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Description |
Hemostatic forceps. Two symmetrical, nickel-plated metal blades are joined by pivot screw to form scissor-like instrument; handles have circular finger rings; shanks are straight and round, with ratchet closure near handles; curved jaws are of conical style and taper to blunt points; heavy horizontal serrations run along full length of the jaws, with cross-hatched pattern at it's tip. |
Catalog number |
2015.023.070 |
Year Range from |
1920 |
Year Range to |
1959 |
Dimensions |
W-7 L-15.875 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. |
Manufacturer or Distributor |
Schuemann-Jones Co. : Cleveland, Ohio |
Lexicon category |
Grasping and fixating |
Lexicon sub-category |
Forceps |
Object cited in... |
Kny-Scheerer Company. Illustrations of surgical instruments of superior quality. 20th ed. New York : Kny-Scheerer, 1915. p. 2027, fig. B/-786. |
People |
Carmalt, William H. (William Henry) (1836-1929) |
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) |
15.875 |
Material |
nickel-plated metal |
Accession number |
2015.023 |