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Instrument name: Spinal Rod
Alternate name: Rod, brand name
Instrument category: Accessory
Used for: Stabilizing the spine
Specialty commonly used in: Spine surgery
Instrument name: Stabilization Needle
Alternate name: Needle, brand name
Used for: Disposable needles that are used in conjunction with the brachytherapy needle to assist in the implantation of radioactive seed implant of the prostate
Specialty commonly used in: Urologic procedures
Instrument name: Steinmann Pin
Alternate name: K-Wire, guide wire, Kirschner wire, guide pin, pin
Used for: Stabling a bone
Specialty commonly used in: Orthopedic surgery
Instrument name: Sternal Wires
Alternate name: Sternal suture, wires
Used for: Reapproximating chest
Specialty commonly used in: Cardiac and thoracic surgery
Instrument name: Stiff Guidewire
Alternate name: Support wire
Used for: Support wire during procedure
Specialty commonly used in: Cardiac catheterization procedures
Instrument name: Stylet
Alternate name: Suction Obturator
Used for: The sheath of a spinal needle that provides stability during placement
Specialty commonly used in: : Surgeries that require a spinal needle to be placed
Instrument name: Surgical Skin Marker
Alternate name: Cookie cutter, breast marker, nipple marker, skin marker
Used for: Marking the surgical site
Specialty commonly used in: All procedures
Instrument name: Syringe with a 22 gauge needle
Alternate name: Aspirating Syringe, CW Syringe, Cook-Waite, syringe and 22 gauge needle to inject fluid
Used for: Injecting or removing fluid during surgery
Specialty commonly used in: All types of surgery
Instrument name: TAVR Ballon System
Alternate name: Balloon, brand name
Used for: Placement of an aortic valve during minimally invasive surgery
Specialty commonly used in: Aortic valve procedures
Instrument name: TAVR Deployment Device
Alternate name: Deployment device, brand name
Instrument name: Tibial Aiming Device
Alternate name: Aiming guide
Used for: Tibial cutting guide used for knee surgery
Instrument name: Toomey Syringe
Alternate name: Toomey
Used for: Removes pieces of tissue during urologic surgery
Specialty commonly used in: Urologic surgery
Instrument name: Transeptal Needle
Alternate name: None
Used for: Gaining access into the atrial septum
Specialty commonly used in: Cardiac catheterization procedures when crossing the heart from the right side to the left through the atrial septum
Instrument name: Transeptal Sheath
Alternate name: Sheath, Transeptal
Used for: Gaining access into the posterior–inferior portion of the fossa ovalis to place a Watchman device
Specialty commonly used in: Implantation of a Watchman device
Instrument name: Transoral Incisionless fundoplication
Alternate name: TIF device, EsophyX
Used for: Transoral incisionless fundoplication
Specialty commonly used in: Advanced endoscopic procedures for fundoplication
Instrument name: Tubular Plate
Alternate name: Plate
Used for: Fixation of fracture during reconstruction
Specialty commonly used in: Orthopedic and neurosurgery
Instrument name: Ultrasound Catheter
Used for: Transseptal ultrasonic guidance of catheter along with a guidewire
Specialty commonly used in: Electrophysiology procedures for atrial fibrillation ablation
Instrument name: Universal Joint
Alternate name: Joint, brand name
Used for: To hold together rods and screws during external fixation
Instrument name: Vessel Loop
Alternate name: Loop
Used for: Isolating and retracting delicate structures, such as a vessel or nerve
Specialty commonly used in: Vascular, general, cardiac, and hand surgery
Instrument name: VP Shunt Introducer
Alternate name:
Used for: Disposable device used for tunneling for catheter insertion
Specialty commonly used in: Neurosurgery procedures