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Instrument name: Drill Sleeve Trocar
Alternate name: Arthroscopic Obturator
Instrument category: Accessory
Used for: As a trocar used during external fixator surgery
Specialty commonly used in: Orthopedic surgery
Instrument name: Driver, Proximal Drill Guide, and Hexagonal Bolt
Alternate name: Assembled IM nailing components
Used for: Measuring the depth, creating the hole, and bolting to secure tibial IM nailing implant
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
Instrument name: Femoral Aiming Device
Alternate name: Aiming guide
Used for: Femoral cutting guide used for knee surgery
Instrument name: Femoral Block
Alternate name:
Used for: Cutting the femoral portion during knee surgery
Instrument name: Femoral Broach
Alternate name: None
Used for: Cutting and preparing the femoral canal during hip surgery
Instrument name: Femoral Sizer
Used for: Testing the trial prosthesis during hip surgery
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: 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: Guide Pin
Alternate name: Steinman pin, K-wire, Kirschner wire, guide wire, cannulated pin
Used for: Stabling a bone or creating an intermedullary lumen
Instrument name: Guidewire
Used for: Identification of the tract during minimally invasive procedure
Specialty commonly used in: Cardiac, thoracic, spinal, orthopedic and urologic procedures
Instrument name: Heaney Hysterectomy Clamp
Alternate name: Ballentine, Heaney Hyster, Heaney Ballentine Uterine
Instrument category: Clamps
Used for: Grasping and holding tissues and ligaments
Specialty commonly used in: Gynecological surgery, especially during hysterectomies
Instrument name: Hohmann Retractor
Used for: Holding back tissue and providing exposure to surgical site
Instrument name: Irrigation Cannula
Alternate name: Trocar
Used for: Gaining access to a joint during arthroscopic surgery. This device can come with a blunt tip and sharp tip trocar that is placed within the irrigation cannula upon insertion.
Instrument name: Kerrison Bone Rongeur
Alternate name: Kerrison Punch, Sella Punch, rongeur, Kerrison, bone cutter
Used for: Cutting bone by grabbing, cutting bone or soft tissue a piece at a time. This instrument comes in an array of sizes.
Specialty commonly used in: Ortho, neuro, ENT, and spine surgery
Instrument name: K-wire
Alternate name: Steinman pin, guide wire, kirschner wire, guide pin
Used for: Stabilizing a bone
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: 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: Mallet
Alternate name: Orthopedic mallet
Used for: Compressing, cutting, or splitting bone
Instrument name: Microdebrider
Alternate name: Nasal Debrider
Instrument category: Powered Devices
Used for: Cutting bone and tissue using different tips
Specialty commonly used in: Orthopedic, ENT, neuro and spine surgery