BP Handle (Discovered by
Kelly Hemostatic
Charles Russell Bard and
Morgan Parker, founders of
the Bard-Parker Company)
1. Scalpel/ Knife/ BP
Handle to use superficial
tissue cutting with a
blade no. 10, 11, 12, 15,
etc.
Scalpel/ Knife/ BP
Handle No. 3
2. Scalpel/ Knife/ BP
Handle to use for deep
cutting with a blade no.
10, 11, 12, 15, etc.
Scalpel/ Knife/ BP Handle No.
7 Fine Scissors – used to
3. Scalpel/ Knife/ BP
Handle to use for skin
incision or debridement
including a blade no. 20,
22, 23, etc.
Scalpel/ Knife/ BP Handle No.
4
4. Surgical Blade/Knife
Different types of surgical
blades/knives with their
number for cutting incision
and excision.
Surgical Blade/ Knife of all
sizes
Surgical Scissors
5. Mayo Scissor Straight –
used for cutting suture
thread, bandage, and
gauze piece.
Mayo Scissor Straight
6. Mayo Scissors Curved –
used to cut heavy tissue
tough structures like skin,
fascia, muscle, etc.
Mayo Scissors Curved
7. Metzenbaum Scissors/
cut fine structures like
vessels, tendons, and
other soft tissue.
Metzenbaum Scissors/ Fine
Scissors
Forceps
8. Artery Forceps/
Hemostat – uses
controlling bleeding and
retraction of skin and
tissue.
Artery Forceps
9.
Forceps/ Mosquito/
Rochester Pean Forceps
– this surgical instrument
is used to clamp small
blood vessels it’s a straight
mosquito and a curved
mosquito according to its
jaw angle.
Kelly Hemostatic Forceps/
Mosquito curved / Rochester
Pean forceps
Kelly Hemostatic Forceps
10. Burlishear – used to
clamp deep blood vessels.
Burlishears have two
closed finger rings.
Burlishears with an open
finger ring are called tonsil
hemostats.
Burlishear
11. Allis Forceps or Allis
Clamps – with sharp
tooth, it’s used and
designed to grasp and
hold heavy tissue, organs,
skin, fascia tissue, soft
tissues like bowel and
breast tissue. also used in
the clamp and hold
 operating materials such
as tubes and drapes.
Allis Forceps or Allis Clamps
12. Babcock Forceps –
similar to Allis
forceps/clamp. It is less
traumatic due to their
wider and rounded edges.
Mostly used in laparotomy
for grasping tube-like
organs or structures like
ureters, intestine,
appendices, and other
delicate tissue.
Babcock Forceps
13. Sponge Forceps – are
mostly used in the surgical
procedure to create a
surgical site using a
sponge to paint betadine
or spirit. Another use of
sponge forceps is to hold
the hard surface and to
hold and retract the cervix.
Sponge Forceps
14. Towel Clamp/Clip – used
to hold and grasp towels
and drapes, to maintain a 17. Right Angle Forceps /
sterile field during surgery Mixter – another name is
or any invasive procedure. “Mixter”. A right angle is
used to clamp hard-to-
reach vessels and to place
sutures around the vessel.
The right angle with a
suture attached is called a
“tie on a passer”.
Towel clip
Right Angle Forceps
18. Mayo-Hegar Needle
Jones Towel Clip Holder – a needle holder
is used to grasp/hold and
15. Kochar forceps – has 1×2 guide the needle when
teeth on a straight or suturing.
curved jaw. Available in
various sizes. It is used for
a strong grip. Mostly used
in orthopedics, and
general surgery to hold the
muscles, ligaments,
gallbladder, thyroid, etc.
Mayo-Hegar Needle Holder
19. DeBakey Forceps – it is
atraumatic tissue forceps,
used for delicate tissue,
Kocher Forceps particularly in
cardiovascular surgery to
16. Hemostatic Clips and
Applicator – this surgical avoid tissue damage
during manipulation.
instrument is used in
surgical procedures and
other bleeding conditions
to control bleeding by
application of a hemostatic
clip. mostly used in
vascular surgeries. It is
available in various sizes DeBakey forceps
as per usage.
Hemostatic Clips and Applicator
20. Adson Pickup Forceps
or Dura Forceps –
23. Deaver retractor – it is
nontoothed used to grasp
the delicate tissue; or with
teeth used to grasp the
skin.
Retractors
used to retract deep
abdominal or chest
incisions. Available in
various widths.
27. A Weitlaner Retractor/
Self Retaining Retractor
– it is available with two
types of ends, sharp and
blunt. It is mainly used for
retracting skin ends in
small incisions. Like bone
& joint procedures, small
neurosurgical procedures,
and plastic surgeries.

Adson Pickup Forceps or Dura
Forceps
21. Tooth forceps/ Thumb
forceps – are used to
grasp/hold tough/hard
tissue such as breast, skin,
fascia, etc. single tooth
forceps are known as “Rat
Tooth Forceps”. It’s
available in single or
multiple teeth.
Deaver Retractor
24. Richardson retractor –
this retractor is used to
retract deep abdominal or A Weitlaner Retractor/ Self
chest incisions. Retaining Retractor
28. Gelpi Perineal Retractor
Richardson Retractor – which has two pointed ends,
it is used to retract small
incision.

25. Goulet Retractor – it is

Tooth Forceps/ Thumb
Forceps
22. Russian Tissue
Forceps – a rounded
perimeter multi-tooth tip
used for maximum tissue
grip, and nontraumatic
tissue grasping during
dissection.
used to retract shallow or
superficial incisions.
Gelpi Perineal Retractor
29. A Balfour with Bladder
Blade Retractor – it is used to
retract wound edges during
deep abdominal procedures.
Goulet Retractor

26. Army-Navy Retractor/US

Army Retractor – it is
used to retract shallow or
superficial incisions.

Balfour with Bladder Blade

Retractor
Army-Navy Retractor/US Army
Retractor
30. Cat’s Paw Retractor – it
has two ends, one side single
right-angled blade and the
cat’s claw-shaped blade on
the other side. It’s mostly used
in hard skin areas surgery like
hand and foot.

Cat’s Paw Retractor