A New BB Forceps

A new BB forceps.

Retained intraocular BBs are difficult to remove. According to manufacturers' specifications, BBs have a spherical diameter of 4.5 mm and a copper plate covering a steel core. They have only moderate magnetic properties because of the copper plate cover and they are too large to be grasped by almost all intraocular forceps and, therefore, present a problem when they are retained in the eye afte...

A New Lithotomy Forceps

^ By Suuoeon John O'Neill, M. D., M. Ch., Civil Surgeon, Shahpur. Forty miles distant from the shallt>ur Sadr is the village of Nowshera, approached by a road which in its last twenty miles runs a rough and uneven course over the hilis. Last winter, while inspecting the dispensary there, a man suffering from stone entreated me to afford him relief. He was in a pitiable condition, and could only...

A New Kind of Midwifery Forceps

united, are readily applied to them, and immediately, the operator finds he has the head already firmly fixed in the grasp of the instrument, and that all the difficulty of locking has been avoided. Another important improvement is that the blades are so much more curved, and fit the head so closely, that 110 space is left between them and the presenting part of the head. By this, the difficult...

Letter: New forceps for videolaryngoscopic intubation

New forceps for biopsy of peripheral airways.

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