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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The 7 1/2" Lovelace Lung Grasping Forceps are specialized instruments designed for the atraumatic handling of delicate lung tissue during thoracic ...
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The 7 1/2" Lahey Artery and Gall Duct Forceps are versatile, precision instruments designed for clamping and occluding arteries and gall ducts duri...
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These 7 1/2" Judd Allis tissue forceps feature 3 and 4 teeth on the jaws, designed for secure and precise tissue handling during surgical procedure...
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7½-inch Duvall lung forceps featuring 15mm wide jaws for secure grasping of lung tissue during thoracic procedures, providing firm yet gentle handl...
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The 7 1/2" Colver Tonsil Seizing Forceps, Curved is a specialized surgical instrument used primarily during tonsillectomies or other procedures inv...
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The 7 1/2" Collin Duval Lung Forceps are specialized surgical instruments designed for the gentle and secure grasping of delicate tissue, particula...
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The 7 1/2" Barrett tenaculum forceps are specialized surgical instruments used for grasping and stabilizing tissue, especially the cervix, during g...
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These extremely delicate forceps are designed for precision clamping of vessels or tissues in pediatric or delicate surgeries. The 7 1/2-inch lengt...
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Original price $0.00 - Original price $0.00Original price $0.00$485.86$485.86 - $485.86Current price $485.867 1/2 Brand Tendon Forceps w/o ratchet angled 23 teeth
7 1/2" Brand Tendon Forceps, Without Ratchet, Angled, 23 Teeth - designed for secure tendon manipulation, featuring an angled design and 23 fine te...
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The 6" Waugh Forceps (1 x 2 Teeth) is a surgical instrument designed for securely grasping tissue with one larger tooth and two smaller teeth for a...
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Original price $0.00 - Original price $0.00Original price $0.00$142.13$142.13 - $142.13Current price $142.136" Micro Vascular and "GG" Needle Holder
The 6" Micro Vascular "GG" Needle Holder is a specialized surgical instrument designed for precision in delicate microvascular surgeries. It combin...
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Original price $0.00 - Original price $0.00Original price $0.00$57.46$57.46 - $57.46Current price $57.466" McIndoe Dressing Forceps, Serrated
6" McIndoe Dressing Forceps, Serrated is a precision forceps with serrated jaws for secure grasping of dressings and tissues. Ideal for general sur...
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Original price $0.00 - Original price $0.00Original price $0.00$57.46$57.46 - $57.46Current price $57.466" Leriche Grasping Forceps
The 6" Leriche Grasping Forceps is a surgical forceps designed for securely grasping tissues during procedures. Features a robust jaw design for a ...
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Original price $0.00 - Original price $0.00Original price $0.00$84.67$84.67 - $84.67Current price $84.676" Leriche Artery Forceps, Curved, 1 1/2-Tooth
The 6" Leriche Artery Forceps, Curved, 1 1/2-Tooth is a precision surgical forceps designed for vascular procedures. The curved jaws enhance access...
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Original price $0.00 - Original price $0.00Original price $0.00$67.54$67.54 - $67.54Current price $67.546" Judd Allis Tissue Forceps with 3x4 Teeth
These 6" Judd Allis tissue forceps feature 3 to 4 teeth on the jaws, providing a secure grip for handling tissues during surgical procedures. The t...
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Original price $0.00 - Original price $0.00Original price $0.00$226.80$226.80 - $226.80Current price $226.806" Gillies "GG" Needle Holder Sci
The 6" Gillies "GG" Needle Holder Scientific (Sci.) is a versatile and durable surgical instrument commonly used in head and neck, plastic, and rec...
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Original price $0.00 - Original price $0.00Original price $0.00$21.17$21.17 - $21.17Current price $21.176" Dressing Forceps with Serrated Jaws, Standard Pattern
The 6" Dressing Forceps with Serrated Jaws, Standard Pattern is a surgical forceps designed for securely grasping dressings and tissues. Features s...
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Original price $0.00 - Original price $0.00Original price $0.00$166.32$166.32 - $166.32Current price $166.326" DeBakey Ultra-Light "GG" Needle Holder
The 6" Debakey Ultra Light "GG" Needle Holder is a precision surgical instrument designed to provide superior performance while being lightweight a...
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Original price $0.00 - Original price $0.00Original price $0.00$149.18$149.18 - $149.18Current price $149.186" Crile-Wood Needle Holder - GG, Smooth
The 6" Crile-Wood Needle Holder GG Smooth is a specialized surgical instrument known for its fine, precise needle handling capabilities. It is desi...
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Original price $0.00 - Original price $0.00Original price $0.00$196.56$196.56 - $196.56Current price $196.566" Crile-Wood "GG" Needle Holder, Left-Handed
The 6" Crile-Wood "GG" Needle Holder, Left-Handed is a specialized surgical instrument designed for left-handed surgeons, providing them with a hig...
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Original price $0.00 - Original price $0.00Original price $0.00$59.47$59.47 - $59.47Current price $59.476" Brown Tissue Forceps with Side Grips and Teeth
6" Brown Tissue Forceps with Side Grips and Teeth is a precision instrument featuring multiple fine teeth and side grips for enhanced control and s...
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These 6" Allis Adair tissue forceps are designed for securely grasping soft tissues with minimal trauma. Featuring toothed jaws for a firm grip, th...
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Original price $0.00 - Original price $0.00Original price $0.00$49.39$49.39 - $49.39Current price $49.396" Adson Dressing Forceps with Standard Serrated Jaws
The 6" Adson Dressing Forceps with Standard Serrated Jaws is a versatile surgical forceps designed for grasping dressings and tissues. Features sta...
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Original price $0.00 - Original price $0.00Original price $0.00$57.46$57.46 - $57.46Current price $57.466" Adson Delicate Tissue Forceps with 1x2 Teeth
The 6" Adson Delicate Tissue Forceps with 1x2 Teeth is a fine surgical forceps designed for gentle handling of delicate tissues. Features interlock...
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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.