What is a bipolar forceps?
What is a bipolar forceps?
Bipolar Forceps Product Overview Bipolar Forceps are designed to grasp, manipulate and coagulate selected tissue. The electric current alternates between the two tips, reducing the length of the current’s path and producing a precise, controlled therapeutic effect.
Is a type of bipolar forceps?
There are four different types: straight, angled, bayonet and bent. Avaliable lengths range from 70 mm to 300 mm, with tips from 0.25, 0.3, 0.6, 1.0 and 2.0 mm. All bipolar forceps can be made with other measurements, tip widths, as well as with flat pin or with 2-pin plug.
How do you sterilize bipolar forceps?
The recommended sterilization parameters are as follows: Minimum Exposure Time: Sterilization Method Temp. Wrapped PRE-VACUUM 132°C / 270°F 4 minutes Dry cycle 25 minutes. Do not handle forceps until they are thoroughly cooled.
What is artery forceps?
A hemostat (also called a hemostatic clamp, arterial forceps, or pean after Jules-Émile Péan) is a surgical tool used in many surgical procedures to control bleeding. The locking mechanism is typically a series of interlocking teeth, a few on each handle, that allow the user to adjust the clamping force of the pliers.
What is bipolar diathermy?
In bipolar diathermy, the two electrodes are found on the instrument itself. The bipolar arrangement negates the need for a dispersive electrode, instead a pair of similar sized electrodes are used in tandem. The current is then passed between the electrodes.
How do you identify artery forceps?
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What does a hemostat look like?
Hemostatic Forceps Titanium Ring forceps (also called hemostatic forceps) are hinged and look like ring scissors. Frequently, hemostatic forceps have a locking mechanism called a ratchet, which is used for clamping. The jaws of the locking forceps gradually come together as each increment of the ratchet is employed.
Can bipolar coagulation be reversed?
Often, two or three adjacent sites are coagulated resulting in loss of approximately 2-5 cm of fallopian tube. Bipolar tubal ligation can be reversed by our doctors.
How does bipolar cautery work?
With the bipolar electrosurgical method a bipolar device, often a set of forceps, is used. The electrical current passes from one side of the forcep, through the target tissue to the other side of the forcep, then back to the generator.
What are Yasargil style bayonet bipolar forceps?
Kirwan Surgical Products’ reusable Yasargil style bayonet bipolar forceps are available in three different lengths with four tip sizes. They can be insulated or uninsulated, irrigating or non-irrigating. These forceps are available in stainless steel, NS and AURA non-stick technologies.
What are the different bipolar forceps sizes?
Kirwan Surgical Products’ reusable Cushing bayonet bipolar forceps come insulated and are available in 2.0mm and 0.7mm tip sizes. These forceps can be irrigating or non-irrigating and are offered in stainless steel, titanium, NS and AURA non-stick technologies.
Why choose rereusable titanium bipolar forceps?
Reusable Titanium bipolar forceps are offered in both straight and bayonet styles with multiple lengths and tip sizes. Titanium forceps are lightweight and non-magnetic. They can be used in a variety of bipolar surgical indications to serve the surgeon’s microsurgical bipolar forceps needs.
What types of forceps does Kirwan surgical products offer?
Kirwan Surgical Products also offers Semkin, Cushing and Gerald straight bipolar forceps. These forceps come insulated and uninsulated and are available in stainless steel, NS and AURA non-stick technologies. Kirwan Surgical Products offers a vast assortment of reusable bayonet bipolar forceps in varying styles, lengths, tip sizes, and tip angles.
