Week 1 reading

Hartman Mosquito Forceps

to clamp or occlude small capillaries or vessels that have been cut or are about to be cut

Mosquito

• 3 1/2 inch long
• transverse grooves on the entire jaw
• smallest hemostat with a box lock

Halsted mosquito forceps

to clamp small vessels that must be occluded, crushed, or held firmly in place

mosquito

• 5 1/2 inches long
• transverse grooves on the entire jaw
• most commonly used small hemostat in surgical packs for dogs and cats

Crile Forceps

to occlude vessels such as small uterine horns or small to medium sized blood vessels

a forceps 6 1/2 or 7 1/4 inches long has transverse grooves on the entire jaw

one of the most commonly used large hemostats in surgical packs

Kelly Forceps

to occlude small to medium-sized vessels

• 6 1/2 inches lon
• transverse grooves only on top half of jaws
• lower half of jaws is smooth (allows user to clamp tubing without concern that the tubing is cut)

rochester carmalt forceps

• clamps large tissue bundles that have a lumen or contain blood vessels
• occludes the vessel and prevents the blood from flowing

rochester

• first quarter of jaws has grooves that run longitudinal and transverse
• three-quarts of jaws have lonitudinal grooves only
• tips can ve used to grasp and crush tissue
• lengthwise grooves allow use to slip the hemostate off after ligation
• 6 1/4 to 8 inches long in small animals
• may be as long 12 inches in large animals

Rochester-Pean forceps

• to clamp blood vessels
• to control large tissue bundles

• jaws have transverse grooves that provide good crushing action
• lengths are 6 1/4 to 8 inches

Rochester-Ochsner Forceps

to clamp blood vessels to grasp tissue

• transverse grooves that provide good crushing action
• tips have teeth that are 1x2, like a tissue forcep
• teeth prevent slippage of large tissue bundles
• 6/14 to 8 inches long

Ferguson Angiotribe Forceps

• powerfully crush and create a fold in tissues
• often included in spay packs because it can be applied to uterine horns and spermatic cords

• one jaw has a raised ridge that runs down the center
• opposite jaw has a groove that accommodates the ridge when the instrument is closed
• grooves on both jaws that provide additional crushing power
• 6 1/2 and 7 1/2

Tissue forceps (rat-tooth forceps)

• to grasp skin and other dense tissues so as to place sutures
• can cause extensive damage to delicate tissues

• two tines are connected at one end, designed to remain open is pressure is not applied by fingers to close them
• tines have large teeth, one tooth fits between two teeth on the opposite tine
• can have serrated or fluted handles
• lengths vary from 1x2, 2x3, 3x4, 4x5
• can have extra fine tips

adson tissue forceps

to pick up, hold, and maneuver delicate tissues

• very fine teeth on each of the tines
• usual length of 4 3/4 inches
• available in 1x2, 2x3 tooth arrangements with standard or delicate tines
• wide blade to allow thumb and finger pressure without fear of tissues rotating out

brown-adson tissue forceps

to pick up, hold and maneuver delicate tissues