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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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  • McIndoe Dressing Forceps, Size 6 (non-serrated)
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    $57.46
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    McIndoe Dressing Forceps, Size 6 (non-serrated)

    McIndoe Dressing Forceps, size 6 (non-serrated), are surgical instruments designed primarily for handling dressings, swabs, and other surgical mate...

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  • McIndoe Dressing Forceps TC 15cm
    $173.83 - $173.83
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    McIndoe Dressing Forceps TC 15cm

    McIndoe dressing forceps with tungsten carbide (TC) inserts for enhanced grip and wear resistance over standard stainless tips. German surgical-ste...

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  • McIndoe Dressing Forceps 15cm
    $33.39 - $33.39
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    McIndoe Dressing Forceps 15cm

    McIndoe dressing forceps with serrated atraumatic tips, 15cm working length. Manufactured in Germany with German surgical-steel construction for re...

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  • McIndoe Bone Cutting Forceps 17cm
    $238.21 - $238.21
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    McIndoe Bone Cutting Forceps 17cm

    McIndoe bone cutting forceps, 17cm in length. German surgical-steel construction with a double-action joint, used in maxillofacial and plastic surg...

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  • McGee Wire Bending Forceps 0.8 x 4.0mm 8cm
    $482.80 - $482.80
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    McGee Wire Bending Forceps 0.8 x 4.0mm 8cm

    McGee wire bending forceps with 0.8 x 4.0mm jaws on an 8cm shaft, used for shaping prosthesis wire in stapes surgery. German surgical-steel constru...

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  • McGee Mini Forceps Serrated, 4mm Jaws, Straight
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    $400.18
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    McGee Mini Forceps Serrated, 4mm Jaws, Straight

    The McGee Mini Forceps (Serrated, 4mm Jaws, Straight) is a precision surgical instrument designed for use in delicate otologic or rhinologic proced...

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    $400.18
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  • Mccullough Suture Forceps 9.2cm
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    $203.62
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    Mccullough Suture Forceps 9.2cm

    McCullough Suture Forceps (9.2 cm) are small, precision instruments used primarily in surgical procedures to handle and manipulate sutures with gre...

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  • McCullough Strabismus Forceps Anatomic 9.5cm
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    McCullough Strabismus Forceps Anatomic 9.5cm

    McCullough strabismus forceps with an anatomic pattern, measuring 9.5cm in length. Used in ophthalmic strabismus surgery for atraumatic tissue hand...

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  • Mayo-Robson Intestinal Forceps Straight 23cm
    $111.97 - $111.97
    $111.97
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    $111.97

    Mayo-Robson Intestinal Forceps Straight 23cm

    Mayo-Robson intestinal forceps with straight, longitudinally serrated jaws for atraumatic grasping and occlusion of bowel during resection. 23cm wo...

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  • Mayo-Hegar GG Needle Holder, left-handed
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    $166.32
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    Mayo-Hegar GG Needle Holder, left-handed

    The Mayo-Hegar GG Needle Holder, Left-Handed is a specialized version of the classic Mayo-Hegar Needle Holder, designed specifically for left-hande...

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  • Mayo-Hegar "GG" Needle Holder.
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    $144.14
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    Mayo-Hegar "GG" Needle Holder

    A needle holder primarily used for grasping and manipulating needles during suturing procedures. Typically used for general surgeries. Its reliab...

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  • Mayo-Hegar "GG" Needle Holder, left-handed
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    $220.75
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    Mayo-Hegar "GG" Needle Holder, left-handed

    The Mayo-Hegar GG Needle Holder, Left-Handed is a specialized version of the classic Mayo-Hegar Needle Holder, designed specifically for left-hande...

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  • Mayo Robson Gastrointestinal Forceps (Curved)
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    Mayo Robson Gastrointestinal Forceps (Curved)

    Specialized surgical tools called Mayo Robson Gastrointestinal Forceps are used to grip and retain portions of the colon during intestinal surgerie...

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  • Mayo Robson Gastrointestinal Forceps (10", Straight)
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    $193.54
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    Mayo Robson Gastrointestinal Forceps (10", Straight)

    The Mayo Robson Gastrointestinal Forceps (10", Straight) is a specialized surgical instrument designed for use in gastrointestinal (GI) surgeries. ...

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  • Maxi Grasper Biopsy Forceps, 17.5cm
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    Maxi Grasper Biopsy Forceps, 17.5cm

    Maxi Grasper biopsy forceps with 17.5cm working length. Large-cup jaws are configured to grasp and retrieve tissue samples during diagnostic and op...

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  • Mathieu Foreign Body Forceps, 20cm / 28cm
    $238.21 - $242.54
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    Mathieu Foreign Body Forceps, 20cm / 28cm

    The Mathieu foreign body forceps are offered in 20cm and 28cm working lengths for controlled retrieval through narrow tracts. German surgical-steel...

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  • Masket Capsulorhexis Forceps, Very Delicate, Short Handle, Curved Triangular Tips
    $385.14 - $385.14
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    Masket Capsulorhexis Forceps, Very Delicate, Short Handle, Curved Triangular Tips

    Masket capsulorhexis forceps featuring very delicate curved triangular tips for precise anterior capsule tearing during cataract surgery. Built wit...

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  • Masket Capsulorhexis Forceps, Very Delicate, Curved Triangular Tips, Titanium
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    Masket Capsulorhexis Forceps, Very Delicate, Curved Triangular Tips, Titanium

    Titanium Masket capsulorhexis forceps with very delicate curved triangular tips for precise anterior capsule manipulation. The short handle and lig...

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  • Masket Capsulorhexis Forceps, Delicate Tips, 11mm Shanks, Titanium
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    Masket Capsulorhexis Forceps, Delicate Tips, 11mm Shanks, Titanium

    Titanium Masket Capsulorhexis Forceps with very delicate grasping tips on thin 11mm shanks. Titanium construction reduces instrument weight and pro...

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  • Masket Capsulorhexis Forceps, Delicate Grasping Tips, 11mm Shanks
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    Masket Capsulorhexis Forceps, Delicate Grasping Tips, 11mm Shanks

    Masket Capsulorhexis Forceps feature very delicate grasping tips on thin 11mm shanks for controlled anterior capsule manipulation. German surgical-...

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  • Masket Capsulorhexis Forceps
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    Masket Capsulorhexis Forceps

    Masket Capsulorhexis Forceps are another type of specialized surgical instrument used primarily in cataract surgery, specifically during the capsul...

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  • Martel Scalp Flap Forceps 14cm
    $90.95 - $90.95
    $90.95
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    $90.95

    Martel Scalp Flap Forceps 14cm

    Martel scalp flap forceps with a 14cm working length, used to grasp and secure scalp flaps during cranial and neurosurgical exposures. Manufactured...

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  • Marschik Tonsil Forceps 22cm
    $131.35 - $131.35
    $131.35
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    $131.35

    Marschik Tonsil Forceps 22cm

    Marschik tonsil forceps with serrated jaws for atraumatic grasping and retraction of tonsil tissue. Ratcheted ring handles maintain steady traction...

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  • Manhatten Suture Forceps
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    $143.14
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    Manhatten Suture Forceps

    Manhattan Suture Forceps are a type of surgical instrument specifically designed for use in suturing procedures. These forceps are generally charac...

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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.