Name: Auvard weighted vaginal speculum Alias: weighted speculum Category: retracting Use: retracting the vaginal floor Length: 24 cm Additional Information: 2.75" 1.5" or 3 " 1.5" blades; 2.5 lb
Name: DeLee bladder retractor Alias: bladder blade Category: retracting Use: retracting the bladder during cesarean section Length: 9.25" Additional Information: manual retractor; also available with blade offset to left or right
Name: Simpson delivery forceps Alias: Simpson obstetrical forceps Category: grasping Use: forceps delivery of an infant Length: 12" or 14" Additional Information: forceps come in two parts; hand to surgeon as two separate pieces
Name: Sims retractor Alias: Sims double-ended vaginal speculum Category: retracting Use: retracting vaginal wall Length: n/a Additional Information: double ended; blade width and length may vary ( available in size 1, 2, or 3)
Name: Graves vaginal speculum Alias: duckbill speculum Category: retracting Use: retracting anterior and posterior vaginal walls Length: n/a Additional width: small (75 mm 20 mm), medium (100 mm 30 mm), or large (115 mm 35 mm ); also available with angled blade (45 degrees)
Name: Hegar dilators Alias: none Category: dilating Use: dilating cervical os Length: 7.5" Additional Information: double ended ; hollow; numbered ( 0.75 Fr to 0.94 Fr); align on your back table by diameter, from smallest to largest
Name: Hank dilators Alias: none Category: dilating Use: dilating cervical os Length: 10" Additional Information: double ended; solid ; round “stop” on each end; numbered (0.90 Fr to 0.94 Fr); align on back table by diameter, from smallest to largest
Name: Heaney hysterectomy forceps Alias: none Category: clamping Use: occluding heavy tissue Length: 8.25" Additional Information: longitudinal serrations ; single- or doubletoothed blade ; straight or curved blades
Name: Braun tenaculum Alias: tenaculum ; Schoeder Category: grasping Use: grasping cervix; applying traction to uterus Length: 9.5" or 10" Additional Information: single or double toothed ; straight or curved
Name: Barrett tenaculum Alias: Barrett uterine tenaculum Category: grasping Use: grasping cervix Length: 7" Additional Information: looks like a shorter version of the Braun tenaculum
Name: Hulka tenaculum with sound Alias: none Category: grasping Use: measuring cervix/uterus ( sound); grasping cervix ( tanaculum ) Length: 11.5" Additional Information: combines uterine sound and single-tooth tanaculum
Name: Sims uterine sound Alias: none Category: probing and dilating Use: measuring depth of intrauterine cavity Length: 13.5" Additional Information: graduated in centimeters ; malleable
Name: Thomas curette Alias: blunt curette Category: cutting Use: scraping endocervical and endometrial linings Length: 11" Additional Information: sizes 1 to 6; blunt , looped blades
Name: Kevorkian- Younge endocervical biopsy curette Alias: endocervical curette Category: cutting Use: obtaining endometrial or cervical tissue samples Length: 12" Additional Information: available with or without a basket tip