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Instrument name: Avaurd Weighted Speculum
Alternate name: Weighted speculum, Avaurd
Instrument category: Specula
Used for: Retracts the posterior wall of the vagina and provides exposure
Specialty commonly used in: Gynecologic surgery
Instrument name: Biopsy Forcep
Alternate name: Stent grasper, peanut grasper, hard/soft body grasper, biopsy punch
Instrument category: Forceps
Used for: Grabbing and incising delicate tissue for biopsy
Specialty commonly used in: Endoscopy and bronchoscopy procedures
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: 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: Ellik Evacuator
Instrument category: Accessory
Used for: Removes pieces of tissue during urologic surgery
Specialty commonly used in: Urologic surgery
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: Harrington Retractor
Alternate name: Sweetheart retractor, splanchnic retractor
Used for: Holding back abdominal contents and providing exposure to surgical site
Specialty commonly used in: General and gynecologic surgery
Instrument name: Heaney Hysterectomy Clamp
Alternate name: Ballentine, Heaney Hyster, Heaney Ballentine Uterine
Used for: Grasping and holding tissues and ligaments
Specialty commonly used in: Gynecological surgery, especially during hysterectomies
Instrument name: Lahey Clamp
Alternate name: Lahey Goiter, Lahey Vulsellum
Used for: Grasping and holding tissue without crushing
Specialty commonly used in: General surgery, especially on breast tissue
Instrument name: Laparoscopic Babcock
Used for: Grasping and holding delicate tissue without crushing
Specialty commonly used in: Laparoscopic general and gynecologic surgery
Instrument name: Laparoscopic Blunt Grasper
Alternate name: Blunt nose grasper, duckbill blunt grasper, duckbill, grasper
Used for: Gentle grasping, dissecting, and retracting of tissue
Specialty commonly used in: Laparoscopic surgery for general, gynecologic, and thoracic
Instrument name: Laparoscopic Dissecting Forceps
Alternate name: Dissector.
Used for: Gentle grasping, dissecting, retracting of tissue, and can be connected to cautery. Multiple types exist, including Maryland Dissecting Forceps.
Instrument name: Laparoscopic Hook Cautery
Used for: Mobilization and transection of tissue with cauterization
Specialty commonly used in: Laparoscopic surgery for general, gynecologic, urologic, and thoracic
Instrument name: Laparoscopic Peanut Dissector
Alternate name: Peanut on a stick, Kittner dissector, Kittner
Used for: Bluntly dissecting tissue deep within the cavity during laparoscopic surgery
Instrument name: Laparoscopic Scissor
Alternate name: Curved cutter
Used for: Cutting tissue during laparoscopic surgery
Instrument name: Laparoscopic Spatula
Alternate name: Spatula tip cautery
Used for: Dissecting tissue and vessels
Instrument name: Laser Fiber
Instrument category: Energy Devices
Used for: Delivery of laser to a specific part of the body
Specialty commonly used in: Gynecology, ENT, urologic, and orthopedic surgery
Instrument name: Long Tissue Forcep
Alternate name: Long pickup, long tissue forcep, thumb forcep
Used for: Grabbing tissue deep in the cavity
Specialty commonly used in: General, gynecologic, and urologic surgery
Instrument name: Malleable Retractor
Alternate name: Brain retractor, ribbon retractor, spatula
Used for: Holding back abdominal contents and provide exposure to surgical site while being able to shape retractor to patient’s anatomy
Instrument name: Nephroscope
Alternate name: Kidney scope
Instrument category: Endoscopic
Used for: Visualization during kidney endoscopy. This type of scope comes in different angles to see different structures in the kidney.