| 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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Audited Supplier 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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