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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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  • Resano Forceps 18cm
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    Resano Forceps 18cm

    Resano forceps with delicate serrated tips for fine tissue handling in cardiothoracic and general surgical procedures, 18cm length. German surgical...

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  • Resano Atraumatic Intestinal Forceps 30cm
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    Resano Atraumatic Intestinal Forceps 30cm

    Resano intestinal forceps with atraumatic jaws designed for non-crushing occlusion of small and large bowel segments. 30cm working length provides ...

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  • Reduction Forceps with Tips, Wide Ratchet, 13mm
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    Reduction Forceps with Tips, Wide Ratchet, 13mm

    Reduction forceps with pointed tips and wide ratchet, 13mm. Designed to grasp and reduce bone fragments during orthopedic fixation. German surgical...

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  • Raney Scalp Clip Applying Forceps
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    Raney Scalp Clip Applying Forceps

    Raney applying forceps designed for placement and removal of Raney scalp clips during craniotomy and neurosurgical scalp hemostasis. German surgica...

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  • Raney Clip Applier Forceps
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    $202.61
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    Raney Clip Applier Forceps

    Raney clip applier forceps designed for the precise placement of Raney clips during neurosurgical or vascular procedures. The forceps allow for sec...

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  • Prince Trachoma Forceps
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    $139.10
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    Prince Trachoma Forceps

    Specialized forceps designed for the treatment of trachoma, featuring finely serrated jaws for secure grip and atraumatic handling of delicate conj...

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  • Prince Muscle Forceps Right
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    $255.02
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    Prince Muscle Forceps Right

    Precision microsurgical forceps designed for intraocular lens (IOL) implantation. Features a right-angled tip for optimal access and control. Craft...

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  • Prince Muscle Forceps Left 10cm
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    Prince Muscle Forceps Left 10cm

    Prince muscle forceps, left configuration, overall length 10cm. German surgical-steel construction for grasping and holding muscle tissue during st...

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  • Pratt Tenaculum Forceps, 28cm
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    Pratt Tenaculum Forceps, 28cm

    Pratt tenaculum forceps, 28cm overall length, with sharp grasping tips for deep tissue fixation during gynecologic and general surgical procedures....

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  • Pozzi-Palmer Tenaculum Forceps, 25cm
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    Pozzi-Palmer Tenaculum Forceps, 25cm

    Pozzi-Palmer tenaculum forceps, 25cm in length, designed for secure cervical traction during gynecologic procedures. The single-tooth jaws and ratc...

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  • Potts-Smith Dressing Forceps
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    $181.44
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    Potts-Smith Dressing Forceps

    Potts-Smith dressing forceps, designed for precise and secure handling of dressings during surgical procedures. Featuring finely serrated jaws, the...

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  • Potts-Smith 1x2 Tooth Tissue Forceps (14cm)
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    $183.46
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    Potts-Smith 1x2 Tooth Tissue Forceps (14cm)

    Potts-Smith tissue forceps with a 1x2 tooth design, 14cm in length, ideal for precise tissue handling in delicate surgeries. The interlocking teeth...

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  • Potts Smith "GG" Tissue Forceps
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    Potts Smith "GG" Tissue Forceps

    Potts-Smith "GG" Tissue Forceps are specialized surgical instruments used for grasping delicate tissues during procedures, particularly in vascular...

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  • Polack Corneal Sut Forceps .12mm
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    Polack Corneal Sut Forceps .12mm

    The Polack Corneal Suturing Forceps with 0.12mm 1×2 teeth are precision instruments designed for delicate ophthalmic surgeries, such as corneal sut...

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  • Piper Obstetrical Forceps 44cm
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    Piper Obstetrical Forceps 44cm

    Piper obstetrical forceps, 44cm overall length. Long, downward-curving shanks and reverse pelvic curve designed for the aftercoming head in breech ...

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  • Piper Obstetrical Forceps 40cm
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    Piper Obstetrical Forceps 40cm

    Piper obstetrical forceps, 40cm overall length. Long, curved shanks and cephalic blades designed for application to the aftercoming head during bre...

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  • Pierse-Colibri Corneal Forceps, Very Delicate, Titanium
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    Pierse-Colibri Corneal Forceps, Very Delicate, Titanium

    The Pierse-Colibri Corneal Forceps in titanium combine the Colibri offset shaft with Pierse-style fine tips for delicate corneal tissue handling. T...

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  • Pierse-Colibri Corneal Forceps, Very Delicate
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    Pierse-Colibri Corneal Forceps, Very Delicate

    The Pierse-Colibri Corneal Forceps combine the Colibri offset shaft with Pierse-style fine tips for delicate handling of corneal tissue during opht...

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  • Pierse Corneal Forceps vry delicate1 teeth
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    Pierse Corneal Forceps vry delicate1 teeth

    The Pierse Corneal Forceps with 1×1 teeth and 0.1mm tips are specialized surgical instruments designed for highly delicate ophthalmic procedures. T...

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  • Pennington Tissue Grasping Forceps - Triangular Jaws
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    $108.86
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    Pennington Tissue Grasping Forceps - Triangular Jaws

    The Pennington Tissue Grasping Forceps are versatile surgical instruments widely used in general surgery, gynecology, colorectal, and thoracic proc...

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  • Pennington Tissue Grasping Forceps - Triangular Jaws
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    Pennington Tissue Grasping Forceps - Triangular Jaws (Ref. Z02089)

    The Pennington Tissue Grasping Forceps are versatile surgical instruments widely used in general surgery, gynecology, colorectal, and thoracic proc...

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  • Pennington Hemostatic Forceps
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    Pennington Hemostatic Forceps

    Pennington hemostatic forceps feature triangular jaws for secure grasping during hemorrhoidal and intestinal procedures. Offered in 15.5 cm and 20 ...

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  • Pelkmann Dressing Forceps 25cm Straight
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    Pelkmann Dressing Forceps 25cm Straight

    Pelkmann pattern dressing forceps, 25cm straight, with patterned jaws for secure grasping of dressings and surgical packs. Made in Germany from sur...

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  • Pean Hemostatic Forceps, Fine, Curved, 16 cm
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    Pean Hemostatic Forceps, Fine, Curved, 16 cm

    Pean fine hemostatic forceps with curved, transverse-serrated jaws and a ratcheted finger-ring handle for controlled vessel occlusion. German surgi...

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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.