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 5 1/2" Castroviejo GG Needle Holder with straight serrated jaws and a lock is a precision surgical instrument designed for fine and delicate pr...
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The 5 1/2" Castroviejo "GG" Needle Holder, made from titanium, features straight serrated jaws and a locking mechanism, making it a highly durable ...
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The 5 1/2" Castroviejo "GG" Needle Holder with straight, smooth jaws and no lock is a precision instrument used for delicate suturing tasks, partic...
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Original price $0.00 - Original price $0.00Original price $0.00$376.99$376.99 - $376.99Current price $376.995 1/2" Castroviejo "GG" Needle Holder, curved serrated, with lock
The 5 1/2" Castroviejo "GG" Needle Holder with curved serrated jaws and a lock is a precision instrument designed for delicate procedures like micr...
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Original price $0.00 - Original price $0.00Original price $0.00$376.99$376.99 - $376.99Current price $376.995 1/2" Castroviejo "GG" Needle Holder, curved and smooth, with lock
The 5 1/2" Castroviejo "GG" Needle Holder with curved, smooth jaws and a lock is a high-precision surgical instrument designed for delicate procedu...
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Original price $0.00 - Original price $0.00Original price $0.00$359.86$359.86 - $359.86Current price $359.865 1/2" Castroviejo "GG" Needle Holder (Straight & Smooth with Lock)
The 5 1/2" Castroviejo "GG" Needle Holder with straight, smooth jaws and a lock is a precision surgical instrument designed for delicate procedures...
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Original price $0.00 - Original price $0.00Original price $0.00$74.59$74.59 - $74.59Current price $74.595 1/2" Allis Tissue Forceps, 3x4 Teeth
These 5 1/2" Allis tissue forceps are equipped with 3x4 teeth on the jaws, providing a firm and secure grip on tissues during surgical procedures. ...
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These 5 1/2" Adson Baby hemostatic forceps feature a very delicate, narrow curvature, designed for precise clamping of small blood vessels or tissu...
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Original price $0.00 - Original price $0.00Original price $0.00$623.95$623.95 - $623.95Current price $623.9545 cm Allis Grasp Forceps with Clear Flushable Shaft, Ratchet, and Insulated Shaft
The 45 cm Allis Grasp Forceps with Clear Flushable Shaft, Ratchet, and Insulated Shaft offer secure tissue manipulation with electrosurgical safety...
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4-3/4" Lower Molar Extracting Forceps are specialized dental instruments designed for the extraction of lower molar teeth. With a compact 4-3/4" si...
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for ophthalmic procedures, several high-quality options are available, each tailored to specific surgical needs. About this instrument Nucleus and ...
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Original price $0.00 - Original price $0.00Original price $0.00$206.64$206.64 - $206.64Current price $206.644.5" Greenberg PAR Scissors, TC, Curved Serrated
4.5" Greenberg PAR Scissors, TC, Curved Serrated are precision surgical scissors designed for fine dissection and controlled tissue cutting in plas...
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4 3/8" Hunter Splinter Forceps, Straight is a delicate, fine-point instrument designed for precise removal of splinters or foreign bodies. Straight...
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4 3/4" Plate & Bone Holding Forceps - compact, precision tool for stabilizing bone and fixation plates during orthopedic surgeries. About this ...
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Original price $0.00 - Original price $0.00Original price $0.00$100.80$100.80 - $100.80Current price $100.804 3/4" Olsen-Hegar Needle Holder with exquisite serration
The 4 3/4" Olsen-Hegar Needle Holder with exquisite serration is a compact, multifunctional surgical instrument that combines the functions of a ne...
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Original price $0.00 - Original price $0.00Original price $0.00$29.23$29.23 - $29.23Current price $29.234 3/4" Hudson (Ewald) Dressing Forceps
The 4 3/4" Hudson (Ewald) Dressing Forceps is a compact, precision forceps designed for handling dressings and delicate tissues. Features fine serr...
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Original price $0.00 - Original price $0.00Original price $0.00$34.27$34.27 - $34.27Current price $34.274 3/4" Adson Tissue Forceps with 1x2 Teeth, Serrated
The 4 3/4" Adson Tissue Forceps with 1x2 Teeth, Serrated is a precision surgical forceps featuring interlocking 1x2 teeth and serrated tips for a s...
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The 4 3/4" Adson Dressing Forceps with Delicate Tips is a precision forceps designed for handling dressings and tissues with delicate, fine tips. I...
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The 4 3/4" Adson Dressing Forceps - Standard Pattern is a surgical forceps designed for grasping and handling dressings and delicate tissues. Featu...
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These 4 1/8" tissue forceps are designed with a standard pattern featuring one interlocking tooth, ensuring a secure and precise grip for delicate ...
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The 4 1/8" Straight, Sharp, and Simple Splinter Forceps are designed for precise removal of small foreign bodies like splinters. With straight, fin...
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The 4 1/8" Sharp, Simple, Curved Splinter Forceps are precision instruments designed for the removal of small foreign bodies like splinters or debr...
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These 4 1/8" dressing forceps feature a standard pattern design, ideal for precise handling of dressings, tissues, and other materials in medical a...
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Original price $0.00 - Original price $0.00Original price $0.00$387.07$387.07 - $387.07Current price $387.074 1/4" Castro Sut Forceps .3 teeth titanium
The 4 1/4 Castro Suturing Forceps with .3 Teeth, Titanium are specialized surgical instruments used primarily for handling sutures during delicate ...
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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.