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X INTRODUCTION NEEDLE HOLDER SCISSORS INTRODUCTION XI

INTRODUCTION NEEDLE HOLDERS Stainless Steel & Titanium INTRODUCTION

Stainless Steel & Titanium
SCISSORS

INSTRUMENT SPECIFICATIONS

JAWS INSTRUMENT SPECIFICATIONS
TIPS
Wexler’s spring handled Needle Wexler Scissors can be found in the
Holders are available in various following shapes: Straight, Curved
lengths and tip styles. The Barraquer & Angled.
and Micro Needle Holders have fine
tapered jaws while the Jacobson
and Castroviejo Needle Holders have
slightly wider jaws for holding larger
Delicate (8-0 & smaller suture) Micro (6-0 & smaller suture) needles. Wexler’s unique Needle Straight Curved Angled
Holder/Scissors (two instruments
incorporated into one) may be used as Sharp tips are typically used in
a Needle Holder for suturing and then delicate dissections, while the blunt
as scissors to cut the suture. tips are characteristically used for
gross dissections.
1 2 3 4 5 2+ 2+B
Short (7-0 & smaller suture) Heavy (3-0 & smaller suture) Sharp Blunt
Needle Holders contain a Tungsten
Carbide Insert or are coated with TIP STYLES
Tungsten Carbide. The inserts & the Here are some of our
coating reduce the chance of the Scissor tip styles.
needle slipping.

TC-Inserts TC-Coated
The Standard Box Lock is milled and
then finished to create a smooth Ultra Micro Fine Micro Fine Vannas Angled Tenotomy
Needle Holder jaw.

The Spiral-Line Box Lock is uniquely SL0719.1F-170 SL0719.1 SL0785.1F SL0785.1 SL0719.1F SL3022.1 SL0734.1
twisted to reduce the possibility of
Standard Box Lock Spiral-Line Box Lock snagging the suture.

LOCKS Flat Blunt Curved Strongly Curved Fully Curved Bead Tip
Wexler offers a
standard Lock & BLADES
a J-Lock system,
unique for its Blade edges come with a standard edge
ability to be turned or a Razor Edge. Razor Edge sissors
to a non-locking feature a unique cutting edge designed
position. to produce a clean cut with minimal
w/out Lock w/Lock w/J-Lock ® (locking position) w/J-Lock ® (non-locking position) effort and are identified by black chrome
handles.
Castroviejo & Jacobson Castroviejo & Jacobson
Suture Size Chart Needle Holders can be found by : Standard Razor Edge
(recommended)
Delicate . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-0 & smaller Length Micro Potts Scissor Blade Lengths Chart
Micro . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-0 & smaller Castroviejo . . . . . . . . . . .114-132 Micro Fine . . . . . . . . . 8mm blades
Micro Short . . . . . . . . . 7-0 & smaller Jacobson . . . . . . . . . . . .140-159 Short / Fine . . . . . . . . 13mm blades
Tip Size
TC Inserted Micro . . . . 5-0 & smaller Castroviejo . . . . . . . . . . .114-132
Spiral Line . . . . . . . . . . 5-0 & smaller Jacobson . . . . . . . . . . . .140-159 Sharp / Fine . . . . . . . . 17mm blades
Heavy . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-0 & smaller Bead Tip . . . . . . . . . . 17mm blades

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