Instruments at a Glance

Instrument name: 8 mm Endoscope

Alternate name: Scope, endoscope

Instrument category: Robotic

Used for: Visualization during robotic surgeries

Specialty commonly used in: Spinal surgeries when an endoscope is needed to visualize procedure

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: Bipolar Electrocautery

Alternate name: Bipolar bovie

Instrument category: Energy Devices

Used for: Coagulating tissue

Specialty commonly used in: Neurosurgery, head and neck, vascular, thoracic, and for patients that have a pacemaker or automatic implantable cardioverter defibrillator (AICD)

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: Bookwalter Abdominal Retractor System

Alternate name: None

Instrument category: Retractors

Used for: Self-retaining retracting that is table-fixed. Can have many different attachments for additional retracting.

Specialty commonly used in: General, gynecologic, and urologic surgery.

Instrument name: Bougie Dilator

Alternate name: Bougie Dilator, Esophageal Dilator, Hurst Dilator, Jackson, Tucker, Maloney

Instrument category: Dilators and Probes

Used for: Dilatation of the esophagus

Specialty commonly used in: General surgery and GI procedures

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: Cannula Assembly

Alternate name: None

Instrument category: Accessory

Used for: Access to the stomach to place the percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy tube

Specialty commonly used in: Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG)

Instrument name: Circular Stapling Device

Alternate name: Stapler

Instrument category: Staplers and Clips

Used for: Stapling tissue circularly through the rectum

Specialty commonly used in: General 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: Doyen Intestinal Forcep

Alternate name: Glassman non-crushing, intestinal clamp, intestinal forcep, non-crushing clamp

Instrument category: Clamps

Used for: Grasping and holding intestinal or lung tissue without crushing

Specialty commonly used in: General surgery, thoracic surgery

Instrument name: Duodenoscope

Alternate name: Flexible scope

Instrument category: Endoscopic

Used for: Visualization during upper endoscopy

Specialty commonly used in: Gastrointestinal procedures

Instrument name: External Bolster

Alternate name: None

Instrument category: Accessory

Used for: Externally securing the placement of the percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy tube. This item can come in two different styles and style will be determined by doctor.

Specialty commonly used in: Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG)

Instrument name: Extraction Balloon

Alternate name: None

Instrument category: Accessory

Used for: Instilling and extracting during gastrointestinal endoscopy

Specialty commonly used in: Gastrointestinal procedures

Instrument name: Fan Retractor

Alternate name: Finger retractor

Instrument category: Laparoscopic

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

Specialty commonly used in: General and gynecologic laparoscopic surgery

Instrument name: Flushing Catheter

Alternate name: None

Instrument category: Accessory

Used for: Instilling and extracting during gastrointestinal endoscopy

Specialty commonly used in: Gastrointestinal procedures

Instrument name: Freidman Bone Rongeur

Alternate name: Synovectomy, Luer-Friedmann, rongeur, Freidman, bone cutter

Instrument category: Bone Instruments

Used for: Cutting bone by grabbing, cutting bone or soft tissue a piece at a time

Specialty commonly used in: General, ortho, neuro, and spine surgery

Instrument name: Gastroscope

Alternate name: Scope, flexible scope

Instrument category: Endoscopic

Used for: Visualization during upper endoscopy

Specialty commonly used in: Gastrointestinal procedures

Instrument name: Gelpi Retractor

Alternate name: Zelpi, Gelpi perineal

Instrument category: Retractors

Used for: Provide exposure to surgical site and is self-retaining

Specialty commonly used in: Orthopedic, neuro, and spine 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