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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: Doyen Intestinal Forcep
Alternate name: Glassman non-crushing, intestinal clamp, intestinal forcep, non-crushing clamp
Used for: Grasping and holding intestinal or lung tissue without crushing
Specialty commonly used in: General surgery, thoracic 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: Mixter Hemostatic Forcep
Alternate name: Gemini Thoracic, Gemini Artery, Mixter, Right Angle, Mixter Clamp
Used for: Clamping, dissecting, or grasping tissue
Specialty commonly used in: General, gynecology, vascular, otolaryngology, and thoracic surgery. Also used to pass a suture around a vessel.
Instrument name: Satinsky Vena Cava Clamp
Alternate name: DeBakey Satinsky, Satinsky Clamp
Used for: Atraumatic grasping and holding of vessels and vascular structures
Specialty commonly used in: Vascular, thoracic, and cardiac surgery
Instrument name: Uterine Tenaculum Forceps
Alternate name: Single tooth tenaculum, uterine tenaculum, uterine vulsellum, uterine forceps, tenaculum
Used for: To grasp, hold, and manipulate uterine tissue or cervix
Specialty commonly used in: Gynecologic surgery