This presentation includes all the information related to the surgical instruments and equipment with their uses.

1. Nomenclature & Uses of Surgical
Instruments & Hospital
Equipments
By,
Mrs. Poonam Purkar
Assistant Professor
Pharmaceutics Department

2. Surgical Instruments
a collective term given to those instruments which are used for surgical
operations.
A] Scissors:
1. Straight blunt scissors:

3. 2. Straight pointed scissors:
3. Angled scissors either pointed or blunt
4. Stitch cutting scissors for cutting stitches
5. Lister's bandage cutting scissor

4. B] Tissue Forceps:
These used to get hold of tissues for traction or for opposition.
Types: Toothed
Non-toothed
Non-toothed forceps:
Bobcock's untoothed tissue foreceps:

5. Toothed tissue forceps:
1. Allis type
2. Lane’s type
3. Moynihan’s type
Lane's toothed tissue forecepsAllis toothed tissue forceps

6. Haemostatic forceps:
These are used to check the blood flow from the vessels.
Identification features: blunt tip, no interval between the
blades, transverse serrations and clamp or catch- attached
handles
Mosquito type haemostatic
forcepsMedium sized haemostatic
forceps

7. C]Towel clips or Corner Clips:
These are preparatory to surgery accessories used to fix surgical towels in
a manner which reduces the risk of contamination.
Doyen's typeGrey's type

8. Backhaus type Moynihan's tetra forceps

9. Plain dissecting forceps Toothed type
D]Dissecting Forceps:
These are used to picked up
various structures or hold tissues.
Type:
Plain
Toothed.

10. E] Scalpels & their blades:
Scalpel used to make an incision.
F]Needles:
Types:
Hypodermic Needles
Surgical Needles

11. Surgical Needles: used for stitching.
either straight or curved
They are of different sizes.
Round shaft curved needle
Straight Needle
Triangular shaft curved needle Flat shaft curved needle

12. Lumber puncture Aneurysm needle :
It looks like a hypodermic needle to
withdraw cerebrospinal fluid.
It is 8-10 cm long.
Aneurysm needle:
It used for ligating and has a handle
and a tip.
It is blunt and curved with an eye
on the curved end.

13. G]Needle Holder:
1. Similar to that of haemostatic forceps having shorter blade &
longitudinal grooves in addition to transverse serrations.
2. Either straight or curved.
3. Used to hold the surgical needle while stitching

14. H]Rubber Catheters:
These drain off a bladder in case of urine retention.
They are of different sizes.
Type:
Simple rubber catheter
Self retaining catheter
Simple Rubber Catheters Self retaining catheter

15. I]Miscellaneous Instruments:
Tongue holding forceps
Hold the tongue during surgery.
The jaws are round with serrations.
The handle carries bows and catches.
Sponge holding forceps
Used to hold the swabs for antiseptic dressing
before the surgery.
They are 9.5’’ long with finger bows and
catches.

16. Bone Cutting forceps
used to cuts the bone
It has sharp blade and handle with
or without lever arrangement.
Bone holding forceps
It has stout blunt teeth on
the blades to catch bones.
It resembles a lion’s jaw
when open.

17. Piles holding forceps
used to hold the piles mass.
They have oval shaped jaws,
grooved from inside with no serrations.
The handle has finger bows and catches.
Intestinal clamps :
used to clamp the intestine.
The blades are long and thin.
There are longitudinal serrations
from the inside.
Laminectomy saw:
Used to saw the bone.
It has convex sawing margin on the blade.
The blade has piston- grip handle.

18. Other Equipments:
ECG Machine: It takes an
electrocardiogram
It gives complete ECG
interpretation and extensive
measurements for instant
diagnosis.
X-ray machine: It takes
internal photographs and is
apart of any radiological
department. It is a diagnostic
tool.

19. CT Scanner: CT Scanner also known as
computed tomography scan, makes use of
computer-processed combinations of many
X-ray measurements taken from different
angles to produce cross-sectional images of
specific areas of a scanned object, allowing
the user to see inside the object without
cutting.
Glucometer: A single button
operated, compact, which gives
results of blood sugar in a
minute.

20. Doppler Echocardiography : It is a method used for diagnosing human
diseases and many kinds of health problems. It is non-invasive & used
for diagnosis of heart diseases.
Videomonitoring equipment :It is used for eye surgery & for orthoscopy
of knee joints.
Ultrasound sonography: It is the equipment which gives a sonograph of
uterus are very helpful in gynecology to know the reasons of repeated
abortion, foetal conditions, foetal abnormalities, foetal surgeries prior
to birth.
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI): It is used for diagnosis of
complicated cases.
Lithotripsy: It is a non-invasive technique used to break up a kidney
stone by a laser beam after locating the calculi perfectly.

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