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The Korean War created blood shortages and in response disposable, sterile syringes were developed for collecting blood. The widespread immunization against polio during the period required the development of a fully disposable syringe system. [14] The 1950s also saw the rise and recognition of cross-contamination from used needles.
Disposable syringe with needle, with parts labelled: plunger, barrel, needle adaptor, needle hub, needle bevel, needle shaft According to the World Health Organization, about 90% of the medical syringes are used to administer drugs, 5% for vaccinations and 5% for other uses such as blood transfusions. [1] A syringe is a simple reciprocating ...
There are many different surgical specialties, some of which require specific kinds of surgical instruments to perform.. General surgery is a specialty focused on the abdomen; the thyroid gland; diseases involving skin, breasts, and various soft tissues; trauma; peripheral vascular disease; hernias; and endoscopic procedures.
A bone saw is used for cutting bones. Sternal saw: for cutting into the chest of the body by cutting the sternum. Toothed forceps: for tearing or holding structures Mallet: used as a hammer: Autopsy hammer: used just as a hammer Skull key: a T-shaped chisel used as a lever while removing skull cap [2] Brain knife: to cleanly cut the brain Rib ...
Higginson's syringe: irrigating the antrum,nasal douching for atrophic rhinitis Ballenger's swivel knife: cutting septal cartilage; SMR operation Nasal foreign body hook: to remove nasal foreign bodies Electric drill: for bone drilling Mollison's self-retaining haemostatic mastoid retractor: used in mastoid surgeries to retract overlying tissues
small curved canula the size of a syringe needle used to introduce fluids or drugs into the nasolacrimal passage to test its patency or during surgery (dacrocystography, dacrocystectomy, dacryocystorhinostomy(DCR), etc. Lang's lacrimal dissector with scoop: for blunt dissections and cleaning during operations like dacryocystorhinostomy: Rougine
Injector pens remove some of the complications of syringes by allowing the pen to be "pushed" against the skin at a 90-degree angle (removing the need to inject at a proper angle as is the case with syringes), as well as by replacing a long, thin plunger of a syringe with a simple button which is depressed and held to inject the dose. [2]
The name is most likely derived from phlebotome: phlebos, Greek for blood vessel and tome, meaning to cut. [2] These instruments are the progression from the early use of fish teeth, sharpened stones, and thorns used to penetrate blood vessels. The earliest known examples are made of bronze with a myrtle-leaf shape to the blade.