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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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  • Wachenfeldt Clip Applying Forceps 12.5 cm
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    Wachenfeldt Clip Applying Forceps 12.5 cm

    Wachenfeldt clip applying forceps, 12.5 cm length. Used for the application and removal of wound clips during skin closure. German surgical-steel c...

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  • Wachenfeldt Clip Applying Forceps 12 cm
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    Wachenfeldt Clip Applying Forceps 12 cm

    Wachenfeldt clip applying forceps, 12 cm length. Designed for the application and removal of wound clips. German surgical-steel construction. About...

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  • VISE Micro Suture Tying Forceps, 135mm, 0.3mm Tip, Straight
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    VISE Micro Suture Tying Forceps, 135mm, 0.3mm Tip, Straight

    VISE micro suture tying forceps, 135mm overall length with a 0.3mm straight tip. Engineered for precise handling of ultrafine sutures in microsurgi...

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  • VISE Micro Suture Tying Forceps, 135mm, 0.3mm Tip, Curved
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    VISE Micro Suture Tying Forceps, 135mm, 0.3mm Tip, Curved

    VISE micro suture tying forceps, 135mm overall length with a 0.3mm curved tip. Curved profile aids angled access in microsurgical and ophthalmic su...

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  • Virtus (Ralk) Splinter Forceps Straight 15 cm
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    Virtus (Ralk) Splinter Forceps Straight 15 cm

    Virtus (Ralk) pattern splinter forceps with straight, fine tapered jaws for precise extraction of splinters and foreign bodies. Spring-action desig...

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  • Verbrugge Bone Holding Forceps
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    Verbrugge Bone Holding Forceps

    The Verbrugge Bone Holding Forceps are designed for secure and controlled manipulation of bone during orthopedic surgeries. Featuring robust, durab...

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  • Verbrugge Bone Holding Forceps
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    Verbrugge Bone Holding Forceps, 17.5-27cm

    Verbrugge bone holding forceps designed to grip and stabilize bone fragments during orthopedic procedures. Available in 17.5cm, 26cm, and 27cm work...

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  • Vasectomy Forceps Curved 12cm
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    Vasectomy Forceps Curved 12cm

    Curved vasectomy forceps with a 12cm working length, designed for the no-scalpel vasectomy technique. The fine ringed jaws isolate and grasp the va...

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  • Vasectomy Forceps 14cm
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    Vasectomy Forceps 14cm

    Vasectomy forceps with a 14cm working length, offered with 3mm, 4mm and 5mm ring jaws to suit varying vas diameters. The ringed tip isolates and st...

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  • Vascular Mosquito Forceps - Straight Jaw
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    Vascular Mosquito Forceps - Straight Jaw

    These vascular mosquito forceps feature a straight jaw design for precise control and gentle clamping of small vessels and delicate tissues. Ideal ...

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  • Vascular Forceps Stille-Barraya
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    Vascular Forceps Stille-Barraya

    Stille-Barraya vascular forceps designed for precise clamping of blood vessels during vascular surgeries. Known for their smooth, atraumatic jaws, ...

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  • Gills-Colibri Forceps very delicate pnt tips
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    Gills-Colibri Forceps very delicate pnt tips

    The Gills-Colibri Forceps with very delicate pointed tips are specialized ophthalmic instruments designed for precise manipulation of delicate ocul...

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  • Gillies Tissue Forceps 1x2 Teeth TC 15.5cm
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    Gillies Tissue Forceps 1x2 Teeth TC 15.5cm

    Gillies tissue forceps with 1x2 teeth pattern and tungsten carbide (TC) inserts for enhanced grip and wear resistance, 15.5cm length. German surgic...

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  • Gillies Tissue Forceps 1x2 Teeth 15.5cm
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    Gillies Tissue Forceps 1x2 Teeth 15.5cm

    Gillies tissue forceps with 1x2 teeth and offset handle design for plastic and reconstructive procedures, 15.5cm length. German surgical-steel cons...

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  • Gill-Arruga Capsular Forceps Curved 7.5cm
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    Gill-Arruga Capsular Forceps Curved 7.5cm

    Gill-Arruga capsular forceps with curved jaws, 7.5cm overall length. German surgical-steel construction designed for lens capsule grasping during c...

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  • Gill Iris Forceps 7.5cm 0.3mm
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    Gill Iris Forceps 7.5cm 0.3mm

    Gill iris forceps measuring 7.5cm in length with a 0.3mm tip width. Designed for fine tissue handling in ophthalmic and microsurgical procedures. G...

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  • Gill Iris Forceps curved cross serrated tips
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    Gill Iris Forceps curved cross serrated tips

    The Gill Iris Forceps with curved cross-serrated tips is a delicate and precise surgical instrument commonly used in ophthalmic surgery, specifical...

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  • Gil-Hess Iris Forceps -0.12
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    Gil-Hess Iris Forceps -0.12

    The Gill-Hess Iris Forceps - 0.12 mm is a specialized surgical instrument designed for precise manipulation of iris tissue during ophthalmic proced...

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  • Giannetti MICS Capsulorhexis Forceps, Ultra Delicate, 2mm Max Jaw Opening
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    Giannetti MICS Capsulorhexis Forceps, Ultra Delicate, 2mm Max Jaw Opening

    Giannetti MICS capsulorhexis forceps with ultra-delicate jaws opening to a maximum of 2mm for micro-incision cataract surgery. German surgical-stee...

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  • Giannetti MICS Capsulorhexis Forceps, Ultra Delicate, 2mm Jaw, Titanium
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    Giannetti MICS Capsulorhexis Forceps, Ultra Delicate, 2mm Jaw, Titanium

    Titanium Giannetti MICS capsulorhexis forceps with ultra-delicate tips and a 2mm maximum jaw opening for micro-incision cataract surgery. The light...

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  • Gianetti MICS Forceps
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    Gianetti MICS Forceps

    Gianetti MICS Forceps are specialized microsurgical instruments used in Minimally Invasive Cataract Surgery (MICS). These forceps are designed for ...

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  • Gerald Tissue Forceps - Serrated, Curved
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    Gerald Tissue Forceps - Serrated, Curved

    The Gerald Tissue Forceps with serrated curved jaws are specialized instruments designed for precise tissue handling in delicate surgical procedure...

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  • Gerald Tissue Forceps - Serrated, 1.75mm Long Tip
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    Gerald Tissue Forceps - Serrated, 1.75mm Long Tip

    The Gerald Tissue Forceps with serrated 1.75mm long tips are highly specialized surgical instruments designed for precise tissue manipulation in de...

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  • GERALD FORCEPS SERRATED 7"
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    Gerald Forceps - Serrated, 7"

    These 7-inch Gerald forceps are precision surgical instruments with serrated tips, designed to provide a secure grip on delicate tissues. The serra...

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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.