Surgical Equipment/Instrument Word List For Medical Transcriptionists
Abbott-Mayfield forceps
abduction finger splint
Abernaz strut forceps
Abrams biopsy needle
Abramson-Allis breast clamp
AccuSharp endoscope
Accu-Sorb sponge
Ace dressing
acetabular skid
ACL chamfering rasp
ACL tunnel rasp
ACMI cautery
ACMI long colonoscope
ACMI Martin endoscopic forceps
ACMI sheath
acorn cannula
Acticoat dressing
Acumed
Acutrak screw
Adair breast clamp
Adapter harmonic scalpel
Adaptic dressing
Adson elevator
Adson forceps
Adson-Brown atraumatic forceps
Alexander-Ballen orbital retractor
alligator ear forceps
alligator grasper
Allis clamp
Allis forceps
Alta lag screw
Andrews-Hartmann rongeur
ankle-foot orthotic splint
Arthrex ACL graft shaper
Arthrex cannulated reamer
Arthrex cannulated screwdriver
Arthrex drill bit
Arthrex drill guide
Arthrex tensioning device
Arthrex tunnel notcher
arthroscopic probe
Asch septal forceps
Ash forceps
Ash septum forceps
Asnis 2 guided screw
Asnis III cannulated screw
Asnis III sterile guidewire
atraumatic needle
Aufricht nasal rasp
Aufricht nasal retractor
Austin duckbill knife
Austin Moore bone reamer
Auvard speculum
awl
Babcock clamp
Backhaus towel clamp
Backhaus towel clip
Bakes bile duct dilator
Balfour blade
Balfour retractor
Band-Aid
Bard-Parker knife
Baron suction tube
Barraquer eye speculum
bayonet dressing forceps
bayonet forceps
bayonet osteotome
Beall bulldog clamp
Beall mitral valve prosthesis
Beaver knife
Beckmann adenoid curette
Bellucci scissors
Bellucci-Wullstein retractor
Benjamin esophagoscope
Benjamin-Havas fiberoptic light clip
Bennett bone lever
Berens suture forceps
Betadine
Beyer bone rongeur
Bionx implants
biopsy forceps
BirdBeak suture passer
BirdBeak suture retriever
bite block
Blakesley clamp
Blakesley forceps
Blakesley grasper
Blumenthal rongeur
blunt obturator
blunt trocar
Boehler bone-cutting forceps
Boettcher tonsil clamp
Boies nasal fracture elevator
bone awl
bone block cutting guide
bone cement
bone chisel
bone curette
bone elevator
bone rasp
Bookwalter retractor
Boucheron ear speculum
Bovie suction
bowel grasper
Bowman lacrimal probe
Bozeman needle holder
Bristow-Bankart humeral retractor
bronchoscope
Brown atraumatic tissue forceps
Bruening nasal snare
Bruns bone curette
buck curette
Bugbee electrode
Buie fistula probe
Buie-Hirschman anoscope
bulky compressive dressing
Bunnell dressing
Bunnell tendon stripper
cannulated drill 10mm
Carlens curette
C-arm
Castroviejo caliper
Castroviejo corneal scissors
chamfering
Charnley rasp
chromic suture
clamp
Clarke-Reich Macro ligator
cleaning stylet
Cloward blade retractor
Cloward elevator
Coakley antrum curette
Coban dressing
Cobb spinal elevator
Cohen nasal dressing
cold biopsy forceps
Collis-Taylor retractor
Comyns-Berkeley retractor
Cooley aortic retractor
corneal hook
Cottle alar retractor
Cottle chisel
Cottle columella clamp
Cottle elevator
Cottle knife
Cottle speculum
Councill stone basket
Councill ureteral dilator
Crile-Murray needle holder
cup biopsy forceps
curette
Cushing elevator
Cushing forceps
Cushing retractor
cutting block
cutting forceps
cystoscope
Dakin dressing
Dall-Miles cable cutter
Dall-Miles Cable System
Dall-Miles holding forceps
Dall-Miles impactor
Davidson scapular retractor
Davis brain spatula
Davis-Crowe mouth gag
Dean scissors
Deaver retractor
DeBakey aortic aneurysm clamp
DeBakey bulldog clamp
DeBakey needle holder
DeBakey-Diethrich forceps
DeBakey-Potts scissors
Debakey-Satinsky clamp
DeLee curette
DeLee suction
depth gauge
DePuy awl
Derlacki mobilizer
dermatome plate
D’Errico nerve root retractor
Desmarres chalazion forceps
Desmarres lid retractor
Detachol adhesive remover
diamond rasp
Dietrich coronary artery scissors
dilator
Dingman zygoma hook
distal femoral cutting block
distraction
distraction plug
Dogliotti valvulotome
Dornier lithotriptor
Dorsey nerve root retractor
double drill sleeve
double-ended knife
down-biting pituitary rongeur
Doyen elevator
Doyen intestinal forceps
Doyen-Collin mouth gag
drape
drill plate
drill sleeve
dry pressure dressing
Drysdale nucleus manipulator
Duracon tibial base plate
Duracon tibial insert
DuraPrep
electrode
Ellik elevator
Ellik meatotome
Ellik resectoscope
endarterectomy spatula
Endo Babcock grasper
enucleation scissors
epinephrine
Epker osteotome
esophagoscope
Ethilon suture
exophthalmometer
extraction forceps
extrusion handpiece
eye scissors
Farrior ear speculum
femoral head extractor
femoral impactor
Fenzl lens manipulator
Ferguson rectal retractor
Ferris forceps
fiber optic light carrier
flexible biopsy forceps
fluff dressing
Foerster sponge forceps
Fogarty balloon
Fogarty clamp
Fogarty dilation catheter
Fomon angular scissors
Fomon nasal rasp
Fomon periosteotome
Frazier suction
Freer chisel
Freer elevator
Freimuth curette
fulgurating electrode
Gamma 3 Locking Nail System
Garrett vascular dilator
Gelpi retractor
Gemini artery clamp
Gerald forceps
Giertz-Stille shears
Gill corneal knife
Gillies skin hook
Gills-Welsh cannula
giraffe forceps
Glassman clamp
grasper
grasping forceps
Graves vaginal speculum
Gregory profunda clamp
Gruber ear speculum
Gruenwald ear forceps
Gruenwald nasal forceps
Gynecare Versascope hysteroscope
Haag-Streit fluorescein
Halsey needle holder
Halstead clamp
Halstead mosquito clamp
Hartmann clamp
Hartmann nasal speculum
Hartmann-Citelli ear punch
Hasson grasper
Heaney clamp
Heaney hysterectomy forceps
Heaney needle holder
Heaney-Ballantine forceps
Heaney-Kantor clamp
Heaney-Rezak forceps
Heath chalazion curette
Heimlich drain valve
heparin
heparin lock flush
Heymann-Knight nasal scissors
Hibbs retractor
high-speed handpiece
Hirschman anoscope
Hirschman iris hook
Hohmann retractor
Holinger anterior laryngoscope
holmium laser lithotriptor
Hosford lacrimal dilator
House suction-irrigation
House-Bellucci scissors
House-Rosen needle
Howmedica impactor
Hudson forceps
Hurst blunt tip bougie
Iglesias working element
IMHS calibrated twist drill
impactor
Ioban dressing
Iris forceps
Iris scissors
irrigation aspiration handle
Jackson laryngoscope
Jackson tracheal retractor
Jacobs chuck
Jaeger lid plate
Jameson muscle forceps
Jansen-Middleton forceps
Jones curette
Jorgensen scissors
Joseph double-hook
Joseph elevator
Joseph knife
Joseph periosteotome
Joseph scissors
Joseph skin hook
J-tip guidewire
Julian needle holder
Kansas nucleus trisector
Kantrowitz clamp
Kellan nucleus rotator
Kelly clamp
Kelman-Mcpherson forceps
Kerlix dressing
Kern-Mini bone-holding forceps
Kerrison rongeur
Kerrison-Costen rongeur
Kerrison-Costen rongeur
Kevorkian-Younge curette
Killian nasal speculum
Kirschner wire or K-wire
Kleinert bone cutter
Kleinsasser alligator forceps
Kleinsasser laryngeal biopsy forceps
Kleinsasser laryngeal scissors
Knapp Iris scissors
Kocher clamp
lacrimal cannula
lag screw
Lahey clamp
Lahey/sweet gall duct forceps
Lambert chalazion forceps
Lambotte osteotome
laminar flow system
Lancaster eye speculum
laparoscopic camera
laparoscopic lens
laryngeal knife
laryngeal mirror
LC-DCP drill guide
LC-DCP titanium plate
LC-DCP universal drill guide
Leksell rongeur
Lempert bone curette
Lempert rongeur
lidocaine
Lion’s Claw grasper
Lion’s Paw grasper
Liston amputating knife
Liston bone cutter
Liston bone-cutting forceps
Luer-Friedmann bone rongeur
Luer-Stille bone rongeur
Magrina Bookwalter Deaver blade
Mahorner thyroid retractor
malleable blade
mallet
Maloney tapered tip bougie
Maltz rasp
Mantis retrograde forceps
Maryland dissector
Mayo scissors
Mayo Sims scissors
Mayo-Hegar needle holder
McCabe flap knife
McCrea female sound
McGee wire crimping forceps
McGivney hemorrhoid ligator
McIntyre infusion handpiece
McIvor mouth gag
McKenty periosteal elevator
Medipore dressing
medullary reamer
Meltzer adenoid punch forceps
meniscal punch forceps
meniscal rasp
Merogel dressing
Mershon band pusher
methacrylate bone cement
Metzenbaum scissors
Meyerding bone skid
Meyerding chisel
Meyerding osteotome
Meyerding retractor
Micro-Adson tissue forceps
micro-alligator forceps
micro-halsted forceps
mini drill
Miya hook
Miyazaki retractor
Monsel solution
Moore hollow chisel
Murphy-Lane bone skid
mustache dressing
nasal hook
nasal scissors
nasal speculum
Neivert retractor
Neosporin ointment
Nissen delicate forceps
notchplasty
Noyes ear forceps
Nu Gauze sponge
obturator
Obwegeser eyelet forceps
Obwegeser retractor
Obwegeser wire awl
Olk retinal hook
Olympus flexible scope
Olympus GIF XP10 endoscope
Olympus GIF-XQ240 endoscope
Ombredanne mallet
Omega lag screw
operating scissors
OpSite dressing
optical alligator forceps
optical biopsy forceps
Orthofix Modulsystem
Orthoglass splint
Osher-Seibel folding forceps
osteotome
Owen gauze dressing
Paparella duckbill elevator
Paparella fenestrometer
parallel wire guide
Parametrium forceps
Parametrium scissors
Parker retractor
Pean clamp
pelvic ligature clamp
pelvic screw guide
Penfield dissector
Pennington clamp
Pentax endoscope
periosteal elevator
pigtail probe
pituitary clamp
Plastibell circumcision clamp
pledget sponge
Pleur-evac chest drain
poole suction
Potts-Riker valvulotome
Potts-Smith scissors
Pratt rectal probe
Press-Fit implant
Press-Fit stem
Prolene suture
pterygomaxillary osteotome
Pulsavac lavage
punch biopsy forceps
radiolucent drill
Randall kidney-stone forceps
rasp
Ray-Tec sponge
reamer
reaming awl
Reston sponge
retractor
Rhoton bipolar forceps
Rhoton micro scissors
ribbon retractor
Richardson retractor
Richardson-Eastman retractor
Riecker-Kleinsasser laryngoscope
Rigby retractor
right angle post
rigid suction tube
ring lock nut
Roberts-Jesberg oval esophagoscope
Rochester rake retractor
Rochester-Ferguson double-ended retractor
Rochester-Pean clamp
Rochester-Pean forceps
Rogers clamp
rongeur
Roos first rib shears
Rosen bayonet separator
Rosen ear incision knife
Rosen J-guide guidewire
Rosen pick
Rosen round knife
Rosen suction tube
Rosser crypt hook
rotary biter
rotary drill
rotator cuff grasper
Rowe disimpaction forceps
Rowe glenoidal punch
Rowe maxillary forceps
Rowe scapular neck retractor
Rowes zygomatic elevator
Rumel cardiovascular tourniquet
Rumel clamp
Rumel dissecting forceps
Rumel myocardial clamp
Ruskin antral trocar
Ruskin bone rongeur
Ruskin duckbill rongeur
Russian forceps
Russian thumb forceps
Russian tissue forceps
Ryder scissors
sagittal saw
Satinsky anastomosis clamp
Satinsky pediatric clamp
Satinsky vena cava clamp
scalpel
Scanlan ligature guide
Scanlan micro forceps
Scanlan microrasp
Scanlan rib shears
Schanz cannula
Schanz electrocautery
Schanz trephine
Schepens forceps
Schepens orbital retractor
Schnidt gall duct forceps
Schnidt hemostat
Schnidt tonsil forceps
Schroeder tenaculum forceps
Schroeder uterine curette
Schroeder vulsellum forceps
Scoville Britetrac retractor
Scoville clip
Scoville scissors
Scoville skull trephine
screw guide
Seldin elevator
Seldin periosteal elevator
self-retaining retractor
semiocclusive dressing
semi-rigid forceps biopsy
Senn bone plate
Senn retractor
Senn-Mueller retractor
Sewall chisel
Sewall elevator
Sewall retractor
Shapleigh ear curette
Sheehan chisel
Sheehan knee prosthesis
Sheehy fascia press
Sheehy myringotomy knife
Shiley tracheostomy tube
shock wave lithotriptor
shoulder debridement rasp
Silastic penile implant
silicone drain tubing
silicone I&A tip
silicone mammary implant
silk suture
silver nitrate
Simon dermatome
Simon vaginal retractor
Simpson probe
Simpson suction catheter
Sims curette
Sims speculum
Sims uterine dilator
Sims uterine sound
Singley forceps
Singley intestinal forceps
Sinskey iris hook
Sinskey lens hook
Sinskey lens manipulator
Sinskey pick
SinuScope
sizer
Smith Ramus separator
Smithuysen sphenoid punch
Sonnenschein nasal speculum
spinal curette
sponge stick
Spratt ear curette
Spurling forceps
Spurling laminectomy rongeur
Spurling retractor
Spurling-Kerrison rongeur
St. Jude mitral valve prosthesis
Starr-Edwards aortic valve prosthesis
Steinmann nail
Steinmann tendon forceps
Stevens eye scissors
Stevens iris forceps
Stevens tenotomy hook
Stille-Adson forceps
Stille-Luer bone rongeur
Stille-Mayo-Hegar needle
stockinette dressing
Storz-Iglesias resectoscope
Storz-Westcott conjunctival scissors
straight osteotome
Stryker oscillating saw
Stryker sagittal saw
Stryker shaver
Stryker Synthes drill
Stryker Synthes reamer
stylet
suction cannula
suction irrigator
surgical gown
Surgitek mammary implant
T2 Recon nail
Tabb ear curette
Tabb flap knife
Tabb myringoplasty knife
Takahashi forceps
Tegaderm dressing
Telfa gauze dressing
tenaculum
Terumo Glidewire
T-handle
T-handle chuck
T-handle reamer
T-handled nut wrench
T-handled screw wrench
three-pronged grasper
tibial insert impactor
tissue forceps
titanium AO plate
titanium bipolar forceps
towel clamp
towel clip
tracheal hook
trial acetabular cup
trial implant
trial prosthesis
Trident acetabular shell
trocar
Trousseau dilating forceps
Trousseau tracheal dilator
Troutman cataract extractor
Troutman corneal scissors
Troutman lens loupe
Tru-Cut forceps
tubular plate
Tuffier rib spreader
tunnel hook
Universal tibial template
ureteral stone basket
Vacutainer drain
Vacutainer needle
vaginal speculum
valvulotome
van Buren urethral sound
Vannas scissors
Verbrugge-Mueller retractor
Veress needle
Veronikis ligature carrier
Vi-Drape dressing
Vienna speculum
Volkmann bone curette
Volkmann bone hook
Volkmann retractor
von Graefe strabismus hook
Walsham septum straightener
Walther urethral dilator
Wangensteen awl
Wangensteen drain
Wangensteen retractor
Waugh forceps
Webril dressing
Webster infusion cannula
Weck-cel dressing
Weck-cel sponge
Weerda endoscope
Weider tongue depressor
Weil-Blakesley rongeur
Weitlaner retractor
Wells enucleation spoon
Wertheim parametrium clamp
Wertheim uterine forceps
Westcott biopsy needle
Westcott conjunctival scissors
Westcott double-end scissors
Westcott tenotomy scissors
Wiener antrum rasp
Wiener eye speculum
Wiener scleral hook
Wilder lacrimal dilator
Wissinger rod
Wolf endoscope
Wolf-Cottle trocar
working element
Wullstein ear scissors
Wullstein high-speed bur
Wullstein retractor
Xeroform dressing
Yang needle
Yankauer suction
Zimmer bone cement
Zimmer bur
Zimmer hand drill
Zimmer tibial prosthesis