A List of Different Types of Hemostats Used During Surgeries

The Department of Endoscopy at the Kobe University in Japan analyzed the hemostatic ability of the hemostats during gastric endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) treatment. The result shows that hemostatic forceps effectively reduce the hemostatic time with no increase in adverse events. Hemostasis is one of the challenging aspects of many surgical procedures.

Surgeons use various types of hemostatic tools to control blood flow in order to perform a successful surgery. Let’s go over the various types of hemostats that are used during surgical procedures.

Types Of Hemostats Used During Surgeries

The hemostatic instrument is available in different patterns to use in various surgical procedures. These hemostats include Adson Forceps, Bainbridge Forceps, Crile Forceps, Kelly Forceps, Mosquito Forceps, etc.
Surgeons select the best one according to their ease and surgical needs so they can perform successful surgeries. The following are some of the important types of hemostatic forceps.  

•    Adson Forceps

Adson Forceps are also known as “Locking Forceps” due to their ratchet lock system. They are available in straight and curved patterns, suitable for several surgical approaches. These hemostats have half-serrated tips, toothed tips, or T-shaped concave serrated tips for firmly grasping vessels, tissues, and root tips.

Adson Forceps are ideal for clamping vessels to prevent blood loss during surgical procedures. Moreover, they are useful for handling delicate tissues and for the removal of root tips. 

•    Artery Undermining Forceps

Artery Undermining Forceps consist of toothed tips and ringlets with a ratchet. The tool is available in straight and angled serrated jaws with 1x2 teeth on tips for firmly holding the dense tissues.

Artery Forceps are useful for clamping ruptured vessels to control blood flow during cardiothoracic surgical procedures. These types of hemostats assist in the retraction of muscles and tissues during various surgical procedures. In addition, the serrated tips of the tools cause less damage to the blood vessels and ensure safe surgical procedures.

•    Bainbridge Forceps

Bainbridge Forceps consist of long tapered jaws with longitudinal serrated tips. They have ratchet finger ring handles that can lock the instrument in the right spot during surgical procedures.

Bainbridge Forceps are useful hemostats for clamping the bowl. They provide smooth clamping of tissues for easy manipulation.

•    Crile Forceps

Crile Forceps is a unique tool with fully horizontally serrated jaws and finger ring handles. These forceps are available in curved and straight patterns with color coating for better visibility of the tool through tissues during surgical procedures. This enhances the surgeon’s confidence in their tool movements during surgeries.

Crile Forceps are useful for laparoscopy practices for clamping tissues and vessels before cauterization and ligation. They grasp the vessels firmly in order to block the blood flow.

•    Dandy Forceps

Dandy Forceps consist of curved sideways with half-serrated jaws. They have finger ring handles that provide a firm grip with less strain on the surgeon’s forearms and thumb.

Dandy Forceps are useful for controlling bleeding and the flow of liquid during surgeries. As a result, they reduce the complications of surgeries that happen due to blood loss.

•    Ferguson Angiotribe Forceps

Ferguson Angiotribe Forceps feature a unique design of interlocking blades attached to cross-hatched handles. They are available in curve and straight patterns, which makes them suitable for various surgical practices.

Ferguson Angiotribe Forceps provide hemostasis to control the subsequent blood flow. Surgeons grab the vessels with the forceps' interlocking jaws and clamp them with the ratchet mechanism system.

•    Gemini Mixter Forceps

Gemini Mixter Forceps are ideal tools with fully curved, serrated jaws and ringlets. Their handles are connected through the ratchet system that locks the instrument in place.

Gemini Mixter Forceps are useful for holding damaged or delicate vessels during cardiothoracic and vascular procedures.

•    Hartman Forceps

Hartman Forceps are ideal types of hemostats with serrated jaws and ratchet ring handles. These tools are also available in straight, curved, and extra-curved patterns with different color coatings for easy identification. They are specifically designed for the use of left-handed surgeons. They have narrow, pointed tips for clamping small vessels to stop blood loss.

Hartman Forceps are useful to suppress vessels to control blood flow. Surgeons mostly use them in plastic and vascular surgical procedures as general clamping instruments. They are also helpful for the easy dissection of fine tissues in shallow wound procedures.

•    Jacobson Forceps

Jacobson Forceps consist of curved jaws with narrow vertical serrations. The tool has a slender pattern of long shanks with ratchet ringlets for a firm grip.
 
The delicate scissor-like pattern of Jacobson Forceps is ideal for grasping, clamping, and mobilizing the vessels firmly to stop the blood flow. Surgeons frequently use them in tonsillectomies and wound closure surgical procedures.

•    Kelly Forceps

Kelly Forceps are versatile tools with half-serrated tips and a ratchet locking system. The tool is available in curved and straight patterns, with color coating variations for easy identification.
  
Straight Kelly Forceps are ideal for clamping and compressing medium size arteries, while curved forceps are useful for holding dense tissues firmly without any danger of slippage.

Kelly Forceps are widely used surgical instruments in surgical procedures for clamping vessels and holding sutures and heavy tissues. They are ideal for sealing the blood vessels to block blood flow. In addition, they are useful for operating in confined surgical areas. These forceps can grab small to medium size blood vessels.

•    Kocher Forceps

Kocher Forceps have a unique structure of serrated jaws and toothed tips for firm tissue grasping. The delicate structure of the tool does not cause any harm while holding the tissues during surgical procedures. On the other hand, the tool firmly grabs objects without any danger of slippage. Besides, the ratchet system locks the instrument in place in order to clamp the arteries.

Kocher Forceps are suitable for grasping large blood vessels to control blood flow. They are also useful for holding dense tissues firmly during surgical procedures. That is why surgeons use them in thyroid, intestinal, and gallbladder procedures.

•    Lovelace Forceps

Lovelace Forceps have an ideal pattern of fully serrated jaws with 1x2 teeth on tips. These forceps are available in curved and straight patterns for easy manipulation in various surgical procedures.

Lovelace Forceps are ideal for clamping vessels in order to restrain blood flow during surgical procedures.  Primarily, gynecological surgeons use them during gynecologic procedures to prevent excessive blood loss.

•    Mikulicz Forceps

Mikulicz Forceps consist of half-serrated jaws with slightly curved tips. They have 1x2 teeth on the tips and ratcheted ringlets for firmly clamping the vessels during various surgical procedures.

Mikulicz Forceps are ideal for clamping the peritoneal sac during abdominal wall closure. In addition, surgeons frequently use them during gynecological procedures for isolating the peritoneal tissues in the pelvic cavity.

•    Mixter Forceps

Mixter Forceps have a unique design of right-angled jaws with longitudinal serrations. Their jaws are available in straight, curved patterns with half and fully-serrated variations.

Mixter Forceps are useful for the blunt tissue dissection of hard-to-reach areas. In addition, they are useful for holding tissues, blood vessels, and sutures in thoracic surgical procedures. Surgeons also use these types of hemostats during hysterectomies to control the flow of blood.

•    Mosquito Forceps

Mosquito Forceps are multipurpose hand tools with interlocking mechanisms and hemostat jaws. They are widely known because of their long shanks and short, serrated jaws. These hemostats are available in straight, curved, and angular patterns.

Mosquito Forceps are ideal to use in small wounds for grasping and dissecting fine tissues. Besides, they are useful to occlude bleeding before ligation and cauterization. Surgeons also use them to clamp small vessels in order to control blood flow during various surgeries.

•    Rochester Carmalt Forceps

Rochester Carmalt Forceps consist of long, wide jaws with longitudinal serrations. They are available in straight and curved patterns for the facility of surgeons.

Rochester Forceps are large crushing hemostats ideal for ligating pedicles. Surgeons also use these forceps for grasping and cutting tissues in deeper wounds. Also, the curved, serrated jaws securely grasp the blood vessels without damaging the nearby tissues of the surgical area.

•    Rochester Ochsner Forceps

Rochester Ochsner Forceps have a fine pattern of serrated jaws with 1x2 teeth. These tools consist of hemostatic handles for clamping objects in the right place. They are available with straight and curved jaws for use in various surgical procedures.

The tool is helpful for clutching vessels to stop blood flow from them. Surgeons mostly use these types of hemostats during orthopedic surgical procedures to avoid bleeding.

•    Schnidt Tonsil Forceps

Schnidt Tonsil Forceps have a unique pattern of slightly and strongly curved jaws with half-serrated patterns. They consist of one open-finger ring and a ratchet design that prevents hand strain.

Schnidt Forceps are ideal for holding tonsil sponges and tissues during tonsillectomies. Surgeons use them to place packing after the removal of tonsils and block bleeding during tonsil surgeries as well.

Hemostatic Forceps Uses

Hemostats are a type of surgical instrument used to control blood flow. They are ideal for clamping vessels during surgical procedures. Surgeons also use them in emergency wound care procedures. Here are the main uses of these hemostats.

•    They are useful for clamping small blood vessels for hemorrhage control.
•    Surgeons use them to grasp superficial fascia securely while debriding wounds.
•    Surgeons use Mosquito Forceps to grab fine tissues during small wound procedures.
•    The tool is ideal for visualizing and exploring deeper wound areas.
•    Surgeons use hemostats to hold vessels in order to perform cauterization or ligation.
•    Hemostats are useful for the fine dissection of tissues in various surgeries.

Want To Get High-Quality Hemostats?

As mentioned above, there are multiple types of hemostats used during various surgical procedures. All these hemostats have a unique pattern of jaws and ratchet lock systems for securely grasping vessels and tissues during surgical procedures.

You can get these hemostats from GerMedUSA. We provide German stainless steel hemostatic forceps in multiple designs and sizes for the users’ ease. The best thing is that our tools are highly tensile and require minimal maintenance. Moreover, you can also customize surgical tools according to your surgical needs.

FAQs

Do we provide teethed tip forceps?

We provide teethed tip forceps for holding blood vessels and tough tissues firmly without any danger of slippage.

Do we offer rustproof hemostats?

We provide German stainless-steel hemostats that are resistant to rust. Also, it is better to store the instruments in a dry place after sterilization to prevent the interaction of corrosive materials.

Do you need to sterilize the new surgical instrument?

Our surgical instruments are non-sterile, which means they should be sterilized before use in a surgical procedure.