Instruments at a Glance

Instrument name: Midas Rex High-Speed Surgical Drill

Alternate name: None

Instrument category: Powered Devices

Used for: Cutting bone and tissue using different tips

Specialty commonly used in: Orthopedic, neuro, and spine surgery

Instrument name: Mixter Hemostatic Forcep

Alternate name: Gemini Thoracic, Gemini Artery, Mixter, Right Angle, Mixter Clamp

Instrument category: Clamps

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: Nail Length Gauge

Alternate name: Depth gauge

Instrument category: Accessory

Used for: Measuring the depth of hole that was created to determine the length of an implant (nail)

Specialty commonly used in: Orthopedic surgery

Instrument name: ORIF Femur Measuring Device

Alternate name:

Instrument category: Accessory

Used for: Measuring of implant during ORIF of a femur

Specialty commonly used in: Orthopedic surgery

Instrument name: Osteotome

Alternate name: Lambotte, ostetome, chisel

Instrument category: Bone Instruments

Used for: Preparing bone or cutting through bone. Commonly used with a mallet. This instrument comes in different sizes and can be curved or straight.

Specialty commonly used in: Orthopedic surgery

Instrument name: Pedicle Rod

Alternate name: None

Instrument category: Accessory

Used for: Used with pedicle screws

Specialty commonly used in: Orthopedic and spine surgery

Instrument name: Pedicle Screw

Alternate name: Multi-axial screw

Instrument category: Accessory

Used for: Grasping, holding, and affixing tissue and ligaments

Specialty commonly used in: Orthopedic surgery

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: Pneumatic Saw

Alternate name: Air-powered saw

Instrument category: Powered Devices

Used for: Cutting and drilling bone. Can have different attachments.

Specialty commonly used in: Orthopedic, spine, and neuro surgery

Instrument name: Proximal Drill Guide

Alternate name: None

Instrument category: Accessory

Used for: Aligning the drill bill during a tibial IM nailing implant

Specialty commonly used in: Orthopedic surgery

Instrument name: Proximal Screw Guide and Slaphammer

Alternate name:

Instrument category: Bone Instruments

Used for: Placing IM nail

Specialty commonly used in: Orthopedic surgery

Instrument name: Pulse Lavage

Alternate name: Irrigation

Instrument category: Accessory

Used for: High-power irrigation of wound

Specialty commonly used in: Orthopedic and general surgery

Instrument name: Russian Tissue Forcep

Alternate name: Russian pickup, thumb forcep

Instrument category: Forceps

Used for: Grabbing heavy or thick tissue, closing wounds

Specialty commonly used in: General surgery

Instrument name: Schanz Screw

Alternate name: Screw, brand name

Instrument category: Accessory

Used for: Grasping, holding and affixing bone during external fixation

Specialty commonly used in: Ortho

Instrument name: Senn-Miller Retractor

Alternate name: Senn, Miller-Senn

Instrument category: Retractors

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: Sizing Tube

Alternate name: Tube

Instrument category: Accessory

Used for: Determining the size of the graft during an ACL reconstruction

Specialty commonly used in: Orthopedic surgery

Instrument name: Skin Dermatome

Alternate name:

Instrument category: Powered Devices

Used for: Cutting a thin slice of skin for a skin graft

Specialty commonly used in: General, plastics, or orthopedic surgery

Instrument name: Snake Retractor

Alternate name: None

Instrument category: Retractors

Used for: Holding back tissue and providing exposure to surgical site

Specialty commonly used in: Orthopedic surgery

Instrument name: Spacer

Alternate name:

Instrument category: Accessory

Used for: Determining size of the prosthesis for knee surgery

Specialty commonly used in: Orthopedic surgery