| Tool | Used for |
| IV Catheter | Used for fluid administration |
| Laser Unit | Cut tissue and cauterize blood vessels |
| Microchip Scanner | Used to scan for microchip number |
| Bair Hugger | Used to increase the body temperature of your patient (uses air) |
| Gigli Saw Handles | Used in conjunction with gigli wire saw to cut through thick, heavy bones or to dehorn cattle or goats |
| Female Canine Catheter | Used to catheterize bladder of female dog |
| Cerclage Wire Tightener | Allows you to tighten surgical stainless steel wire around bone |
| Smoke Evacuation System | Used to remove "smoke" (evaporated cells) while using the laser unit |
| Mayo Hegar Needle Holders | Used to hold suture needle for suturing |
| Rochester Ochsner Forceps | Clamp blood vessels or grasp tissue
*straight or curved |
| Urethral Catheter | Used to prevent or flush blockage. Made of plastic. |
| Jacob's Pin Chuck with Handle and Extension | Used to place intramedullary pins in bone |
| Grooved Probe Director | Protects underlying tissues while making an incision |
| Spinal Needle | Used for spinal anesthesia (i.e. epidural) |
| Hemoclip/Ligating Clip | Used in conjunction with the hemoclip forceps to ligate or clamp blood vessels |
| Volkman Rake Retractor | Aids in visualization of tissue |
| Weitlaner Retractor | Maintain muscle retraction during orthopedic surgeries |
| Tonopen Covers | **Use a new one on EVERY PATIENT**
Covers Tonopen to prevent spread of disease |
| Tonopen | Used to check ocular pressure |
| Wire Twister | Used to secure wire around bone |
| Surgical Light Handle | Ensure sterility of light handle during surgery. Must be removed and sterilized between surgeries. |
| Verbrugge Bone Holding Forceps | Used as a stabilization tool of the bone during orthopedic surgery |
| Castroviejo Needle Holders | Used to hold fine surgical needle for opthalmic and neuro surgery |
| Tenotomy Scissors | Cut delicate tissues and blunt dissection |
| Senn Rake Retractor | Used to hold open wound or incision for better view of underlying tissue |
| Babcock Intestinal Forceps | Atraumatically grasp delicate tissue that will not be removed from the body |
| Yankauer Suction Tip | Used in conjunction with the suction tubing to withdraw fluid from the body for disposal |
| Laryngoscope | Used for proper placement of the ET tube and for visualization of the trachea |
| Adson Brown Tissue Forceps | Pick up, hold, and maneuver delicate tissue |
| Liston Bone Cutting Forceps | Used to cut bone |
| Operating Scissors | Used to cut suture material and other inanimate objects |
| #12 Scalpel Blade | Lance abscess |
| Allis Tissue Forceps | Traumatically grasp tissues that will be removed from the body |
| #15 Scalpel Blade | Small, precise, or curved incisions
*Onychectomy |
| Dressing Forceps | Grasp inanimate objects such as dressings or nonviable tissues |
| Otoscope | Used to examine the inside of the ear |
| Ferguson Angiotube Forceps | Crush and create fold in tissue
*straight or curved |
| Hemoclip Forceps | Used to occlude or clamp off blood vessels |
| Olsen Hegar Needle Holders | Drive suture needle through tissue and cut suture material |
| Bone Wire Guide | Used to advance surgical stainless steel wire around bone |
| Crile Hemostatic Forceps | Used to occlude small blood vessels
*straight or curved |
| Rochester Pean Forceps | Clamp blood vessels or control large tissue bundles
*straight or curved |
| Stainless Steel Surgical Wire | Repair broken bones |
| Spencer Stitch Scissors | Used to remove surgical skin suture |
| Lister Bandage Scissors | Used to remove bandaging material |
| Littauer Stitch Scissors | Used to remove surgical skin suture |
| #3 Bard Parker Scalpel Handle | Used to hold small animal scalpel |
| Elizabethan Collar (E-Collar) | Used to prevent animal from chewing incision site or affected area |
| Jugular Catheter | Used for long term catheter placement and fluid administration |
| Gigli Wire Saw | Cut through thick, heavy bone or dehorn cattle or goats |
| Rochester Carmalt Forceps | Used to clamp large tissue bundle that contains blood vessels
*straight or curved |
| Cutting Edge Needle | Used for suturing tough tissues (i.e. skin) |
| Debakey Tissue Forceps | Used to grab tissue |
| Electrocauterizing Unit | Used in surgical procedures to cut through tissue and cauterize small blood vessels |
| Backhaus Roeder Towel Clamp | To secure the drape to a patient's skin by means of a small puncture |
| #10 Scalpel Blade | General blade used in small animal surgery |
| Orthopedic Mallet | Set pins or to strike osteotomes |
| Tapered Needle | Used for internal suturing
*round body, sharp tip |
| Dolen Intestinal Forceps | Used to crush tissue and other delicate tissue |
| Staple Remover | Used to remove surgical staples |
| Hot Dog Warmer | Used to increase the body temperature of your patient (like a heating blanket) |
| Opthalmoscope | Used for better visualization of the eye |
| Depth Gauge | Used to measure the depth of your drill |
| Suction Tubing | Used to remove fluids from the body for disposal |
| Snook Spay Hook | Used to locate and grab uterine horn |
| ECG Monitor | Used for proper cardiac diagnostics |
| IV Fluid Line | Used to administer IV or SQ fluids |
| Intramedullary Pins | Placed in medullary cavity for fracture stabilization |
| Osteotome | Cut through or shape bone |
| Mayo Stand (Instrument Stand) | Holds instruments within sterile field during surgery |
| Microchip | Used for permanent identification |
| Laser Tip | Used in conjunction with the laser handle to perform laser surgery |
| Penrose Drain | Used to allow drainage from surgical area or bite wounds |
| Lambert-Lowman Bone Clamp | Used to stabilize bone for fixation |
| Splint-Rod Form | Make circular and angled bends in aluminum rod(s) |
| Iris Scissors | Cut suture material and other nonviable materials |
| Sauerbrush Retractor | Used to hold tissue/muscle open |
| KE Tissue Protector | Used to protect soft tissue during placement of external fixation kit |
| Christmas Tree Connector | Used to connect tubing |
| Kelly Forceps | Used to occlude small blood vessels |
| IV fluid warmer | Used to warm fluids during administration |
| Gamar Warm Water System | Used to increase the body temperature of your patient (uses water) |
| Sterilizing Forceps | Used to transport instruments during cold sterilization |
| Graefe's Eye Speculum | Used to hold eyelids open for opthalmic exams or surgeries |
| Endotracheal Tube | Used as an airway passage |
| Fomon Bone Rasp | Smooth off rough edges of bone |
| Esophageal Stethoscope | Used to monitor heart and lung sounds during surgery |
| Quick Splint | Used as a stabilization aid for fractured/broken limbs |
| Intramedullary Pin Chuck | Place intramedullary pins |
| V Tray | Used as a positional aid |
| Nye Tourniquet | Occlude blood vessels for venipuncture or amputation |
| Backhaus Towel Clamp | To secure the drape to a patient's skin by means of a small puncture |
| Leighton Bone Pin Introducer | Used to introduce intramedullary pin into the bone capsule |
| Covault Spay Hook | Used to locate and grab uterine horn |
| Young Tongue Forceps | Used to grasp tongue |
| Doppler | Used to hear and record blood pressures of your patient |
| Killian Vaginal Speculum | Used to examine the vagina |
| Infusion Pump | Used to electronically control IV flow rates to your patient |
| Drill Chuck and Key | Place intramedullary pins with orthopedic drill |
| Bone Marrow Biopsy Needle | Collect biopsy of the bone marrow |
| Weitlaner Beckman Retractor | Used to hold incision or area of interest open |
| Pulse Oximeter | Indirectly measure the oxygen saturation |
| Forester Sponge Forceps | Used to blot surgical area or apply betadine paint |
| Matheui Needle Holders | Drive suture needle through tissues |
| Plaster Shears | Used to remove cast |
| Metzenbaum Scissors | Blunt dissection or cut soft tissue |
| Ruskin Rongeurs | Used to remove or break up small chunks of bone, cartilage, or fibrous tissue |
| Thomas Schroeder Splint | Stabilization of simple fractures to the lower leg bones |
| Castroviejo Eye Speculum | Used to hold eyelids open for opthalmic exams or surgeries |
| Kern Bone Holding Forceps | Used to stabilize bone for fixation. Applying too tightly can cause bruising to bone. |
| Magill Catheter Forceps | Used to grasp catheter |
| Laser Handle | Used in conjunction with the laser unit to perform laser surgery |
| Halstead Mosquito Forceps | Clamp small blood vessels that must be occluded, crushed, or held firmly in place
*straight or curved |
| #22 Scalpel Blade | Used for general large animal surgery |
| Tube Occluding Forceps | Use to clamp off section tubing |
| Alligator Forceps | Used to grasp foreign objects deep within body cavity |
| Taylor Percussion Hammer | Used to check reflexes of the animal |
| Needle Holder with Spring | Used to secure and store surgical needles |
| Sistrunk Scissors | Short dissection |
| Mayo Dissecting Scissors | Blunt dissection or cut through bulky connective tissue |
| Reverse Cutting Edge Needle | Used for suturing tough tissues (i.e. skin) |
| #4 Bard Parker Scalpel Handle | Used to hold large animal scalpel |
| IV Port | Used to place on end of IV catheter for fluid or medication administration |
| Suction Machine | Used to withdraw fluids from body cavity |
| #11 Scalpel Blade | Used for stab incisions and to sever ligaments |
| Olive Tip Cannula | This instrument is an opthalmic instrument used to flush the lacrimal gland |
