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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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  • Hartmann Ear Polypus Forceps Straight Jaw
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    Hartmann Ear Polypus Forceps Straight Jaw

    Hartmann ear polypus forceps with straight jaw and 8.5cm working length. Offered in jaw diameters of 2.0mm, 2.5mm, and 3.0mm for selecting tissue p...

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  • Hartmann Ear Polypus Forceps Jaw Angled Up
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    Hartmann Ear Polypus Forceps Jaw Angled Up

    Hartmann ear polypus forceps with jaw angled up, 3mm diameter and 8.5cm working length. The upward angulation improves visualization and access wit...

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  • Hartmann Ear Polypus Forceps 8.5cm / 14cm / 16cm
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    Hartmann Ear Polypus Forceps 8.5cm / 14cm / 16cm

    Hartmann ear polypus forceps available in 8.5cm, 14cm and 16cm working lengths. Designed for grasping and removing polyps and small lesions within ...

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  • Hartmann Ear Polypus Forceps 8.5cm
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    Hartmann Ear Polypus Forceps 8.5cm

    Hartmann ear polypus forceps with 8.5cm working length, designed for grasping and removing polyps and soft tissue from the ear canal during otologi...

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  • Hartmann Ear Polypus Forceps 1x2 Teeth
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    Hartmann Ear Polypus Forceps 1x2 Teeth

    Hartmann ear polypus forceps with 1x2 teeth jaws for grasping and removing aural polyps and tissue from the ear canal. Available in 8.5cm and 14cm ...

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  • Hartmann Ear Polypus Forceps 16cm
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    Hartmann Ear Polypus Forceps 16cm

    Hartmann ear polypus forceps, 16cm. German surgical-steel construction. Used to grasp and remove polyps and tissue from the ear canal during otolog...

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  • Hartmann Ear Forceps 8.5cm
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    Hartmann Ear Forceps 8.5cm

    Hartmann ear forceps with 8.5cm working length, used to grasp and manipulate tissue within the ear canal during otologic procedures. German surgica...

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  • Hartmann Ear Forceps 12cm / 14cm
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    Hartmann Ear Forceps 12cm / 14cm

    Hartmann ear forceps available in 12cm and 14cm working lengths. Designed for grasping tissue, dressings, and small foreign bodies within the exter...

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  • Hartman Nasal Dress Forceps - Light Pattern
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    Hartman Nasal Dress Forceps - Light Pattern

    The Hartman Nasal Dress Forceps - Light Pattern is a specialized surgical instrument used in ENT procedures, primarily for handling and placing nas...

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  • Hartman Herzfeld Ear Forceps 3mm cup
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    Hartman Herzfeld Ear Forceps 3mm cup

    The Hartman Herzfeld Ear Forceps (3mm Cup) is a surgical instrument used in otologic procedures for precise grasping and removal of small tissues o...

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  • Hartman Herzfeld Ear Forceps 2mm up cup
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    Hartman Herzfeld Ear Forceps 2mm up cup

    The Hartman Herzfeld Ear Forceps (2mm Up Cup) is a surgical instrument used in otologic procedures for precise grasping and removal of small tissue...

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  • Hartman Herzfeld Ear Forceps 2.0mm cup
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    Hartman Herzfeld Ear Forceps 2.0mm cup

    The Hartman Herzfeld Ear Forceps (2.0mm Cup) is a surgical instrument used in otologic procedures for precise grasping and removal of small tissues...

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  • Hartman Ear Forceps 2x6mm Serrated, Delicate Jaws
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    Hartman Ear Forceps 2x6mm Serrated, Delicate Jaws

    The Hartman Ear Forceps (2x6mm, Serrated, Delicate Jaws) is a surgical instrument used in otologic procedures for precise grasping and removal of s...

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  • Harrington Thor Clamp Forceps
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    Harrington Thor Clamp Forceps

    The Harrington Thor Clamp Forceps are high-precision surgical instruments designed for use in thoracic surgery, particularly for the control of tis...

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  • Harms-Colibri Forceps -1x2tth .12mm 45°
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    Harms-Colibri Forceps -1x2tth .12mm 45°

    The Harms-Colibri Forceps with 1×2 teeth, 0.12mm, set at a 45° angle, are precision instruments designed for delicate ophthalmic procedures such as...

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  • Harms Tying Forceps Straight, Smooth Tips, Titanium
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    Harms Tying Forceps Straight, Smooth Tips, Titanium

    Titanium Harms tying forceps with a straight profile and smooth tips for handling fine sutures in ophthalmic procedures. The titanium body offers r...

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  • Harms Tying Forceps Straight, Smooth Tips
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    Harms Tying Forceps Straight, Smooth Tips

    Harms tying forceps with a straight profile and smooth tips for handling fine sutures during ophthalmic procedures. German surgical-steel construct...

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  • Harms Tying Forceps curved tips
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    Harms Tying Forceps curved tips

    Harms Tying Forceps (Curved Tips) are delicate microsurgical instruments used primarily in ophthalmology and microsurgery for handling and tying fi...

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  • Harms Colibri Forceps, Very Delicate, 1x2 Teeth 0.12mm with Tying Platform
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    Harms Colibri Forceps, Very Delicate, 1x2 Teeth 0.12mm with Tying Platform

    The Harms Colibri Forceps are very delicate corneal forceps used in ophthalmic microsurgery for grasping fine tissue and handling sutures. The 1x2 ...

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  • Halsted-Mosquito Hemostatic Forceps Titanium Straight 12.5cm
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    Halsted-Mosquito Hemostatic Forceps Titanium Straight 12.5cm

    Halsted-Mosquito hemostatic forceps in titanium with straight jaws and a 12.5cm working length. The lightweight, non-magnetic titanium body reduces...

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  • Halsted-Mosquito Hemostatic Forceps Straight
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    Halsted-Mosquito Hemostatic Forceps Straight

    Halsted-Mosquito hemostatic forceps with straight jaws, available in 14cm, 18cm, and 21cm lengths, used to clamp small vessels and control bleeding...

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  • Halsted-Mosquito Hemostatic Forceps Micro Straight 12.5cm
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    Halsted-Mosquito Hemostatic Forceps Micro Straight 12.5cm

    Halsted-Mosquito micro hemostatic forceps with straight, fine jaws and a 12.5cm working length. Designed for occluding small vessels and grasping d...

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  • Halsted-Mosquito Hemostatic Forceps Micro 1x2 Teeth Straight 12.5cm
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    Halsted-Mosquito Hemostatic Forceps Micro 1x2 Teeth Straight 12.5cm

    Halsted-Mosquito micro hemostatic forceps with 1x2 toothed, straight jaws and a 12.5cm working length. The fine toothed pattern secures slipping ti...

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  • Halsted-Mosquito Hemostatic Forceps Curved 12.5cm
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    Halsted-Mosquito Hemostatic Forceps Curved 12.5cm

    Halsted-Mosquito hemostatic forceps with curved jaws and a 12.5cm overall length, used to clamp small vessels and access tissue planes during gener...

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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.