Operating Room - equipments

• Mayo Curve - Used to cut the ligatures or other suture material
• Mayo Straight - Used for cutting ligatures, sutures and supplies.
• Metzenbaum - Used to cut delicate tissues
• Scalpel - used to to cut and separate tissues
• Mosquito Forcep -Used to clamp small blood vessels (may be straight or curved).
• Kelly Curved and Straight - Used to clamp larger vessels and tissue
• Allis Forcep - Used to grasp tissue.
• Babcock - Used to grasp delicate tissue (i.e. Intestine,Fallopian tube, Ovary)
• Kocher - Used to grasp heavy tissue
• Towel Clip - Used to hold towels and drapes.
• Needle Holder - Used to hold needle while suturing.
• Richardson - Used to retract deep abdominal or chest incision.
• Army Navy - Used to retract shallow or superficial incisions.
• Self-Retaining -Used to retract wound edges during deep abdominal

  procedures.
• Malleable/Ribbon - Used to retract deep wounds.
• Mayo Table - where all instruments are placed
• Deaver Retractor - Used to retract abdominal or chest incision.