HAEMOSTATIC FORCEPS
The function of haemostatic or artery forceps is to stop or prevent bleeding.
They look very much like scissors and incorporate a rachet lock on springy steel handles and crushing jaws instead of cutting blades.
Identification points
• The tips have serrations with or without teeth to provide a firm grip.
• There is also a locking device; this allows the vessels is held others can be dealt with.
• The handles have rings to accommodate the fingers.
• The tissue is grasped between the jaw tips.
ARTERY FORCEPS
Artery forceps are primarily for holding open ends of bleeding blood vessels.
The varieties are as follows:
• Spencer – Well’s artery forceps.
• Crile artery forceps
• Dunhill artery forceps
• Rochester – Ochsner artery forceps
• Kocher artery forceps
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