Dissection Forceps
Epredia™ Shandon™ Cartilage Straight Thumb Forceps, Straight, Standard, 5 in. (12.7cm)
Choose 5″ (12.7cm) cartilage thumb forceps with straight arms and fine points for quality and precision.
S Murray™ Stainless Steel Watchmaker Forceps
Use these forceps for dissection and manipulating slides and cover glasses. S Murray™ Stainless Steel Watchmaker Forceps are made from high grade stainless steel in accordance to the specifications of ISO 7153-1.
S Murray™ Stainless Steel Treve's Rat Tooth Forceps
Use these forceps for a variety of life science applications. S Murray™ Stainless Steel Treve's Rat Tooth Forceps are ideal for major and minor surgery sets.
S Murray™ Stainless Steel Storkbill Spring Forceps
Use these forceps for a variety of life science applications. S Murray™ Stainless Steel Storkbill Spring Forceps are ideal for major and minor surgery sets.
Epredia™ Kuehne Coverglass Thumb Forceps, 4 in. (10.2cm)
Choose 4″ (10.2cm) Kuehne Coverglass Thumb Forceps, featuring angled tips for quality and precision.
S Murray™ Stainless Steel Spring Forceps
Use these forceps for applications such as major and minor surgery, post mortem, dissecting and dressing sets. S Murray™ Stainless Steel Spring Forceps comply with the requirements of the Medical Devices Directive 93/42/EEC, with full traceability maintained throughout the manufacturing process.
Thermo Scientific™ PTFE Tweezers-Forceps
Totally inert and non-contaminating
Epredia™ Shandon™ Broad Point Dressing Thumb Forceps, Fine serrated tip, premium, 5.5 in. (14.0cm)
Select a fine serrated tip ranging in size from 4.5 to 12 in. (11.4 to 30.5cm) on the Shandon™ Broad Point Dressing Thumb Forceps.
S Murray™ Stainless Steel Specimen Forceps
Use these forceps for a variety of applications. S Murray™ Stainless Steel Specimen Forceps are fully guaranteed in normal use and subject to stringent quality inspection procedures.
Stainless Steel Blunt End Spring Forceps
Use these forceps for a variety of life science applications. S Murray™ Stainless Steel Blunt End Spring Forceps are fully guaranteed in normal use and subject to stringent quality inspection procedures.
Epredia™ Coverglass Thumb Forceps, 4.75 in. (12.1cm)
Choose 4.75″ (12.1cm) coverglass thumb forceps for quality and precision.
Epredia™ Shandon™ Microdissecting Extra Fine Tip Thumb Forceps, Extra Fine Tips, curved, 4.5 in. (11.4cm)
Choose 4.5″ (11.4cm) microdissecting extra fine tip thumb forceps with extra fine tips and curved arms for quality and precision.
Bochem™ Stainless Steel 1:2 Tissue Forceps
Used for dissection
Epredia™ Shandon™ Tube Occluding Clamp Hemostatic Forceps, 4.5 in. (11.4cm)
Epredia™ Shandon Tube Occluding Clamp Hemostatic Forceps are available in premium and standard grades.
S Murray™ Stainless Steel Featherweight Spring Forceps
Use these forceps for general laboratory applications. S Murray™ Stainless Steel Featherweight Spring Forceps are suitable for theatre, ward, veterinary, dental and chiropody use.
Epredia™ Shandon™ Cartilage Curved Thumb Forceps, Curved, Fine Point, standard, 5 in. (12.7cm)
Choose 5″ (12.7cm) cartilage thumb forceps with curved arms and fine points for quality and precision.
Glass Filled Nylon Samco Spring Forceps
Use these forceps for a variety of applications. S Murray™ Glass Filled Nylon Samco Spring Forceps are fully guaranteed in normal use and subject to stringent quality inspection procedures.
Epredia™ Shandon™ Tissue Thumb Forceps, 2 x 3 Teeth
Available in premium and standard grades
Dissecting Set
Use this dissecting kit for a variety of applications. Dissecting Sets are suitable for theatre, ward, veterinary, dental and chiropody use.
Epredia™ Shandon™ Halstead’s Hemostatic Mosquito Curved Forceps, Curved, standard, 5 in. (12.7cm)
Choose 5″ (12.7cm) curved Halstead' s Hemostatic Mosquito Curved Forceps for quality and precision.
S Murray™ Stainless Steel Entomological Spring Forceps
Use these forceps for a variety of applications. S Murray™ Stainless Steel Entomological Spring Forceps are fully guaranteed in normal use and subject to stringent quality inspection procedures.
Dissecting forceps, or dissection forceps are important tools that are typically used in labs and clinical environments. They are made from steel or nylon and the tips, or end styles include straight or curved, blunt, rat tooth, flat or fine pointed.
What are forceps used for?
There are different styles of forceps to suit many applications where grasping or handling tissues and specimens is required, such as surgery, post mortem, veterinary and dental labs as well as dissection of tissue samples and also general lab use including manipulating smaller objects such as cover slips (cover glasses, cover slides) onto microscope slides. They can also be used in manufacturing processes where accuracy and precision tasks are carried out.
- Spring forceps include Storkbill and Featherweight designs. Used for a variety of applications such as surgery, post mortem, dissecting etc., and a variety of life science applications.
- Thumb forceps can be straight or curved and have fine points. They are used when quality and precision are required. Extra fine tip thumb forceps are used for micro dissection tasks.
- Entomology forceps are used for a variety of applications, while rat tooth designs are ideal for major and minor surgery applications.
- Locking hemostatic, scissor handle forceps are also referred to as clamps and are used to securely hold tissue and control blood flow.
- Complete dissection sets (kits) are also available and will include other tools such as scalpels, scissors and dissecting needles. These are ideal for lab use and teaching environments.