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Surgical Tech : Instruments
Foerster - answer✔sponge forcep, used for gasping or holding something.
Babcock - answer✔used for grasping and holding, hollow end with smooth flattened tips
Allis Intestinal Forceps - answer✔used for grasping and holding, curved with multiple interlocking fine
teeth at the tip that reduce injury to tissue.
Halstead Mosquito Forceps - answer✔used for clamping and occluding, curved or straight with fine tips
and horizontal serrations that run the length of the jaws
Crile Forceps/Clamps - answer✔used for clamping or occluding, curved or straight clamp with horizontal
serrations that run the complete length of the jaws.
#3 Knife Handle Short - answer✔used for cutting and dissecting, holds a blade size 10,11,12 &15. Also
comes in a long version.
#7 Knife Handle Long - answer✔used for cutting and dissecting, holds a blade size 10,11,12,15 as well.
Backhaus Towel Clamp - answer✔used for grasping and holding, ratcheted instrument with curved,
sharp, tinelike jaws.
Mayo-Hegar Needle Holder - answer✔used for suturing and stapling, has a broader jaw that is rounded
at the tip with crisscross pattern on the inner jaw.
Debakey Tissue Forceps - answer✔used for grasping and holding, atraumatic tissue forceps with an
elongated narrow blunt tip. A set of parallel fine serrations run across the length of one jaw with a
center row of serrations on the opposite side that interlocks to grip when closed.
Russian Tissue Forceps - answer✔used for grasping and holding, rounded tips with starbust pattern
serrations.
Adson Tissue Forceps - answer✔used for grasping and holding, fine tips with horizontal serrations. Also
called Plain Dressing Forceps.
Toothead Adson Tissue Forceps - answer✔used for grasping, and holding, fine tips have 2 small teeth on
one side and one small tooth on the other side that fit together when closed.
Straight Mayo Scissors - answer✔used for cutting and dissecting, heavy scissors with straight blades at
end.