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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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  • Storz Sickle Knife with 3 Ring Handle, 10.5FR x 38cm
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    Storz Sickle Knife with 3 Ring Handle, 10.5FR x 38cm

    The Karl Storz Sickle Knife is a specialized urological cutting instrument engineered for precision work during endoscopic procedures. Featuring a ...

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  • Storz Operating Sheath, 26FR Continuous Flow
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    Storz Operating Sheath, 26FR Continuous Flow

    Karl Storz 27093B Operating Sheath Diameter: 26FR Continuous Flow Includes Storz 27093BO Hollow Obturator About this instrument Endoscope sheat...

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  • Storz Operating Sheath, 24FR Continuous Flow
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    Storz Operating Sheath, 24FR Continuous Flow

    Karl Storz 27093C Operating Sheath Diameter: 24FR Continuous Flow Includes Storz 27093CO Hollow Obturator About this instrument Endoscope sheat...

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  • Storz OBT for 27093BN
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    Storz OBT for 27093BN

    Karl Storz 27093 ON OBT for 27093 BN With Channel for Guide Wire About this instrument Obturators sit inside an endoscope sheath during inserti...

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  • Storz Needle Holder, 3.5mm
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    Storz Needle Holder, 3.5mm

    Storz 26173PR Needle Holder, 3.5mm WL: 20cm About this instrument Needle holders grip the suture needle firmly so it can be driven accurately t...

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  • Storz Lithotrite Stone Crusher Forceps, 24FR
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    Storz Lithotrite Stone Crusher Forceps, 24FR

    Karl Storz 27076A Lithotrite Stone Crusher Forceps, 24FR Incorporating both handle and turning screw action The high strength of the jaws allows ...

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  • Storz Hollow Obturator and Fascial Dialator, 24Fr
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    Storz Hollow Obturator and Fascial Dialator, 24Fr

    Storz 27293CL Hollow Obturator and Fascial Dialator, 24Fr For use w/ 27293CN PCN Operating Sheath About this instrument Obturators sit inside a...

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  • Storz Flexible Grasping Forcep,3FR x 30cm, D/A
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    Storz Flexible Grasping Forcep,3FR x 30cm, D/A

    Karl Storz 28671TJ Flexible Grasping Forcep Diameter: 3FR Working length: 30cm Double Action About this instrument Semi-rigid and flexible forc...

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  • Storz Flexible Grasping Forcep, 5FR x 42.5cm, D/A
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    Storz Flexible Grasping Forcep, 5FR x 42.5cm, D/A

    Karl Storz 27022RF Flexible Grasping Forcep Diameter: 5FR Working length: 42.5cm Double Action About this instrument Semi-rigid and flexible forc...

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  • Storz Flexible Grasping Forcep, 5FR x 40cm, D/A
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    Storz Flexible Grasping Forcep, 5FR x 40cm, D/A

    Karl Storz 27034FK Flexible Grasping Forcep Diameter: 5Fr Working length: 40cm Double Action About this instrument Semi-rigid and flexible forcep...

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  • Storz Flexible Grasping Forcep, 3FR x 43cm, S/A
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    Storz Flexible Grasping Forcep, 3FR x 43cm, S/A

    Karl Storz 11033KB Flexible Grasping Forcep Diameter: 3FR Working length: 43cm Single Action About this instrument Semi-rigid and flexible forcep...

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  • Storz Flexible Grasping Forcep, 1mm x 30cm, D/A
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    Storz Flexible Grasping Forcep, 1mm x 30cm, D/A

    Karl Storz 28160TJ Flexible Grasping Forcep Diameter: 1mm Working length: 30cm Double Action About this instrument Semi-rigid and flexible forc...

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  • Storz D/A Pediatric Grasping Forcep, 5Fr x 30cm
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    Storz D/A Pediatric Grasping Forcep, 5Fr x 30cm

    Storz 27095P D/A Pediatric Grasping Forcep, 5Fr x 30cm For Large Stone Fragments About this instrument Surgical forceps grasp, hold and manipul...

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  • Storz Arthroforce Basket Cutting Forcep
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    Storz 28158LW Arthroforce Basket Cutting Forcep, 2.8mm

    The Storz 28158LW is a genuine, brand-new Karl Storz Arthroforce basket cutting forcep, 2.8mm in diameter with a 13cm working length. Part 28158LW ...

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  • Storz Arthroforce Basket Cutting Forcep
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    Storz 28158MB Arthroforce Basket Cutting Forcep, 2.8mm

    The Storz 28158MB is a genuine, brand-new Karl Storz Arthroforce basket cutting forcep with a 2.8mm size and 13cm working length. Part 28158MB is a...

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  • Storz Arthroforce Basket Cutting Forcep
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    Storz 28158B Arthroforce Basket Cutting Forcep, 2.8mm

    The Storz 28158B is a genuine, brand-new Karl Storz Arthroforce basket cutting forcep with a 2.8mm diameter and 13cm working length. The slim 2.8mm...

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  • Storz Arthro Grasping Forcep, Straight
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    Storz Arthro Grasping Forcep, Straight

    Karl Storz Arthroscopic Grasping Forceps are engineered for superior precision, control, and reliability in minimally invasive joint surgery. Craft...

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  • Storz 26FR Hollow Obturator
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    Storz 26FR Hollow Obturator

    Storz 270930N 26FR Hollow Obturator For 27093BN PCN Operating Sheath About this instrument Obturators sit inside an endoscope sheath during ins...

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  • Stone-Watt Intestinal Forceps 7.5cm
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    Stone-Watt Intestinal Forceps 7.5cm

    Stone-Watt intestinal forceps, 7.5cm jaw length, German surgical-steel construction. Atraumatic longitudinal jaws occlude bowel without crush injur...

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  • Stockmann Penis Seizing Forceps, 8cm
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    Stockmann Penis Seizing Forceps, 8cm

    The Stockmann penis seizing forceps, 8cm overall length, provide controlled stabilization during urologic procedures. German surgical-steel constru...

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  • Stille-Liston Bone Cutting Forceps Straight 23cm
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    Stille-Liston Bone Cutting Forceps Straight 23cm

    Stille-Liston bone cutting forceps in a straight pattern, 23cm in length. German surgical-steel construction with a double-action joint for heavy-d...

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  • Stille-Liston Bone Cutting Forceps Angled 23cm
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    Stille-Liston Bone Cutting Forceps Angled 23cm

    Stille-Liston bone cutting forceps in an angled pattern, 23cm in length. German surgical-steel construction with a double-action joint for heavy-du...

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  • Stille-Horsley Bone Cutting Forceps 27cm
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    Stille-Horsley Bone Cutting Forceps 27cm

    Stille-Horsley bone cutting forceps with a 27cm overall length, designed for sectioning and resecting bone during orthopedic and general surgical p...

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  • Stevens Scissors 4 1/2 "GG" straight
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    Stevens Scissors 4 1/2 "GG" straight

    4 1/2" Stevens Scissors, GG, Straight are precision surgical scissors designed for delicate dissection and fine tissue work, often used in ophthalm...

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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.