Type: | Scalpel |
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Application: | Orthopedic, Abdominal, Neurosurgery, Microsurgery, Anorectal, Urology, Burns |
Material: | Steel |
Feature: | Disposable, Reusable |
Certification: | CE, FDA, ISO13485 |
Group: | Adult |
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Surgical scalpels consist of two parts, a blade and a handle. The handles are often reusable, with the blades being replaceable. In medical applications, each blade is only used once (even if just for a single, small cut).
The handle is also known as a "B.P. handle", named after Charles Russell Bard and Morgan Parker, founders of the Bard-Parker Company. Morgan Parker patented the 2-piece scalpel design in 1915 and Bard-Parker developed a method of cold sterilization that would not dull the blades, as did the heat-based method that was previously used.
The handle of medical scalpels come in two basic types. The first is a flat handle used in the #3 and #4 handles. The #7 handle is more like a long writing pen, rounded at the front and flat at the back. A #4 handle is larger than a #3. Blades are manufactured with a corresponding fitment size so that they fit on only one size handle. The following table of blades is incomplete and some blades listed may work with handles not specified here.
Blade No. | Picture | Compatible Handles | Blade Description | Uses |
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No. 6 | B3, 3, 3 Graduated, 3 Long, 5, 7, 9 | |||
No. 9 | B3, 3, 3 Graduated, 3 Long, 5, 7, 9 | |||
No. 10 | B3, 3, 3 Graduated, 3 Long, 5, 7, 9 | Curved cutting edge with an unsharpened back edge. A more traditional blade shape. | Generally for making incisions in skin and muscle. Commonly used to cut the skin in abdominal operations. | |
No. 10a | B3, 3, 3 Graduated, 3 Long, 5, 7, 9 | This blade is a small and straight | ||
No. 11 | B3, 3, 3 Graduated, 3 Long, 5, 7, 9 | Triangular blade with sharp point, flat cutting edge parallel to the handle and flat back | For precision cutting, stripping, sharp angle cuts and also stencil cutting due to its similarity to the X-Acto artknife blade | |
No. 11P | B3, 3, 3 Graduated, 3 Long, 5, 7, 9 | |||
No. E11 | B3, 3, 3 Graduated, 3 Long, 5, 7, 9 | |||
No. E/11 | B3, 3, 3 Graduated, 3 Long, 5, 7, 9 | Debriding hard skin for example callus by Podiatrists. | ||
No. 12 | B3, 3, 3 Graduated, 3 Long, 5, 7, 9 | A small, pointed, crescent-shaped blade sharpened on the inside edge of the curve | ||
No. 12D | B3, 3, 3 Graduated, 3 Long, 5, 7, 9 | A small, pointed, crescent-shaped blade sharpened on both sides of the curve | ||
No. 13 | B3, 3, 3 Graduated, 3 Long, 5, 7, 9 | |||
No. 14 | B3, 3, 3 Graduated, 3 Long, 5, 7, 9 | |||
No. 15 | B3, 3, 3 Graduated, 3 Long, 5, 7, 9 | A smaller version of the #10 | For the same general use as the #10 blade | |
No. 15A | B3, 3, 3 Graduated, 3 Long, 5, 7, 9 | A front-facing straight blade with flat back | ||
No. 15C | B3, 3, 3 Graduated, 3 Long, 5, 7, 9 | The #15 with a downward angle, flatter and thinner than the #15 | The downward angle makes this the preferred blade for working within the chest during cardiac surgery, and is commonly used to make the distal arteriotomy during coronary artery bypass grafting. | |
No. 15T | B3, 3, 3 Graduated, 3 Long, 5, 7, 9 | Enucleation of lesions such as corns. | ||
No. D/15 | B3, 3, 3 Graduated, 3 Long, 5, 7, 9 | |||
No. 16 | B3, 3, 3 Graduated, 3 Long, 5, 7, 9 | A narrow chisel-like blade with flat, angled cutting edge, positioned higher than the axis of the handle | For cutting stencils, scoring and etching | |
No. 17 | B3, 3, 3 Graduated, 3 Long, 5, 7, 9 | A flat face 1.6 mm chisel blade | For narrow cuts | |
No. 18 | 4, 4 Graduated, 4 Long, 6 | A 12.7 mm chisel blade | For deep cuts and scraping | |
No. 19 | 4, 4 Graduated, 4 Long, 6 | A similar blade to the #15 | ||
No. 20 | 4, 4 Graduated, 4 Long, 6 | A larger version of the #10 blade, with a curved cutting edge and a flat, unsharpened back edge. | Used in general surgery and orthopaedic surgery. | |
No. 21 | 4, 4 Graduated, 4 Long, 6 | |||
No. 22 | 2, 4, 5, 6 | A slightly larger version of the #20, with a curved cutting edge and a flat, unsharpened back edge. | Used for skin incisions in both cardiac and thoracic surgery, and to cut the bronchus in lung resection surgery. | |
No. 22A | 4, 4 Graduated, 4 Long, 6 | |||
No. 23 | 4, 4 Graduated, 4 Long, 6 | Similar to #22, leaf-shaped | For long incisions. | |
No. 24 | 4, 4 Graduated, 4 Long, 6 | A wide, flat, angled cutting edge | For corner cuts, trimming, stripping, and cutting mats and gaskets | |
No. 25 | 4, 4 Graduated, 4 Long, 6 | A front-facing straight blade with flat back (similar to #15a) | ||
No. 25a | 4, 4 Graduated, 4 Long, 6 | A triangular straight blade with flat back edge taking a downwards angle (similar to #10a, shorter than #26) | ||
No. 26 | 4, 4 Graduated, 4 Long, 6 | A triangular straight blade with flat back edge taking a downwards angle (similar to the #15a, longer than #25a) | ||
No. 27 | 4, 4 Graduated, 4 Long, 6 | |||
No. 34 | 4, 4 Graduated, 4 Long, 6 | A triangular blade similar to the #11 | ||
No. 36 | 4, 4 Graduated, 4 Long, 6 | A larger blade | Used in general surgery but also within a Laboratory setting for Histology and Histopathology |
Name: scaple handle
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