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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8 1/2" Kern Bone Forceps, no ratchet - precision tool designed for effective bone handling and reduction during orthopedic surgeries, offering reli...
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The 8 1/2" Finochietto Needle Holder is a precision surgical instrument designed for secure and controlled needle manipulation during suturing. Fea...
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The 8 1/2" Cooley Caval Occlusion Forceps are specialized surgical instruments designed for occluding or clamping large blood vessels, specifically...
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The 8 1/2" Castroviejo GG Needle Holder with straight serrated jaws is a precise and durable surgical instrument designed for microsurgery, particu...
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The 8 1/2" Castroviejo "GG" Needle Holder with straight, smooth jaws is a precision surgical instrument designed for delicate and intricate procedu...
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jacobson Needle Holders are designed for use in microsurgery and delicate surgical procedures. They are precision instruments that securely hold ne...
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These 7.5" Overholt-Geissendoerfer dissector forceps are designed for precise tissue dissection and vessel isolation. Featuring a curved, fine-tipp...
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Original price $0.00 - Original price $0.00Original price $0.00$137.09$137.09 - $137.09Current price $137.097" Tissue Forceps, TC, 1x2 Teeth, Standard
These 7" tissue forceps feature 1x2 teeth for secure tissue grasping and tungsten carbide (TC) inserts for enhanced grip and durability. Designed f...
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Original price $0.00 - Original price $0.00Original price $0.00$365.90$365.90 - $365.90Current price $365.907" Ruskin-Liston Bone Cutting Forceps, Straight
These 7" Ruskin-Liston bone cutting forceps feature a straight design, ideal for precise bone cutting during orthopedic surgeries. The straight jaw...
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Original price $0.00 - Original price $0.00Original price $0.00$371.95$371.95 - $371.95Current price $371.957" Ruskin-Liston Bone Cutting Forceps
These 7" Ruskin-Liston bone cutting forceps are designed for precise bone cutting during orthopedic procedures. With a robust, durable build, they ...
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Original price $0.00 - Original price $0.00Original price $0.00$133.06$133.06 - $133.06Current price $133.067" Reill Bone Reduction Forceps
7" Reill Bone Reduction Forceps - designed for effective bone alignment and stabilization during fracture reduction, offering precision and reliabi...
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Original price $0.00 - Original price $0.00Original price $0.00$123.98$123.98 - $123.98Current price $123.987" Lewin Bone Forceps
7" Lewin Bone Forceps - durable, ratcheted instrument designed for secure grasping and manipulation of bone during orthopedic procedures. About thi...
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Original price $0.00 - Original price $0.00Original price $0.00$286.27$286.27 - $286.27Current price $286.277" Kern Bone Forceps ratchet
7" Kern Bone Forceps with ratchet - durable, ratcheted instrument designed for secure bone manipulation and fixation during orthopedic procedures, ...
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Original price $0.00 - Original price $0.00Original price $0.00$90.72$90.72 - $90.72Current price $90.727" Jefferson Tissue Forceps, 1x2 Teeth
The 7" Jefferson Tissue Forceps, 1x2 Teeth is a long, precision forceps designed for securely grasping tissue with interlocking 1x2 teeth. Ideal fo...
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Original price $0.00 - Original price $0.00Original price $0.00$48.38$48.38 - $48.38Current price $48.387" Hegar Needle Holder with stubby jaw
The 7" Hegar Needle Holder with a stubby jaw is a variant of the traditional Hegar Needle Holder, designed with a shorter, more compact jaw to offe...
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Original price $0.00 - Original price $0.00Original price $0.00$269.14$269.14 - $269.14Current price $269.147" Euphrate-Pasque, GG Needle Holder, smooth
The 7" Euphrate-Pasque GG Needle Holder is a precision instrument designed for secure and controlled needle handling. Featuring smooth jaws, it all...
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Original price $0.00 - Original price $0.00Original price $0.00$26.21$26.21 - $26.21Current price $26.217" Dressing Forceps with Serrated Jaws, Standard Pattern
The 7" Dressing Forceps with Serrated Jaws, Standard Pattern is a medium-length surgical forceps designed for handling dressings and tissues. Featu...
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Original price $0.00 - Original price $0.00Original price $0.00$171.36$171.36 - $171.36Current price $171.367" DeBakey Ultra-Light "GG" Needle Holder
The 7" Debakey Ultra Light "GG" Needle Holder is a high-performance surgical instrument designed for surgeons who require both precision and comfor...
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Original price $0.00 - Original price $0.00Original price $0.00$411.26$411.26 - $411.26Current price $411.267" Castroviejo GG Needle Holder, curved serrated, no lock
The 7" Castroviejo GG Needle Holder with curved serrated jaws (without a lock) is a precision instrument designed for delicate microsurgical proced...
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Original price $0.00 - Original price $0.00Original price $0.00$411.26$411.26 - $411.26Current price $411.267" Castroviejo GG Needle Holder, curved serrated, 18cm
The 7" Castroviejo GG Needle Holder, curved serrated, 18cm, is a precision surgical instrument primarily used in microsurgery and ophthalmic proced...
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Original price $0.00 - Original price $0.00Original price $0.00$388.08$388.08 - $388.08Current price $388.087" Castroviejo "GG" Needle Holder, straight and smooth
The 7" Castroviejo "GG" Needle Holder with straight, smooth jaws is a precision instrument designed for delicate suturing tasks, particularly in mi...
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Original price $0.00 - Original price $0.00Original price $0.00$123.98$123.98 - $123.98Current price $123.987" Brown Needle Holder heavy convex
The 7" Brown Needle Holder with a heavy convex design is a durable surgical instrument used for holding needles during suturing. Its convex jaws pr...
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The Tivnen Tonsil Forceps (7 7/8") with Angled Teeth are specialized surgical instruments designed for precise tissue handling during tonsillectomy...
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The 7 3/4" DeBakey Vascular Tissue Forceps are precision surgical instruments designed for atraumatic handling of vessels and delicate tissues. Fea...
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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.