Speculums
Medical Speculums: Types, Sizes and How to Choose
Graves vs Pederson, Vienna nasal patterns, eye and anal speculums: types, sizes and the reusable vs disposable decision, from a 100+ pattern catalog.
October 26, 2026
Blog
Electrotherapy & Accessories
TENS Units: How to Choose Electrotherapy Equipment for Your Clinic
What a TENS unit does, how TENS differs from NMES, and the specifications that separate clinical electrotherapy equipment from drugstore devices.
October 26, 2026
Forceps
14 Types of Surgical Forceps and Their Uses
From Adson tissue forceps to DeBakey vascular patterns: the 14 surgical forceps types every facility buyer should know, what each does and how to stock them.
October 26, 2026
Bone Saws
Bone Saws: Gigli, Satterlee and Amputation Saw Buying Guide
Gigli wire saws, Satterlee and Charriere amputation saws and fine bone saws: which pattern fits which setting, sizing guidance and maintenance that extends blade life.
October 19, 2026
Bandage Scissors
Bandage Scissors and Trauma Shears: A Buying Guide
Lister and Knowles bandage scissors, trauma and utility shears: sizes, patterns, stocking rules and the buying mistakes that cost facilities the most.
October 19, 2026
Curved Operating Scissors
12 Types of Surgical Scissors and Their Uses
From Mayo and Metzenbaum to bandage scissors and trauma shears: the 12 surgical scissors patterns every facility should know, what each is for and how to choose.
October 19, 2026
Self-Retaining Retractors
Surgical Retractors: Types, Uses and How to Choose
Ask a surgical tech which instrument category has the most patterns on the shelf and the answer is usually retractors. Exposure is the quiet half of every operation: before anything can be cut, clamped or sutured, something has to hold the field open, and surgeons have spent a century designing retractors for every anatomy and
October 12, 2026
Obstetrical Forceps
12 Essential Gynecological Instruments and Their Uses
Every OB/GYN practice, women’s health clinic and hospital labor and delivery unit runs on a core set of instruments that has changed remarkably little in decades, because the designs work. What has changed is how practices buy them: more outpatient procedures, more disposable-versus-reusable decisions and tighter budgets mean the person ordering gynecological instruments is often
October 12, 2026
Needle Holders
Needle Drivers and Needle Holders: A Surgical Buying Guide
Few instruments pass through a surgeon’s hand more often than the needle driver. Every suture thrown in an operating room, emergency department or clinic procedure room depends on a needle holder that grips the needle securely, releases it cleanly and does both the same way thousands of times. Because they work so hard, needle drivers
October 12, 2026
Portable Sink w/ Stainless Steel Top
Custom Stainless Steel Sinks for Medical Facilities: A Buying Guide
Scrub sinks, portable handwashing stations and custom stainless steel fabrication: where custom sinks make sense and how to specify grade, gauge, bowls and mounting.
October 5, 2026