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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Micro ring forceps with a 2 mm x 1 mm diamond-dusted jaw for secure grasping during microsurgery. 18 cm working length. German surgical-steel const...
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Micro ring forceps measuring 23cm with 2mm x 1mm ring jaws coated with diamond dust for secure suture and tissue handling in deeper operating field...
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Titanium micro ring forceps measuring 23cm with 1mm x 0.5mm ring-shaped jaws for atraumatic handling in deeper microsurgical fields. Titanium build...
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Original price $733.59 - Original price $733.59Original price$733.59$733.59 - $733.59Current price $733.59Micro Ring Forceps 23cm, 1mm x 0.5mm Diamond Jaw
Micro ring forceps measuring 23cm with 1mm x 0.5mm ring jaws coated with diamond dust for secure suture and tissue handling in deeper operating fie...
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Original price $616.89 - Original price $616.89Original price$616.89$616.89 - $616.89Current price $616.89Micro Ring Forceps 21cm, 2mm x 1mm Diamond Jaw
Micro ring forceps measuring 21cm with 2mm x 1mm ring jaws coated with diamond dust for secure handling of sutures and small structures. German sur...
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Original price $706.91 - Original price $706.91Original price$706.91$706.91 - $706.91Current price $706.91Micro Ring Forceps 21cm, 1mm x 0.5mm Diamond Jaw
Micro ring forceps measuring 21cm with 1mm x 0.5mm ring jaws coated with diamond dust for secure handling of sutures and delicate tissue. German su...
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Original price $566.86 - Original price $973.41Original price$566.86 - $973.41$566.86 - $973.41Current price $566.86Micro Ring Forceps 18cm, 1mm x 0.5mm Diamond Jaw
Micro ring forceps measuring 18cm with 1mm x 0.5mm ring jaws coated with diamond dust for enhanced grip on fine sutures and small structures. Germa...
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Original price $976.36 - Original price $1,103.21Original price$976.36 - $1,103.21$976.36 - $1,103.21Current price $976.36Micro Ring Forceps 15cm, 2mm x 1mm Titanium
Titanium micro ring forceps measuring 15cm with 2mm x 1mm ring-shaped jaws for atraumatic tissue handling. Titanium offers reduced weight and non-m...
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Original price $560.20 - Original price $600.21Original price$560.20 - $600.21$560.20 - $600.21Current price $560.20Micro Ring Forceps 15cm, 2mm x 1mm Diamond Jaw
Micro ring forceps measuring 15cm with 2mm x 1mm ring jaws coated with diamond dust for firm handling of sutures and small tissue structures. Germa...
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Original price $973.41 - Original price $973.41Original price$973.41$973.41 - $973.41Current price $973.41Micro Ring Forceps 15cm, 1mm x 0.5mm Titanium
Titanium micro ring forceps measuring 15cm with 1mm x 0.5mm ring-shaped jaws for atraumatic tissue handling in microsurgery. Constructed of titaniu...
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Original price $566.86 - Original price $566.86Original price$566.86$566.86 - $566.86Current price $566.86Micro Ring Forceps 15cm, 1.0mm x 0.5mm Diamond Jaw
Micro ring forceps, 15cm in length with a 1.0mm x 0.5mm diamond-coated jaw for secure grasp of fine tissue and small structures. German surgical-st...
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The Micro Needle Holder with smooth, non-serrated jaws and no locking mechanism is designed for ultra-fine suturing in high-precision surgical spec...
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Original price $557.13 - Original price $582.10Original price$557.13 - $582.10$557.13 - $582.10Current price $557.13Micro Needle Holder 160mm Straight Jaw Without Catch - Pattern 93170-16
Micro needle holder, 160mm overall length, with straight jaw and no ratchet catch for continuous tactile control during microsurgical suturing. Ger...
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Original price $329.98 - Original price $337.49Original price$329.98 - $337.49$329.98 - $337.49Current price $329.98Micro Needle Holder 160mm Straight Jaw Without Catch
Micro needle holder with 160mm length, straight jaw, and no ratchet catch, designed for microsurgical suturing with 8-0 to 10-0 needles. German sur...
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Original price $582.10 - Original price $599.98Original price$582.10 - $599.98$582.10 - $599.98Current price $582.10Micro Needle Holder 160mm Curved Jaw Without Catch - Pattern 93171-16
Micro needle holder, 160mm overall length, with curved jaw and no ratchet catch for angled needle placement in microsurgical suturing. German surgi...
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Micro needle holder with 160mm length, curved jaw, and no ratchet catch, suited to microsurgical suturing in confined or angled fields. German surg...
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Micro laryngeal cup forceps angled to left, 23cm working length, available with 2mm or 4mm cup diameter. Designed for microlaryngeal surgery and ti...
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Precision micro forceps with a straight tip for controlled and accurate tissue handling. Designed with an 8mm diameter round handle for ergonomic c...
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The Micro Forceps - Straight 0.3mm Tip 9mm Wide Handle Platform is a precision instrument crafted for fine, delicate tasks that require meticulous ...
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Original price $578.21 - Original price $578.21Original price$578.21$578.21 - $578.21Current price $578.21Micro Forcep, Straight, 8cm Shaft
Micro forcep with a straight 8cm working shaft, used for fine tissue handling in microsurgical and neurosurgical procedures. Available in 4mm and 6...
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Original price $805.74 - Original price $805.74Original price$805.74$805.74 - $805.74Current price $805.74Micro Ear Forceps Straight 17cm Shaft 0.9mm
Micro ear forceps with a straight tip for otologic microsurgery. Overall length 17cm, shaft diameter 0.9mm, working length 70mm. German surgical-st...
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Micro ear forceps with serrated 6mm jaw, 8cm working length, curved to the left. German surgical-steel construction intended for delicate otologic ...
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Micro ear forceps with serrated 0.9x6mm jaw, 8cm working length, curved to the right. German surgical-steel construction intended for delicate otol...
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Micro ear forceps with serrated 7mm jaws on an 8cm shaft, designed for grasping tissue, grafts, and small fragments in otologic and middle ear micr...
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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.