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Instrument name: Nasal Debrider
Alternate name: Nasal shaver
Instrument category: Powered Devices
Used for: Cutting bone and tissue using different tips
Specialty commonly used in: Nasal surgery
Instrument name: Nasal Probe
Alternate name: Ball tip probe, sinus probe, maxillary ostium seeker, sinus seeker
Instrument category: Dilators and Probes
Used for: Gentle dissecting, probing, and elevating of tissue
Instrument name: Nasal Sinuscope
Alternate name: Nasal scope
Instrument category: Endoscopic
Used for: Visualization during sinus endoscopy. This type of scope comes in different angles to see different structures in the nasal cavity.
Instrument name: Nasal Speculum
Alternate name: Cottle, Vienna
Instrument category: Specula
Used for: Holding back nasal tissue or structures to provide exposure to surgical site
Instrument name: Penfield Dissector
Alternate name:
Instrument category: Retractors
Used for: Gentle dissecting and elevating tissue
Specialty commonly used in: Neurosurgery
Instrument name: Pituitary Rongeur
Alternate name: Love Gruenwald, Cushing, IVD, Nasal Pituitary, Disc Rongeur, Rongeur, Pituitary
Instrument category: Bone Instruments
Used for: Cutting bone by grabbing, cutting bone or soft tissue a piece at a time. This instrument comes in an array of sizes and angles.
Specialty commonly used in: General, ortho, neuro, and spine surgery
Instrument name: Robotic Cautery Arm
Alternate name: Cautery
Instrument category: Robotic
Used for: Hemostasis during robotic assisted laparoscopic surgery
Specialty commonly used in: General, GYN, and urologic surgery
Instrument name: Rosen Aural Ear Speculum
Alternate name: None
Used for: Retracting the ear canal for visualization. This instrument comes in many different sizes for the pediatric to adult population.
Specialty commonly used in: Otologic surgery
Instrument name: Rosen Pick
Alternate name: Rosen Needle, House-Rosen
Used for: Moving tissue or tube into place. This instrument can be curved, angled, or straight.
Instrument name: Scalp Clip
Alternate name: Clip
Instrument category: Accessory
Used for: Grasping scalp edges for hemostasis
Specialty commonly used in: Neuro
Instrument name: Senn-Miller Retractor
Alternate name: Senn, Miller-Senn
Used for: Retracting of tissue using either the blunt or sharp end of the instrument to provide visualization of surgical site
Specialty commonly used in: General and vascular surgery
Instrument name: Sinskey Hook
Alternate name: Sinskey hook, IOL manipulating hook, lens manipulating hook
Used for: Aid in the removal of a cataract
Specialty commonly used in: Eye surgery
Instrument name: Snare
Used for: Biopsy of lesions
Specialty commonly used in: Endoscopic procedures
Instrument name: Westcott Scissor
Alternate name: Westcott Tenotomy, micro scissor, Westcott scissor
Instrument category: Scissors
Used for: Dissecting and cutting delicate tissue of the eye
Specialty commonly used in: Ophthalmic surgery