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: 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: 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: 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: Laparoscopic Blunt Grasper

Alternate name: Blunt nose grasper, duckbill blunt grasper, duckbill, grasper

Instrument category: Laparoscopic

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.

Instrument category: Laparoscopic

Used for: Gentle grasping, dissecting, retracting of tissue, and can be connected to cautery. Multiple types exist, including Maryland Dissecting Forceps.

Specialty commonly used in: Laparoscopic surgery for general, gynecologic, and thoracic

Instrument name: Laparoscopic Hook Cautery

Alternate name: None

Instrument category: Laparoscopic

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

Instrument category: Laparoscopic

Used for: Bluntly dissecting tissue deep within the cavity during laparoscopic surgery

Specialty commonly used in: Laparoscopic surgery for general, gynecologic, and thoracic

Instrument name: Laparoscopic Scissor

Alternate name: Curved cutter

Instrument category: Laparoscopic

Used for: Cutting tissue during laparoscopic surgery

Specialty commonly used in: Laparoscopic surgery for general, gynecologic, and thoracic

Instrument name: Laparoscopic Spatula

Alternate name: Spatula tip cautery

Instrument category: Laparoscopic

Used for: Dissecting tissue and vessels

Specialty commonly used in: Laparoscopic surgery for general, gynecologic, and thoracic

Instrument name: Lung Biopsy Needle

Alternate name: None

Instrument category: Accessory

Used for: Obtaining a biopsy of the lung

Specialty commonly used in: Minimally invasive procedures where a lung biopsy is needed

Instrument name: Pleural and peritoneal drainage

Alternate name: Drainage device

Instrument category: Accessory

Used for: Drainage of fluid from the pleural or abdominal cavity

Specialty commonly used in: Thoracentesis or paracentesis procedures

Instrument name: Sarot Bronchus Clamp

Alternate name: None

Instrument category: Clamps

Used for: Atraumatic grasping and holding of lung tissue

Specialty commonly used in: Thoracic surgery