Ob Instruments

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NSD set

Holds needles

Needle holder
Hold/compress/stabilize soft tissue

Tissue forceps
Occlude/clamp blood vessels,
clamp/manipulate heavy tissue

Kelly forceps
Hold/retract peritoneum

Peritoneal forceps
Hold/grasp tough or slippery
tissue/structures
-anterior lip of cervix

Allis forceps
D&C
Hold open/retract posterior
vaginal wall

Bi-valve retractor
grasp/clamp tissue in uterus
-vessel clamp
-tissue/polyp/tumor removal

Uterine forceps
hold and examine cervix after
childbirth, assist in repair of
tissue tears during labor

Ring forceps
remove placental fragments,
clamp blood vessels/hemostasis

Ovum forceps
hold/stabilize cervix

Tenaculum
remove/scrape placental fragments/retained tissue

Sharp curette
Other instruments
used to puncture fetal membranes

Amniotome
guide and direct injection of anesthetic for pudendal block
-1cm inferior and 1cm medial from each ischial spine

Iowa trumpet with spinal needle


measure depth of uterine cavity

Hysterometer
deliver after-coming head
in breech presentation

Piper's forceps
used to grasp fetal head
when there is significant molding
-elongated cephalic curve

Simpson's forceps

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