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SWANN MORTON SCALPEL BLADES
Description
• The No.11 is an elongated triangular blade sharpened along the hypotenuse edge and with a strong pointed tip making it ideal for stab incisions. Used in various procedures such as the creation of incisions for chest drains, opening coronary arteries, opening the aorta and removing calcifications in the aortic or mitral valves. The No.11 blades fit Handles 3, 3L, 3 Graduated, 5B, 7, 9, B3 and B3L
• The No.12 is a small, pointed, crescent shaped blade sharpened along the inside edge of the curve. It is sometimes utilised as a suture cutter but also for arteriotomies (surgical incision of an artery), parotid surgeries (facial salivary glands), mucosal cuts on a septoplasty (repair of nasal septum) and during cleft palate procedures, ureterolithotomies (calculus removal by incision of the ureter) and pyelolithotomies (surgical incision of the renal pelvis of a kidney for the removal of a kidney stone - also known as a pelviolithotomy). The No.12 fits Handles 3, 3L, 3 Graduated, 5B, 7, 9, B3 and B3L
• The No.15 blade has a small curved cutting edge and is the most popular blade shape ideal for making short and precise incisions. It is utilised in a variety of surgical procedures including the excision of a skin lesion or recurrent sebaceous cyst and for opening coronary arteries. The No.15 fits Handles 3, 3L, 3 Graduated, 5B, 7, 9, B3 and B3L
• The No.22 is a large version of the No.10 blade with a curved cutting edge and a flat, unsharpened back edge. Used for skin incisions in both cardiac and thoracic surgrey and to cut the bronchus in lung resection surgery. Larger than the No.20 and No.21 the No.22 fits handles 4, 4L, 4 Graduated & 6B
• Carbon steel blades
Delivery Times (with all items in stock):
Sydney/Brisbane/Melbourne: 1-2 business days
Hardware / Bulky Deliveries:
To be organised once purchased
