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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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  • Heiss Hemostatic Forceps 20cm Fig. 3
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    Heiss Hemostatic Forceps 20cm Fig. 3

    Heiss hemostatic forceps in the Figure 3 jaw pattern with a 20cm working length, used to clamp vessels and control bleeding in general surgery. Ger...

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  • Heiss Hemostatic Forceps 20cm Fig. 2
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    Heiss Hemostatic Forceps 20cm Fig. 2

    Heiss hemostatic forceps in the Figure 2 jaw pattern with a 20cm working length, used for clamping vessels and tissue during general surgical proce...

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  • Heiss Hemostatic Forceps 20cm Fig. 1
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    Heiss Hemostatic Forceps 20cm Fig. 1

    Heiss hemostatic forceps in the Figure 1 pattern with a 20cm working length, used to clamp vessels and control bleeding during general surgical pro...

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  • Heiss Hemostatic Forceps 1x2 Teeth 20cm Fig. 2
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    Heiss Hemostatic Forceps 1x2 Teeth 20cm Fig. 2

    Heiss hemostatic forceps with 1x2 toothed jaws in the Figure 2 pattern and a 20cm working length, used for tissue grasping and vessel control durin...

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  • Heiss Hemostatic Forceps 1x2 Teeth 20cm Fig. 1
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    Heiss Hemostatic Forceps 1x2 Teeth 20cm Fig. 1

    Heiss hemostatic forceps with 1x2 toothed jaws in the Figure 1 pattern and a 20cm working length, used for secure tissue grasping and vessel contro...

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  • Heiss Artery Forceps, Well-Shaped, Straight Teeth
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    Heiss Artery Forceps, Well-Shaped, Straight Teeth

    The Heiss Artery Forceps, Well-Shaped, Straight Teeth is a surgical forceps designed for clamping arteries or vessels with precision. The straight ...

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  • Heiss Artery Forceps - Delicate Straight Jaws
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    Heiss Artery Forceps - Delicate Straight Jaws

    The Heiss Artery Forceps with delicate straight jaws are precision instruments designed for vascular clamping, arterial occlusion, and dissection i...

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  • Heiss Artery Forceps - Delicate Curved Jaws
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    Heiss Artery Forceps - Delicate Curved Jaws

    The Heiss Artery Forceps with delicate curved jaws are precision surgical instruments designed for vascular clamping, arterial occlusion, and disse...

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  • Heiming Kidney Stone Forceps 17cm, Lightly Curved, Pediatric
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    Heiming Kidney Stone Forceps 17cm, Lightly Curved, Pediatric

    Heiming kidney stone forceps, 17cm length, lightly curved jaws sized for pediatric urology. German surgical-steel construction with fenestrated tip...

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  • Heiming Kidney Stone Forceps 16cm, Strongly Curved
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    Heiming Kidney Stone Forceps 16cm, Strongly Curved

    Heiming kidney stone forceps, 16cm length, with strongly curved fenestrated jaws engineered to reach and retain renal and ureteral calculi. German ...

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  • Hegenbarth Clip Applying Forceps 12.5 cm
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    Hegenbarth Clip Applying Forceps 12.5 cm

    Hegenbarth clip applying forceps, 12.5 cm length. Designed for the application and removal of wound clips during skin closure procedures. German su...

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  • Heaney-Ballentine Hysterectomy Forceps 20cm
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    Heaney-Ballentine Hysterectomy Forceps 20cm

    Heaney-Ballentine hysterectomy forceps measuring 20cm, used to clamp uterine and vaginal pedicles during hysterectomy. German surgical-steel constr...

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  • Heaney Needle Holder TC 26 cm
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    Heaney Needle Holder TC 26 cm

    Heaney needle holder with curved tungsten-carbide jaws, measuring 26 cm. Designed for deep-cavity and pelvic suturing. German surgical-steel constr...

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  • Heaney Hysterectomy Forceps, 20cm
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    Heaney Hysterectomy Forceps, 20cm

    Heaney hysterectomy forceps, 20cm overall length. Designed to clamp the broad ligament and uterine vessels during vaginal and abdominal hysterectom...

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  • Haugh Ear Micro Forceps 45 Degree Left 3mm
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    Haugh Ear Micro Forceps 45 Degree Left 3mm

    Haugh ear micro forceps angled 45 degrees to the left with 3mm jaws, designed for middle-ear and otologic procedures. German surgical-steel constru...

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  • Hartmann-Wullstein Ear Forceps 1mm Diameter 8.5cm
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    Hartmann-Wullstein Ear Forceps 1mm Diameter 8.5cm

    Hartmann-Wullstein ear forceps with a 1mm jaw diameter and 8.5cm length, used for fine tissue handling within the external auditory canal and middl...

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  • Hartmann-Weingartner Ear Polypus Forceps 8.5cm
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    Hartmann-Weingartner Ear Polypus Forceps 8.5cm

    Hartmann-Weingartner ear polypus forceps with 8.5cm working length, designed for removal of polyps and soft tissue from the ear canal. German surgi...

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  • Hartmann-Hoffmann Through-Cutting Ear Forceps
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    Hartmann-Hoffmann Through-Cutting Ear Forceps

    Hartmann-Hoffmann through-cutting ear forceps with 2mm jaw and 8.5cm working length. The through-cutting jaw configuration removes tissue in a sing...

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  • Hartmann Tonsil Seizing Forceps, Sharp, 13mm, 20cm
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    Hartmann Tonsil Seizing Forceps, Sharp, 13mm, 20cm

    Hartmann tonsil seizing forceps with sharp, 13mm-diameter ring jaws and 20cm overall length. Used to grasp and retract tonsillar tissue during tons...

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  • Hartmann Polypus Forceps 20cm
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    Hartmann Polypus Forceps 20cm

    Hartmann polypus forceps, 20cm. German surgical-steel construction. Used for grasping and removing polyps and tissue during ENT procedures. About t...

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  • Hartmann Nasal Cutting Forceps, 5mm
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    Hartmann Nasal Cutting Forceps, 5mm

    Hartmann nasal cutting forceps with 5mm cutting jaws, used for resection of septal cartilage, polyps, and small bony fragments during rhinologic an...

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  • Hartmann Hemostatic Forceps Straight 10cm
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    Hartmann Hemostatic Forceps Straight 10cm

    Hartmann hemostatic forceps with straight jaws and a 10cm overall length, used to clamp small vessels and control bleeding in delicate dissection. ...

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  • Hartmann Hemostatic Forceps 1x2 Teeth Straight 10cm
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    Hartmann Hemostatic Forceps 1x2 Teeth Straight 10cm

    Hartmann hemostatic forceps with 1x2 teeth and straight jaws, 10cm overall length, used to grip tissue securely and clamp small vessels during fine...

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  • Hartmann Hemostatic Forceps 1x2 Teeth Curved 10cm
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    Hartmann Hemostatic Forceps 1x2 Teeth Curved 10cm

    Hartmann hemostatic forceps with 1x2 teeth and curved jaws, 10cm overall length, used to grip tissue securely and clamp small vessels during fine d...

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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.