholt-Mixter Dissecting and Ligature Forceps with Wide Curve
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    8 1/4" Overholt-Mixter Dissecting and Ligature Forceps with Wide Curve

    These 8 1/4" Overholt-Mixter forceps feature a broad curved jaw, designed for effective dissection and ligature placement around vessels and tissue...

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  • 8 1/4" Malleollar Forceps
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    8 1/4" Malleollar Forceps

    8 1/4" Malleolar Forceps - specially designed for secure reduction and fixation of malleolar fractures during ankle and orthopedic surgeries. About...

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  • 8 1/4" Langenbeck Bone Holding Forceps 2x2
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    8 1/4" Langenbeck Bone Holding Forceps 2x2

    8 1/4" Langenbeck Bone Holding Forceps, 2x2 - designed for secure bone fixation with a robust 2x2 jaw configuration, ideal for handling bone fragme...

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  • 8 1/4" Julian GG Needle Holder, curved
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    8 1/4" Julian GG Needle Holder, curved

    The 8 1/4" Julian GG Needle Holder, Curved, is a precision surgical instrument designed for secure needle handling during suturing. The curved jaws...

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  • 8 1/4" Jacobs Vulsellum Forceps, Bent to the Side
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    8 1/4" Jacobs Vulsellum Forceps, Bent to the Side

    These 8 1/4" Jacobs vulsellum forceps are used in gynecological procedures, particularly for grasping and holding the cervix or uterine tissue duri...

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  • 8 1/4" Gerald Ring Tip Forceps 1mm
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    8 1/4" Gerald Ring Tip Forceps, 1mm

    The 8¼" Gerald Ring Tip Forceps with 1 mm tips are precision surgical instruments designed for delicate tissue manipulation in microsurgical, cardi...

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  • 8 1/4" Buie Clamp & Hemorrhoid Forceps
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    8 1/4" Buie Clamp & Hemorrhoid Forceps

    These 8 1/4" Buie clamp and hemorrhoid forceps are designed for use in anorectal surgeries. With a strong, curved jaw and serrated gripping surface...

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  • 8 1/4 Overholt Dissector Forceps D medium curve
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    8 1/4 Overholt Dissector Forceps D medium curve

    8 1/4" Overholt Dissector Forceps with a Medium Curve (D) are specialized surgical instruments designed for use in procedures that require delicate...

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  • 8 1/4" FineTouch Micro Needle Holder - With Lock
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    8 1/4" FineTouch Micro Needle Holder - With Lock

    The 8 1/4" FineTouch Micro Needle Holder - With Lock is a precision instrument designed for fine needle manipulation in delicate microsurgical proc...

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  • 8 1/2" Rogers Hysterectomy Forceps, Two and a Half Curved Teeth
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    8 1/2" Rogers Hysterectomy Forceps, Two and a Half Curved Teeth

    These 8 1/2" Rogers hysterectomy forceps are designed for use in gynecological surgeries, particularly hysterectomies. Featuring a curved shape and...

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  • 8 1/2" Overholt Dissector Forceps C long curve
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    8 1/2" Overholt Dissector Forceps C long curve

    8 1/2" Overholt Dissector Forceps with a Long Curve (C) are specialized surgical instruments used in procedures requiring precision in dissecting o...

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  • 8 1/2" Mixter Forceps - 90° Jaws with Longitudinal Serrations
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    8 1/2" Mixter Forceps - 90° Jaws with Longitudinal Serrations

    The 8 1/2" Mixter Forceps with 90° angled jaws and longitudinal serrations are highly specialized surgical instruments designed for precise clampin...

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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.