Different types of Forceps and their Uses- Medical instrument.

Surgical Holdings offers a variety of artery forceps, which are designed to grasp and compress an artery to stop bleeding. These forceps have handles that can be locked in place and feature opposing teeth that interlock when closed, keeping the handles together and the jaw surfaces tightly clamped. 

To make handling easier, artery forceps are often equipped with finger loops that can be grasped by the thumb and middle or ring fingers, with the index finger providing additional stability and guidance. These forceps are classified as hemostats, a group of surgical instruments used to control bleeding.

They include: 

• ADSON ARTERY FORCEPS
• CAIRNS ARTERY FORCEPS
• COOLEY ARTERY FORCEPS
• CRILE ARTERY FORCEPS
• DE BAKEY BAINBRIDGE FORCEPS
• DE BAKEY FORCEPS
• DUNHILL ARTERY FORCEPS
• HALSTEAD MOSQUITO ARTERY FORCEPS
• HEISS ARTERY FORCEPS
• KELLY CRILE ARTERY FORCEPS
• KOCHER ARTERY FORCEPS
• LAWSON TAIT ARTERY FORCEPS
• MOYNIHAN ARTERY FORCEP BOX JOINT HALF SERRATED JAW
• MOYNIHAN ARTERY FORCEPS
• MOYNIHANS ARTERY FORCEPS
• ROCHESTER PEAN ARTERY FORCEPS
• SPENCER WELLS ARTERY FORCEPS
• WARD QUALITY HALSTEAD MOSQUITO FORCEPS

Adson Artery Forceps:

Description:

 Adson Artery Forceps, also known as Adson-Brown Tissue Forceps, are a type of surgical instrument used for grasping and holding tissue during surgical procedures. 

They are specifically designed for use in microsurgery and have fine, delicate jaws that are serrated to prevent slippage.

Functions:

1. Grasping and holding delicate tissue during surgical procedures, such as microsurgery.
2. Applying gentle pressure to control bleeding during surgery.
3. Helping to manipulate and position tissue in order to facilitate suturing.
4. Retracting or elevating tissue to expose the surgical site.
5. Removing small foreign bodies or debris from the surgical site.

Cairns Artery Forceps:

Description:

 Cairns Artery Forceps, also known as Cairns-Cushing Tissue Forceps, are a type of surgical instrument used for grasping and holding delicate tissue during surgical procedures.

They have a similar design to Adson forceps, but typically have a slightly larger jaw size.

Functions:

1. Grasping and holding delicate tissue during surgical procedures, such as microsurgery.
2. Applying gentle pressure to control bleeding during surgery.
3. Helping to manipulate and position tissue in order to facilitate suturing.
4. Retracting or elevating tissue to expose the surgical site.
5. Removing small foreign bodies or debris from the surgical site.

Cooley Artery Forceps:

Description: 

Cooley Artery Forceps, also known as Cooley-Crile Tissue Forceps, are a type of surgical instrument used for grasping and holding delicate tissue during surgical procedures. 

They have a similar design to Adson and Cairns forceps, but typically have a slightly larger jaw size and are used for holding larger and more robust tissue.

Functions:

1. Grasping and holding larger and more robust tissue during surgical procedures, such as vascular surgery.
2. Applying gentle pressure to control bleeding during surgery.
3. Helping to manipulate and position tissue in order to facilitate suturing.
4. Retracting or elevating tissue to expose the surgical site.
5. Removing small foreign bodies or debris from the surgical site.

Crile Artery Forceps:

Description:

 Crile Artery Forceps, also known as Crile-Wood Artery Forceps, are a type of surgical instrument used for grasping and holding delicate tissue during surgical procedures. 

They are similar to Adson, Cairns, and Cooley forceps, but typically have a slightly larger jaw size and are used for holding larger and more robust tissue.

Functions:

1. Grasping and holding larger and more robust tissue during surgical procedures, such as vascular surgery.
2. Applying gentle pressure to control bleeding during surgery.
3. Helping to manipulate and position tissue in order to facilitate suturing.
4. Retracting or elevating tissue to expose the surgical site.
5. Removing small foreign bodies or debris from the surgical site.

DeBakey Bainbridge Forceps:

Description: 

DeBakey Bainbridge Forceps are a type of surgical instrument used for grasping and holding delicate tissue during surgical procedures, specially designed for use in vascular surgery. 

They have fine, delicate jaws that are serrated to prevent slippage and are designed for use in small vessels.

Functions:

1. Grasping and holding delicate tissue during surgical procedures, such as vascular surgery.
2. Applying gentle pressure to control bleeding during surgery.
3. Helping to manipulate and position tissue in order to facilitate suturing.
4. Retracting or elevating tissue to expose the surgical site.
5. Removing small foreign bodies or debris from the surgical site.

DeBakey Forceps:

Description: 

DeBakey Forceps, also known as DeBakey Tissue Forceps, are a type of surgical instrument used for grasping and holding delicate tissue during surgical procedures. 

They have fine, delicate jaws that are serrated to prevent slippage and are designed for use in small vessels, such as blood vessels, in surgical procedures.

Functions:

1. Grasping and holding delicate tissue during surgical procedures, such as vascular surgery.
2. Applying gentle pressure to control bleeding during surgery.
3. Helping to manipulate and position tissue in order to facilitate suturing.
4. Retracting or elevating tissue to expose the surgical site.
5. Removing small foreign bodies or debris from the surgical site.

Dunhill Artery Forceps:

Description:

 Dunhill Artery Forceps are a type of surgical instrument used for grasping and holding delicate tissue during surgical procedures. 

They have fine, delicate jaws that are serrated to prevent slippage and are designed for use in small vessels, such as blood vessels, in surgical procedures. They are similar to DeBakey forceps.

Functions:

1. Grasping and holding delicate tissue during surgical procedures, such as vascular surgery.
2. Applying gentle pressure to control bleeding during surgery.
3. Helping to manipulate and position tissue in order to facilitate suturing.
4. Retracting or elevating tissue to expose the surgical site.
5. Removing small foreign bodies or debris from the surgical site.

Halstead Mosquito Artery Forceps:

Description:

 Halstead Mosquito Artery Forceps are a type of surgical instrument used for grasping and holding delicate tissue during surgical procedures. 

They have fine, delicate jaws that are serrated to prevent slippage and are designed for use in small vessels, such as blood vessels, in surgical procedures. They are similar to DeBakey and Dunhill forceps but are typically shorter in length.

Functions:

1. Grasping and holding delicate tissue during surgical procedures, such as vascular surgery.
2. Applying gentle pressure to control bleeding during surgery.
3. Helping to manipulate and position tissue in order to facilitate suturing.
4. Retracting or elevating tissue to expose the surgical site.
5. Removing small foreign bodies or debris from the surgical site.

Heiss Artery Forceps:

Description: 

Heiss Artery Forceps are a type of surgical instrument used for grasping and holding delicate tissue during surgical procedures. They have fine, delicate jaws that are serrated to prevent slippage and are designed for use in small vessels, such as blood vessels, in surgical procedures. They are similar to other types of artery forceps and also have an additional feature of a ratchet lock for secure holding of the tissue.

Functions:

1. Grasping and holding delicate tissue during surgical procedures, such as vascular surgery.
2. Applying gentle pressure to control bleeding during surgery.
3. Helping to manipulate and position tissue in order to facilitate suturing.
4. Retracting or elevating tissue to expose the surgical site.
5. Removing small foreign bodies or debris from the surgical site.

Kelly Crile Artery Forceps:

Description: 

Kelly Crile Artery Forceps are a type of surgical instrument used for grasping and holding delicate tissue during surgical procedures. 

They have fine, delicate jaws that are serrated to prevent slippage and are designed for use in small vessels, such as blood vessels, in surgical procedures. They are similar

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De Bakey Forceps 

These forceps are also known as the Vascular Forceps, it is a surgical instrument that is used to clamp blood vessels during surgical procedures.

 These forceps are typically used in vascular surgery, such as during aortic aneurysm repairs. 

The jaws of these forceps are smooth and have a ratchet mechanism to lock the jaws in place.

Functions:

1. Clamping blood vessels during surgical procedures. 
2. Helping to control bleeding during surgery. 
3. Holding the blood vessels in place during suturing. 
4. Used in aortic aneurysm repairs. 
5. Used in peripheral vascular surgery.

Dunhill Artery Forceps: 

These forceps are similar to the Adson forceps, but have a slightly longer and thinner shank. 

The jaws of these forceps are serrated, which helps to grip and hold onto blood vessels.

 These forceps are typically used in vascular and thoracic surgery.

Functions:

1. Clamping blood vessels during surgical procedures. 
2. Helping to control bleeding during surgery. 
3. Holding the blood vessels in place during suturing. 
4. Used in thoracic surgery. 
5. Used in peripheral vascular surgery. 

HALSTEAD MOSQUITO ARTERY FORCEPS: 

These forceps are also known as the Micro Mosquito Forceps. 

They have very fine, pointed jaws which are designed to clamp small blood vessels. 

They are typically used in microsurgery, such as during hand and foot surgery.

Functions:

1. Clamping small blood vessels during microsurgery. 
2. Helping to control bleeding during microsurgery. 
3. Holding the blood vessels in place during suturing. 
4. Used in hand and foot surgery. 
5. Used in plastic and reconstructive surgery.

HEISS ARTERY FORCEPS: 

These forceps are similar to the Adson forceps, but have a slightly longer shank. The jaws of these forceps are serrated, which helps to grip and hold onto blood vessels. 

These forceps are typically used in vascular and thoracic surgery.

Functions:

1. Clamping blood vessels during surgical procedures. 
2. Helping to control bleeding during surgery. 
3. Holding the blood vessels in place during suturing. 
4. Used in thoracic surgery. 
5. Used in peripheral vascular surgery.

Kelly Crile Artery Forceps: 

These forceps have a curved jaw that is designed to clamp blood vessels and hold them securely. 

They are typically used in vascular surgery, such as during aortic aneurysm repairs.

Functions:

1. Clamping blood vessels during surgical procedures. 
2. Helping to control bleeding during surgery. 
3. Holding the blood vessels in place during suturing. 
4. Used in aortic aneurysm repairs. 
5. Used in peripheral vascular surgery. 

De Bakey Forceps: 

These forceps are named after Dr. Michael DeBakey, a renowned cardiovascular surgeon. 

They are used for grasping and holding delicate structures, such as blood vessels during surgical procedures.

Functions:

1. Grasping and holding small blood vessels during surgical procedures. 
2. Retracting and manipulating soft tissue. 
3. Holding and clamping delicate structures
4. Controlling bleeding. 
5. Removing foreign bodies.

Duhill Artery Forceps: 

These forceps are named after Dr. Andrew Dunhill, a British vascular surgeon.

 They are similar to Adson forceps but have an added serrated jaw for better grip.

Functions:

1. Grasping and holding small blood vessels during surgical procedures. 
2. Retracting and manipulating soft tissue. 
3. Holding and clamping delicate structures
4. Controlling bleeding. 
5. Removing foreign bodies.

Halstead Mosquito Artery Forceps: 

These forceps are named after Dr. William Halsted, an American surgeon. 

They have a small, delicate design that allows for precise manipulation of small blood vessels.

Functions:

1. Grasping and holding small blood vessels during surgical procedures. 
2. Retracting and manipulating soft tissue. 
3. Holding and clamping delicate structures
4. Controlling bleeding. 
5. Removing foreign bodies.

Heiss  Artery Forceps: 

These forceps are named after Dr. George Heiss, an American vascular surgeon. They are similar to Halstead mosquito forceps but have a slightly longer and more curved design.

Functions:

1. Grasping and holding small blood vessels during surgical procedures. 
2. Retracting and manipulating soft tissue. 
3. Holding and clamping delicate structures
4. Controlling bleeding. 
5. Removing foreign bodies.

Kelly Crile Artery Forceps: 

These forceps are named after Dr. George Kelly and Dr. Alexis Crile, both American surgeons. 

They are similar to Adson forceps but have a slightly longer and more curved design.

Functions:

1. Grasping and holding small blood vessels during surgical procedures. 
2. Retracting and manipulating soft tissue. 
3. Holding and clamping delicate structures. 
4. Controlling bleeding. 
5. Removing foreign bodies. 

Kocher Artery Forceps: 

A surgical instrument used for holding and manipulating tissue during surgical procedures.

Functions:

1. Clamping and holding of blood vessels. 
2. Providing secure grip for dissections and cutting. 
3. Controlling bleeding. 
4. Retracting tissue to expose surgical site. 
5. Applying pressure to control bleeding.

Lawson Tait Artery Forceps: 

Surgical forceps used for clamping and ligating blood vessels.

Functions:

1. Grasping and holding blood vessels. 
2. Occluding blood flow during surgical procedures. 
3. Applying pressure to control bleeding. 
4. Removing clamps from blood vessels. 
5. Controlling tissue in surgery.

Moynihan Artery Forcep Box Joint Half Serrated Jaw: 

Surgical instrument used to clamp and hold delicate tissue in place during surgical procedures.

Functions:

1. Clamping of small blood vessels and delicate tissue. 
2. Retaining tissue during suturing. 
3. Preventing excessive bleeding. 
4. Controlling flow of liquids or gases. 
5. Grasping or manipulating tissue.

Moynihan Artery Forceps: 

A surgical instrument used for clamping and controlling bleeding during surgical procedures.

Functions:

1. Clamping of blood vessels. 
2. Controlling bleeding. 
3. Retaining tissue during suturing. 
4. Providing secure grip for dissections and cutting. 
5. Retracting tissue to expose surgical site.

Moynihans Artery Forceps:

 See “Moynihan Artery Forceps”.

Rochester Pean Artery Forceps: 

Surgical forceps used for clamping and ligating blood vessels.

Functions:

1. Grasping and holding blood vessels. 
2. Occluding blood flow during surgical procedures. 
3. Applying pressure to control bleeding. 
4. Removing clamps from blood vessels. 
5. Controlling tissue in surgery.

Spencer Wells Artery Forceps:

A surgical instrument used for clamping and ligating blood vessels.

Functions:

1. Grasping and holding blood vessels. 
2. Occluding blood flow during surgical procedures. 
3. Applying pressure to control bleeding. 
4. Removing clamps from blood vessels. 
5. Controlling tissue in surgery.

Ward Quality Halstead Mosquito Forceps: 

A surgical instrument used for holding, clamping, and dissecting tissue in delicate surgical procedures.

Functions:

1. Clamping and holding delicate tissue. 
2. Retaining tissue during suturing. 
3. Dissecting delicate tissue. 
4. Controlling bleeding. 
5. Grasping and manipulating tissue in small surgical spaces.

Crile Forceps: 

A surgical instrument used for clamping and occluding blood vessels.

Functions:

1. Grasping and holding blood vessels. 
2. Occluding blood flow during surgical procedures. 
3. Applying pressure to control bleeding. 
4. Removing clamps from blood vessels. 
5. Controlling tissue in surgery.

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Heister Ligature Forceps:

A surgical instrument used for holding and tying sutures during surgical procedures.

Functions:

1. Holding sutures or ligatures. 
2. Tying knots in sutures. 
3. Applying ligatures to blood vessels. 
4. Retracting tissue to expose surgical site. 
5. Grasping or manipulating tissue.

Read also : The Basics of Surgical Instruments – Dilating and Probing Instruments.