Surgical instruments

thumb|upright=1.35|Two types of modern-day conventional metal tweezers with pointed tips thumb|upright=1.35|A pair of bronze tweezers attributed to the Minoan civilization, Tweezers are small hand tools used for grasping objects too small to be easily handled with the human fingers. Tweezers are thumb-driven forceps most likely derived from tongs used to grab or hold hot objects since the dawn of recorded history. In a scientific or medical context, they are normally referred to as just "forceps", a name that is used together with other grasping surgical instruments that resemble pliers, pinc

A scalpel or bistoury is a small and extremely sharp bladed instrument used for surgery, anatomical dissection, podiatry and various handicrafts. A lancet is a double-edged scalpel.

tool used for the delivery of a baby

thumb|upright|A curette in sterile packaging, for scraping the interior of the uterus. thumb|upright|Spoon-shaped curette.

tool for surgery or operation

thumb|Disposable trocars thumb|Laparoscopic instruments for insertion through trocars

bandaging material

surgical instrument to hold a suturing needle

the removal of respiratory secretions, saliva, blood or aspirated material with a flexible suction catheter from the respiratory tract

medical device

small pencils provided for free in IKEA stores worldwide

surgical instrument used to produce thin slices of skin

general term for scissors used in surgery or operation

tool used in tattooing

staples used in surgery in place of sutures

thumb|A trephine with a center pin can be seen on the left. thumb|right|Dr. John Clarke [[trepanning a skull, ca. 1664, in one of the earliest American portraits. Clarke has a trephine in his right hand. The painting is in Harvard Medical School.]]

surgical instrument or medical implement used to expand an opening or passage

surgical instrument

right|thumb|200px|Tenaculum A tenaculum, also known as Pozzi forceps, is a surgical instrument, usually classified as a type of forceps. It consists of a slender sharp-pointed hook attached to a handle and is used mainly in surgery for seizing and holding parts, such as blood vessels.

A microkeratome is a precision surgical instrument with an oscillating blade designed for creating the corneal flap in LASIK or ALK surgery. The normal human cornea varies from around 500 to 600 μm in thickness; and in the LASIK procedure, the microkeratome creates an 83 to 200 μm thick flap. The microkeratome uses an oscillating blade system, which has a blade that oscillates horizontally as the blade travels vertically for a precise cut. This piece of equipment is used all around the world to cut the cornea flap. The microkeratome is also used in Descemet's stripping automated endothelial ke

porous surgical tape used for closing small wounds

thumb|alt=An orbitoclast and a mallet An orbitoclast is a surgical instrument used for performing transorbital lobotomies.

type of steel

dilators used to treat vaginismus, induce cervical dilation, and other procedures

surgical instrument

medical device

Surgical tool

device for collecting a Pap smear

surgical procedure