Australia - English - Department of Health (Therapeutic Goods Administration)

instrumed - 35345 - spatula, surgical, lung - a surgical instrument, usually made of stainless steel, which is used to manipulate pulmonary tissue, surfaces or vessels. the instrument comprises a handle proximally and a flat blade, with no sharp edge, at the distal tip. while progressing from the handle to the distal tip the shaft or the blade may be straight, curved or turn at various angles.

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instrumed - 62466 - soft-tissue surgical forceps, tweezers-like, reusable - a hand-held manual surgical instrument designed to facilitate grasping and manipulation of soft-tissues. it has a tweezers-like design (may be a micro/fine instrument) with two blades joined at the proximal (non-working) end with variously designed tips at the working end. it is made of high-grade stainless steel, available in various sizes, and may have carbide inserts at the working end. it is not an electrosurgical device and not dedicated to ophthalmic surgery. this is a reusable device intended to be sterilized prior to use.

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instrumed - 15676 - snare, ear/nose/throat - a surgical instrument typically consisting of a channel, or cannula, and two stationary and one sliding finger rings used during ear/nose/throat (ent) surgery. a snare positions and tightens a loop of flexible wire around a region of tissue in the ear/nose/throat region. by moving the sliding finger ring relative to the others, the finger rings control how much wire extends out of the channel. it is an instrument typically used for enucleation.

Australia - English - Department of Health (Therapeutic Goods Administration)

instrumed - 35335 - separator, dura mater - a device used to separate the outermost membrane covering of the brain and spinal cord from the inner membranes.

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instrumed - 32602 - scissors, umbilical cord - a surgical instrument used to cut the umbilical cord after birth. it comprises two pivoted blades usually provided with finger and thumb holes in the handles. the distal end of the blades may be various shapes.

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instrumed - 16520 - scissors, tonsil - a surgical instrument used to cut the tonsil tissue. it comprises two pivoted blades usually provided with finger and thumb holes in the handles. the distal end of the blades may be different shapes.

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instrumed - 36235 - drill handpiece, surgical, manually-operated - a device that consists of a manually driven handpiece that includes a chuck for attaching/using drills, bone taps, or wires. the device is used in cutting, sculpting, and drilling bone during operative procedures. the device may be referred to as a brace and bit; it may be cannulated to allow for use of a guidewire.

Australia - English - Department of Health (Therapeutic Goods Administration)

instrumed - 11267 - dilator, vaginal - an instrument used for insertion into the vagina. the device will have a rounded distal end to ease insertion.

Australia - English - Department of Health (Therapeutic Goods Administration)

instrumed - 11262 - dilator, rectal - a surgical instrument designed to dilate the anal sphincter and canal when the size of the anal opening may interfere with its function or the passage of an examining instrument.

Australia - English - Department of Health (Therapeutic Goods Administration)

instrumed - 11260 - dilator, nasal - a device, typically a surgical instrument, consisting of a slender hollow or solid body made of metal, plastic or other suitable material in a cylindrical form and a variety of sizes and flexibilities that is intended to be used to dilate nasal structures/passages.