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Title |
Halstead's Hemostatic Forceps, curved |
Description |
Hemostatic forceps. Two symmetrical nickel-plated steel blades are joined by aseptic joint to form scissor-like instrument; handles have obliquely turned circular finger rings; shanks are flat on interior and beveled on exterior and broaden, narrow, then broaden from joint to handles, with ratchet closure near handles; joint is modified by lock in which one shank has knotch with short, beveled, square exterior section; curved jaws are of heavy, bulbous style and taper slightly to blunt points; when jaws are fully closed an open, almond-shaped space is formed between jaws; heavy, horizontal serrations run along full length of curved section of jaws. |
Catalog number |
4428 |
Year Range from |
1890 |
Year Range to |
1930 |
Other Name |
Artery forceps |
Notes |
Instrument shows signs of rust and discoloration. Plating is peeling, especially on handles. Interior of both shanks markd: "25". |
Dimensions |
W-4.9 L-13.8 cm |
Dimension Details |
Length measured from proximal end of handles to tip of jaws; width measured across widest point on circular finger rings when closed on first notch of ratchet closure. |
Lexicon category |
Grasping and fixating |
Lexicon sub-category |
Forceps |
Object cited in... |
Kny-Scheerer Corporation of America, Illustrations of surgical instruments of superior quality / manufactured by The Kny-Scheerer Corporation of America, New York : The Corporation, c1926. p. 2020, fig. B/-564. |
Artist |
Halsted, William Stewart (1852-1922) |
People |
Halsted, Willliam Stewart (1852-1922) |
Search Terms |
Artery Hemostatic Grasping haemostat haemostatic grasp needles Surgery surgical operate operating Fixating fixate forcep Forceps instruments instrument ligation ligature suture Hemostat blood |
Length (cm) |
13.800 |
Material |
nickel-plated steel |
Accession number |
4396-4441 |