Hemostat

A hemostat, also called hemostat is a medical instrument for short-term grasping and holding a severed blood vessels, the primary hemostasis or prior to the intended ligature, for example during an operation.

The terminals have at first sight a certain similarity with surgical scissors, and also how they kept cutting surfaces but instead have two quergeriefte mouths with detent. They are usually made of stainless steel.

There are a variety of modifications or developments of hemostats, which are often named after their inventor or developer, such as

• The Péan - terminal ( blunt and serrated on the leaf end ) by Jules Émile Péan
• The Halsted William Stewart Halsted by terminal ( straight or curved, without teeth, also called mosquito forceps ) or
• The Mikulicz clamp according to Johann von Mikulicz.
• The "rescue terminal". This is a Pean - clamp the handle part comprises a ring and a hook, instead of the two rings. The hook serves to attach the infusion bags or bottles, which can be attached to the terminal of the above patients. Conversely, one can things which can not be readily hang (eg on a ring, rod, etc.), with the clamp hold and use the hook as a "hanger ".

There are also hemostats, which are named after their type of application area, such as stomach or intestinal clamp terminal.

Not to the arterial clamps counts the towel clip that is perfect for mounting surgical drapes on the patient.