Surgical instruments used in medical office
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| Scalpel | Small straight surgical knife used to make incisions without trauma to surrounding structures.
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| Operating/Mayo Scissors | Used to expose vessels, bone, cartilage, and separate layers of tissue.
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| Bandage Scissors | Used to remove bandages and dressing, the blunt probe pointed blade can easily to be inserted under the bandage without injury to the skin.
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| Standard Thumb Forcep | Primarily a dressing forcep, assists in applying and removing dressing.
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| Standard Tissue Forcep | Has teeth, used to grasp tissue, muscle, or skin surrounding a wound.
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| Plain Splinter Forcep | Available with several different designs to grasp foreign bodies embedded in skin or under fingernails.
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| Tissue Forcep | Same use as standard tissue forceps but have ringed handle.
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| Mosquito Hemostat | Straight and curved. used to clamp small blood vessels or hold tissue.
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| Kelly Hemostat | Straight and curved, used to clamp larger vessels to prevent bleeding
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| Neddle Holder | To hold suture needle.
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| Retractor | Manual and spring type, blunt and sharp, used to hold tissue aside to expose operative area.
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| Sponge Forcep | Ringed tip for grasping sponges to absorb excess body fluids during surgery.
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| Towel Clamp | Used to hold drapes in place during surgery.
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| Heger Uterine Dilator | Used to dilate cervix for examination or prior to dilatation and Curettage (D&C).
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| Uterine Tenaculum Forcep | Used to hold tissue (cervix) while obtaining tissue specimen or biopsy.
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| "Buck" Ear Curette | Used to remove matter from ear canals, usually accumulated wax. Made with sharp or blunt scraper ends.
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| Biopsy Punch | For obtaining specimen, usually for the determination of cancer cells.
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