What Are the Different Kinds of Orthopedic Surgical Instruments?

Orthopaedic devices generally refer to professional medical devices used specifically for orthopedic surgery. According to the classification of the State Food and Drug Administration, they are often divided into: first class; second class and third class. According to the use and performance, it is mainly divided into orthopedic knives, orthopedic scissors, orthopedic forceps, orthopedic hooks, orthopedic needles, orthopedic scrapers, orthopedic cones, orthopedic drills, orthopedic saws, orthopedic chisels, orthopedic File / shovel, orthopaedic active instrument, etc.

Chinese name: Orthopedic instrument

Foreign name: Orthopaedic Instruments
Category Name: medical instruments

Orthopedic instrument orthopedic knife

Osteotomy knife
It usually consists of a blade and a handle. The distal end has a hard, sharp, single-edged cutting blade with the handle at its proximal end. Generally made of stainless steel. Used to cut and cut bones. Common bone cutters, osteotomes, truncated knives, meniscus knives, tibial cutters, tibial cutters, and cutting knives.
Orthopedic endoscope knife
It is usually composed of a head, a rod and a handle. The head is a blade, which is transmitted and controlled by the handle. The head is generally made of stainless steel. Operated under the endoscope during surgery, it is used in orthopedic minimally invasive surgery to remove and dissect the diseased tissue. For example, disc reamer, arthroscopy scalpel.
Reaming knife
Generally made of stainless steel. The utility model is composed of a reamer rod and a clamping handle or a cutter head with a reaming cutting edge, which is used for reaming an intervertebral disc and reaming or reaming in orthopedic surgery, reconstruction and enlargement of a medullary cavity. Common medullary cavity reamer, bone reamer, pressurized screw reamer.
Plaster cutting knife
Plaster knives usually consist of a blade and a handle. The distal end of the blade can take a variety of different shapes, usually round. Generally made of stainless steel. For cutting plaster and bandages ^[1] .

Osteotome

Orthopedic instrument orthopedic scissors

Orthopedic endoscope scissors
It is usually composed of a head, a rod or a flexible catheter and a handle. The head is a pair of blades with blades, which are transmitted and controlled by the handle. Generally the head is made of stainless steel. Operated endoscopically during surgery to cut tissue. Common surgical scissors for arthroscopy.
Bone and tissue scissors
It usually consists of a pair of blades connected in the middle, with a blade at the head. Generally made of stainless steel. Used to cut bones, ligaments, or tissue. Common scissors are bone scissors, bite scissors, double joint bite scissors, double joint spinous process bone scissors, knee ligament surgical scissors.
Implant or plaster scissors
It usually consists of a pair of blades connected in the middle, with a blade at the head. Generally made of stainless steel. For cutting implants or plaster. Commonly used are wire scissors, bench wire scissors, steel needle scissors, titanium cage scissors, titanium mesh scissors, plaster scissors.

Orthopedic instrument orthopedic forceps

Orthopedic endoscope forceps
It usually consists of a head, a rod or a flexible catheter and a handle. The head is a pair of blades with forceps beaks, which are transmitted and controlled by the handle. The head is generally made of stainless steel. Operated endoscopically during surgery to clamp tissue or instruments. Common arthroscopy surgical forceps, meniscus basket forceps.
Clamping / resetting forceps
It usually consists of pliers handle, pliers head and gill shaft screws. The inner surface of the pliers head is usually provided with teeth, and a locking device can be set between the pliers handles. Generally made of stainless steel. Operated endoscopically during surgery to clamp tissue or vertebral bodies. Common bone clamps, three-jaw bone clamps, nail clamps, wrenches, rod clamps, hook clamps, needle clamps, screw clamps, reduction clamps, patella clamps, three-jaw reduction clamps, Pelvic reduction forceps, percutaneous reduction forceps, tackle joint forceps, rotating rod forceps, removal forceps, holding forceps.
Bone forceps
It is usually composed of pliers handle, pliers head, spring leaf and gill shaft screws. The types can be single joint, double joint, and skull. The single-joint rongeur can be divided into straight and angle (front) curved type, and the double-joint rongeur has straight, angle (front) curved and spinous process type. The head is generally made of stainless steel. Used to bite dead bone or repair bone stump. Commonly used are laminar rongeurs, vertebral rongeurs, cervical vertebrae rongeurs, cervical double-joint osteotomy pliers, elbow flat-bone spinous process pliers, gun-shaped rongeurs, rongeurs, single joint rongeurs Double joint rongeur, joint rotator, joint rongeur.
Tissue forceps
It usually consists of pliers handle, pliers head, spring leaf and gill shaft screws. The head is generally made of stainless steel. Used to bite away tissue or polyps during orthopedic surgery. Commonly have knee polyps forceps, tendon forceps knee polyps forceps, tendon forceps, nucleus pulposus forceps.
Open pliers
The handle is sturdy, and the head is thinner. Its styles are straight and curved. There are many sizes. The traction blade is located at the working end. The shaft transmits the force required by traction through a single or double pivot. Generally made of stainless steel. Used in orthopedic surgery to open the vertebral body, tissue or implant. Common orthopedic spreaders, vertebral spreaders, orthopedic spreaders, spinal spreaders, femoral spreaders, cervical spreaders, vertebral spreaders, pelvic spreaders, intervertebral spreaders , Posterior spine spreader, cone plate spreader.
Compression clamp
It usually consists of left and right pliers handle, spring leaf and rack, single or double joint. Generally made of stainless steel. It is used for compression and fixation of metal hooks, nails during spinal surgery or compression between vertebral bodies during spinal surgery. Common compression pliers and pressure pliers.
Implant shaping forceps
It is usually composed of a handle and a jaw connected by single or double connecting shafts. It has straight or curved handles and is available in various sizes. Generally made of stainless steel or hard alloy. It is used for cutting, bending and ligation during orthopedic surgery. Common bone pliers, wire pliers, steel plate bending pliers, wire ligating pliers, cutting pliers, shear pliers, curved rod pliers, steel needle pliers, bending pliers, broken rod pliers.
Hot bending forceps are used to heat and bend plastic bone bonding materials (such as bone plates) during orthopedic surgery. It is usually composed of power supply, thermostat, heating tube, medical silicone tube, stainless steel clip, etc. ^[1] .

Orthopedic instrument orthopedic hook

Pull hook
It usually consists of a head and a handle, with a hooked head. Generally made of stainless steel. It is used to expose the surgical field in orthopedic surgery, to make the operation easy, and to protect the tissue from accidental damage; or to peel, stretch or block the nerve root in orthopedic surgery. Common bone hooks, unilateral laminar hooks, lower limb amputation hooks, meniscus hooks, cervical spine hooks, laminar hooks, curved hooks, abdominal S hooks, hip joint hooks, knee joint hooks, scapula hooks, orthopedic nerve root hook , (Intervertebral) Nerve root hooks, nerve pulls for spinal surgery, nerve block hooks for spinal surgery.
Retractor
It is usually a hook-shaped structure in various forms (such as blunt, sharp, windowed, deep), manual operation, self-locking surgical instruments. Generally made of stainless steel. Used in orthopedic surgery to expose the surgical field, make the operation easy, and protect the tissue from accidental damage. Common bone retractors, hand retractors, multidirectional retractors, two-way retractors, adjustable retractors, minimally invasive retractors, tibial retractors, and joint minimally invasive retractors , Posterior cranial retractor, and so on.
Bone hook
It usually consists of a hook and a handle. The head of the hook is generally made of stainless steel. Used in orthopedic surgery to lift bones ^[1] .

Orthopedic instrument orthopedic needle

Probe
Spinal probes are used to determine the presence of vertebral cortical perforations. It usually consists of a probe with a sensor at the tip and a handle with a circuit. By measuring and analyzing the resistance of different tissues, the contact between the probe tip and soft tissue is detected and fed back.
The surgical probe for arthroscopy is operated under an endoscope during surgery, and is used for tissue exploration and sampling. It usually consists of a head, a rod or a flexible catheter and a handle. The head is needle-shaped, and the work of the head is transmitted and controlled through the operation of the handle. The head is generally made of stainless steel.
Bone probes are used to detect direction and depth in orthopedic surgery. It usually consists of a head and a handle. There are straight, curved and angled types. Generally made of stainless steel.
Pull needle
Bone traction needles are usually composed of head, needle body and tail, which can be divided into two types: threaded and polished rod. Generally made of stainless steel or titanium alloy materials. For traction, positioning or fixation during fracture surgery.
Positioning guide pin
It usually consists of a head, a needle, and a tail. It can be divided into two types: threaded and polished. Generally made of stainless steel or titanium alloy materials. For guiding, guiding or positioning during orthopedic surgery. Commonly used are screw guide pins, pressurized screw guide pins, bone guide pins, bone positioning pins, drill guide pins, and positioning pins.
Fixed pin
It is usually made of a metal rod with a sharp tip. Generally made of metal materials. It is used to fix trial models or other instruments in joint replacement surgery. Common are fixed pins and try pin.
Perforated needle
It usually consists of a handle, a tapered rod and a tapered head. Generally made of stainless steel, hard aluminum or polyethylene. Used for perforating or threading in non-spine surgery. Commonly used are orthopedic perforating needles and orthopedic threading devices.
Cutting needle
It usually consists of a head and a handle. According to different handles, the types can be divided into round bar pattern crochet hooks, hexagonal bar crochet hooks, and flat handle crochet hooks. Used for cutting soft tissue in orthopedic surgery. For example, crochet needles for orthopedics ^[1] .

Bone traction needle

Orthopedic instrument orthopedic scraping

Orthopedic endoscope with curette
Arthroscopic surgical curettes are usually composed of a head, a rod or a flexible catheter and a handle. The head is spoon-shaped. The handle is transmitted and controlled by the handle. The head is generally made of stainless steel. Operated endoscopically during surgery, it is used for orthopedic minimally invasive surgery to scrape the diseased tissue.
Curette
It usually consists of a head and a handle. It has a handle at the proximal end and a spoon-shaped concave tip with a sharp edge at the distal end. It can also be double-ended. Generally made of stainless steel. It is used to scrape lesions, scars in the sinus tract, granulation tissue, dead bone or pathological tissue in the bone cavity and potential cavity. Common curettes, bone curettes, hollow bone curettes, straight cup bone curettes, laminar curettes, cervical curettes, curettes for vertebroplasty, endplate curettes, vertebral curettes, scrapers Etc. ^[1] .

Bone curette

Orthopedic instrument orthopedic cone

Bone cone for intervention
It usually consists of a guide pin, a hollow drill with a handle, and a working channel. The metal part is generally made of stainless steel, and the handle is generally made of engineering plastic. It is used for drilling holes in minimally invasive orthopedic interventional surgery (percutaneous vertebroplasty, kyphoplasty, etc.) to establish working channels. For example, bone cones for minimally invasive orthopedic interventions.
Opening cone
It usually consists of a head and a handle, and the head has a cut-off design. The head is generally made of stainless steel. Used in bone surgery to make holes in bones. Common bone cones, open cones, hand cones.
Tapping taper
It usually consists of a blade and a shank. The blade is generally made of stainless steel, and the handle is generally made of stainless steel, aluminum and other materials. Used in orthopedic surgery to tap threaded holes in bones. Common taps, taps, taps for bone, taps for bone ^[1] .