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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Exceptionally thin and delicately curved, these forceps are designed for microsurgical precision. Ideal for fine vascular work or handling delicate...
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These 3 1/2" Micro Hartman artery forceps are designed for highly delicate surgical procedures. The straight jaws provide precise control and a sec...
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These 3 1/2" Hartman mosquito hemostatic forceps feature a curved design, perfect for clamping small blood vessels or tissues during delicate surgi...
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These 3 1/2" Hartman mosquito artery forceps feature a straight design, ideal for clamping small blood vessels during delicate surgical procedures....
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A specialized set of artery forceps designed for precision in vascular or microsurgical procedures. The delicately curved jaws provide enhanced acc...
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The 18" Straight Forester Sponge Forceps is a long, straight forceps designed for securely holding sponges or other materials during surgical proce...
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18" Singley Forceps are long, specialized surgical instruments used for atraumatic grasping and handling of delicate tissues, such as bowel, lung, ...
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Original price $0.00 - Original price $0.00Original price $0.00$371.95$371.95 - $371.95Current price $371.9518" Forester Sponge Forceps, Curved (Min 3)
The 18" Forester Sponge Forceps, Curved (Min 3) is a long, curved forceps designed for securely holding sponges or other materials during surgical ...
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The 18" Babcock Tissue Forceps is an extra-long forceps designed for atraumatic grasping of delicate tissues such as intestines or fallopian tubes....
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17" Lane Bone Forceps, no ratchet - extended reach and precision for handling bone during orthopedic procedures, providing a secure grip and contro...
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This set offers versatility for deep surgical fields. The long Rankin-Crile provides strong, reliable hemostasis with a firm grip, while the 11" cu...
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Original price $0.00 - Original price $0.00Original price $0.00$371.95$371.95 - $371.95Current price $371.9515cm Forceps - 0.3mm Tip Curved, 8mm Diameter
These high-precision surgical forceps feature ultra-fine 0.3mm curved tips for delicate tissue manipulation in confined or angled surgical fields. ...
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These precision forceps feature fine 0.3mm straight tips for delicate and accurate tissue handling. With a 15cm length, they offer excellent reach ...
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Original price $0.00 - Original price $0.00Original price $0.00$1,183.39$1,183.39 - $1,183.39Current price $1,183.3913-1/2 VATS Duval Forceps 25mm Shaft 25mm Triangular Jaws
The 13-1/2" VATS Duval Forceps with a 25mm Shaft and 25mm Triangular Jaws is a specialized instrument designed for precise tissue handling during v...
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Original price $0.00 - Original price $0.00Original price $0.00$365.90$365.90 - $365.90Current price $365.9013" Lane Bone Holding Forceps Std. no ratchet
13" Lane Bone Holding Forceps, standard, no ratchet - designed for reliable bone stabilization during orthopedic surgeries, providing secure grip a...
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Surgical forceps designed for clamping large vessels or tissue in deep or challenging areas. The curved jaws allow for better access and control, w...
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Original price $0.00 - Original price $0.00Original price $0.00$215.71$215.71 - $215.71Current price $215.7112" DeBakey GG Needle Holder with 2mm Tip
The 12" Debakey GG Needle Holder with a 2mm Tip is a high-precision surgical instrument specifically designed for complex, delicate procedures that...
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The 12" Crile-Wood Needle Holder, Straight "GG" is a high-precision surgical instrument designed for handling needles with accuracy and control in ...
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These 12 1/2" Kelly forceps are designed for use in gynecological procedures, specifically for handling ovaries or polyps. With 18mm jaws and a cur...
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The Wrigley obstetrical forceps (11") are specialized tools intended to aid in low or outlet deliveries, especially during cesarean sections or whe...
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The 11" Overholt-Geissendoerfer Dissector and Ligature Forceps - Surgical instruments designed for precise dissection and ligating of tissues. The ...
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The 11 Curving Bridge Forceps is a surgical instrument designed for precise tissue manipulation and hemostasis (controlling bleeding) in various ty...
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A specialized surgical instrument designed for grasping and manipulating tissues in the laryngeal area during ENT procedures. The forceps feature p...
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The 11 1/4" Allis-Willauer Forceps with 5x6 Teeth is a long surgical forceps designed for securely grasping tissue. Features interlocking 5x6 teeth...
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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.