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Title |
Kelly's haemostatic forceps |
Description |
Haemostatic forceps. Two symmetrical, nickel-plated metal blades are joined by an aseptic lock to form scissor-like instrument; handles have circular finger rings; shanks are flat at interior and rounded at exterior with ratchet closure near handles; jaws are of light conical style and taper to blunt points; light transverse serrations run from tip to the midpoint of jaws. |
Catalog number |
2005.012.078 |
Year Range from |
1900 |
Year Range to |
1939 |
Other Name |
Artery forceps |
Dimensions |
W-2.362 L-5.512 inches |
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 Company. Illustrations of surgical instruments of superior quality. 20th ed. New York : Kny-Scheerer, 1915. p. 2021, fig. B/-584. |
Artist |
Kelly, Howard A. (Howard Atwood), 1858-1943 |
People |
Kelly, Howard A. (Howard Atwood) 1858-1943 |
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) |
14.000 |
Material |
nickel-plated metal |
Accession number |
2005.012 |