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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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  • Desjardins Gallstone Forceps 23cm, Fig. 1
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    Desjardins Gallstone Forceps 23cm, Fig. 1

    Desjardins gallstone forceps, 23cm, Figure 1 jaw configuration. Curved fenestrated jaws designed to atraumatically grasp and extract calculi from t...

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  • Desjardin Gall Stone Forceps (9 1/4")
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    Desjardin Gall Stone Forceps (9 1/4")

    Desjardin gall stone forceps, 9¼ inches in length, designed for the secure grasping and removal of gallstones during biliary procedures. Features a...

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  • Derlacki Ossicle Forceps, 12 cm
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    Derlacki Ossicle Forceps, 12 cm

    Derlacki ossicle forceps, 12 cm overall length. These are very fine forceps for grasping and holding the small bones of the middle ear (malleus, in...

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  • Delicate Halsted Mosquito Forceps 5" Straight
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    Delicate Halsted Mosquito Forceps 5" Straight

    The Delicate Halsted Mosquito Forceps 5" STR is a small, highly precise surgical instrument used primarily for clamping delicate blood vessels or t...

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  • DeBakey-Rankin Atraumatic Hemostatic Forceps Curved 16cm
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    DeBakey-Rankin Atraumatic Hemostatic Forceps Curved 16cm

    DeBakey-Rankin atraumatic hemostatic forceps, curved, 16cm overall length. Curved jaws with longitudinal atraumatic serrations clamp vessels and ti...

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  • DeBakey-Mosquito Atraumatic Hemostatic Forceps Curved 12.5 cm
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    DeBakey-Mosquito Atraumatic Hemostatic Forceps Curved 12.5 cm

    DeBakey-Mosquito atraumatic hemostatic forceps, curved jaws, 12.5 cm, combining the fine mosquito profile with DeBakey atraumatic serrations for pr...

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  • Debakey Vascular Tissue Forceps - 3mm Tips
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    Debakey Vascular Tissue Forceps - 3mm Tips

    The Debakey Vascular Tissue Forceps with 3mm tips are specialized instruments designed for delicate tissue handling in vascular and microsurgical p...

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  • DeBakey Peripheral Vascular Forceps, Curved, 16 cm
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    DeBakey Peripheral Vascular Forceps, Curved, 16 cm

    DeBakey peripheral vascular forceps, curved, 16 cm. Atraumatic curved jaws grasp and manipulate peripheral vessels without intimal trauma. German s...

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  • DeBakey Ligature Forceps, 23 cm
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    DeBakey Ligature Forceps, 23 cm

    DeBakey ligature forceps, 23 cm. Longer atraumatic ligature carrier for passing sutures or ties around deep-seated vessels in vascular and cardioth...

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  • DeBakey Ligature Forceps, 19 cm
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    DeBakey Ligature Forceps, 19 cm

    DeBakey ligature forceps, 19 cm. Slender atraumatic ligature carrier passes sutures or ties around vessels during vascular and cardiothoracic proce...

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  • DeBakey Forceps 45cm with Ratchet Rota-Loc Flushable
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    DeBakey Forceps 45cm with Ratchet Rota-Loc Flushable

    These DeBakey forceps are designed for atraumatic vascular and soft tissue handling in deep or minimally invasive surgical procedures. At 45 cm in ...

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  • DeBakey Forceps 35cm with Rota-Loc Flushable Ratchet
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    DeBakey Forceps 35cm with Rota-Loc Flushable Ratchet

    These 35 cm DeBakey forceps are designed for atraumatic grasping and precise tissue handling, particularly in laparoscopic and deep-access surgerie...

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  • DEBAKEY FORCEPS 2MM TIP 9.5"
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    DeBakey Forceps 2mm Tip 9.5"

    The DeBakey Forceps with a 2mm tip and a 9.5-inch length are high-precision, atraumatic tissue forceps ideal for handling delicate structures like ...

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  • DEBAKEY FORCEPS 2MM TIP 8"
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    DeBakey Forceps 2mm Tip 8"

    The DeBakey Forceps with a 2mm tip and an 8-inch length are precision-engineered surgical instruments widely used for atraumatic tissue handling, e...

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  • DEBAKEY FORCEPS 2MM TIP 6.25"
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    DeBakey Forceps 2mm Tip 6.25"

    The DeBakey Forceps with a 2mm tip and a 6.25-inch length are short, precision tissue forceps designed for atraumatic handling of delicate structur...

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  • DEBAKEY FORCEPS 2MM TIP 12"
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    DeBakey Forceps 2mm Tip 12"

    The DeBakey Forceps with a 2mm tip and a 12-inch length are long, fine-tipped, atraumatic tissue forceps designed for use in deep surgical fields a...

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  • DEBAKEY FORCEPS 1.5MM TIP 9.5"
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    DeBakey Forceps - 1.5mm Tip, 9.5"

    The DeBakey Forceps with a 1.5mm tip and a 9.5-inch length are fine, atraumatic surgical forceps designed for precise handling of delicate tissues,...

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  • DEBAKEY FORCEPS 1.5MM TIP 8"
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    DeBakey Forceps - 1.5mm Tip, 8"

    The DeBakey Forceps with a 1.5mm tip and an 8-inch length are precision surgical instruments designed for atraumatic handling of delicate tissues, ...

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  • DEBAKEY FORCEPS 1.5MM TIP 6.25"
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    DeBakey Forceps - 1.5mm Tip, 6.25"

    The DeBakey Forceps with a 1.5mm tip and a 6.25-inch length are fine, atraumatic surgical instruments designed for precise tissue handling in super...

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  • DEBAKEY FORCEPS 1.5MM TIP 12"
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    DeBakey Forceps - 1.5mm Tip, 12"

    The DeBakey Forceps with a 1.5mm tip and a 12-inch length are specialized, extra-long, fine-tipped vascular forceps designed for precise, atraumati...

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  • DeBakey Flushable Fenestrated Jaw Forceps, 35cm with Ratchet
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    DeBakey Flushable Fenestrated Jaw Forceps, 35cm with Ratchet

    These DeBakey fenestrated jaw forceps are expertly crafted for atraumatic tissue handling in laparoscopic or deep-access surgeries. At 35 cm in len...

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  • DeBakey Atraumatic Micro Forceps, Titanium, 1.2 mm
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    DeBakey Atraumatic Micro Forceps, Titanium, 1.2 mm

    DeBakey-pattern atraumatic micro forceps machined from titanium with a 1.2 mm tip profile for vascular and microsurgical grasping. Offered in 15 cm...

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  • DeBakey Atraumatic Micro Forceps, 2.0 mm Tip
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    DeBakey Atraumatic Micro Forceps, 2.0 mm Tip

    DeBakey-pattern atraumatic micro forceps with a 2.0 mm tip for vascular and general microsurgical grasping. Offered in 15 cm, 18 cm, 21 cm and 23 c...

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  • DeBakey Atraumatic Micro Forceps 15cm, 1.2mm
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    DeBakey Atraumatic Micro Forceps 15cm, 1.2mm

    DeBakey-pattern atraumatic micro forceps measuring 15cm with a 1.2mm tip designed for gentle handling of vessels and delicate tissues. 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.