Instruments at a Glance

Instrument name: Bailey Rib Approximator

Alternate name: Rib spreader, rib approximator

Instrument category: Retractors

Used for: Reapproximating the ribs

Specialty commonly used in: Thoracic surgery

Instrument name: Battery-Powered Drill

Alternate name:

Instrument category: Powered Devices

Used for: Cutting through and creating a hole in the bone with different-sized drill bits

Specialty commonly used in: Orthopedic and spine surgery

Instrument name: Beck Aortic Clamp

Alternate name: DeBakey Beck Aortic

Instrument category: Clamps

Used for: Atraumatic grasping and holding of vessels and vascular structures

Specialty commonly used in: Vascular, thoracic, and cardiac surgery

Instrument name: Bonney Tissue Forceps

Alternate name: Baker, bone forceps

Instrument category: Forceps

Used for: Grabbing heavy tissue or bone

Specialty commonly used in: Orthopedic surgery

Instrument name: Bulldog Clamp

Alternate name: Micro Bulldog, Serrefine

Instrument category: Clamps

Used for: Atraumatic grasping and holding of vascular tissue or suture

Specialty commonly used in: Vascular, cardiac, and thoracic surgery

Instrument name: Cerebellar Retractor

Alternate name: Anderson Adson

Instrument category: Retractors

Used for: Provide exposure to surgical site. Is self-retaining.

Specialty commonly used in: Orthopedic, neuro, and spine surgery

Instrument name: Debakey Clamp

Alternate name: Vascular clamp, atraumatic clamp

Instrument category: Clamps

Used for: Atraumatic grasping and holding of vessels and vascular structures

Specialty commonly used in: Vascular, thoracic, and cardiac surgery

Instrument name: Debakey Forceps

Alternate name: DeBakey Pickup, DeBakey atraumatic, DeBakey vascular

Instrument category: Forceps

Used for: Grabbing delicate tissue and vascular structures and dissecting soft tissue

Specialty commonly used in: Vascular and thoracic surgery

Instrument name: Dull Trocar

Alternate name: Dull tip trocar sheath, dull sheath

Instrument category: Endoscopic

Used for: Gaining access to a joint during arthroscopic surgery

Specialty commonly used in: Orthopedic surgery

Instrument name: Excimer Laser Fiber

Alternate name:

Instrument category: Energy Devices

Used for: Delivery of laser to remove plaque from blood vessels

Specialty commonly used in: Excimer laser coronary atherectomy

Instrument name: Finnochitto Chest Retractor

Alternate name: Chest Spreader, Cooley Spreader, self-retainer

Instrument category: Retractors

Used for: Self-retaining retractor used to hold open the chest

Specialty commonly used in: Cardiac and thoracic surgery

Instrument name: Gerald Forceps

Alternate name: Gerald dressing, Gerald pickup, atraumatic forcep

Instrument category: Forceps

Used for: Grabbing delicate tissue and vascular structures and dissecting soft tissue

Specialty commonly used in: Vascular, cardiac, and thoracic surgery

Instrument name: Harrington Retractor

Alternate name: Sweetheart retractor, splanchnic retractor

Instrument category: Retractors

Used for: Holding back abdominal contents and providing exposure to surgical site

Specialty commonly used in: General and gynecologic surgery

Instrument name: Impella Heart Pump

Alternate name: None

Instrument category: Accessory

Used for: Implanted heart pump

Specialty commonly used in: Procedures that require a percutaneous ventricular assist device

Instrument name: Jacobson Micro Vascular Needle Holder

Alternate name: Intracardiac needle holder, needle driver

Instrument category: Needle Holders

Used for: Holds small vascular sutures

Specialty commonly used in: Vascular, cardiac, and thoracic surgeries

Instrument name: Micra Delivery Catheter

Alternate name: None

Instrument category: Accessory

Used for: Delivery of a micra leadless pacemaker

Specialty commonly used in: Implantation of a micra leadless pacemaker

Instrument name: Pacing Lead

Alternate name: None

Instrument category: Accessory

Used for: Temporary pacing of the heart

Specialty commonly used in: Electrophysiology or cardiac procedures when pacing of the heart is needed

Instrument name: Sapien3 Transcatheter Heart Valve Delivery Device

Alternate name: Sapien3

Instrument category: Accessory

Used for: Deployment and implantation of mitral valve

Specialty commonly used in: Transcatheter mitral valve replacement procedures

Instrument name: Satinsky Vena Cava Clamp

Alternate name: DeBakey Satinsky, Satinsky Clamp

Instrument category: Clamps

Used for: Atraumatic grasping and holding of vessels and vascular structures

Specialty commonly used in: Vascular, thoracic, and cardiac surgery

Instrument name: Sternal Saw

Alternate name: Sternal saw, saw, chest saw

Instrument category: Powered Devices

Used for: Cutting and drilling through the sternum

Specialty commonly used in: Cardiac and thoracic surgery