SURGICAL

KMedic Product Information
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Main function:
Where used mostly:
Scissors
Sharps
Forgings from stainless steel
Silk matte satin finish
To cut and dissect tissue
To cut sutures, clothing, bandages
All surgery
Important product features:
Useful hints in usage:
Scissors come in a tremendous variety of styles and sizes.
They come in straight, curved and angular versions. When
opened as wide as possible, well-made scissors will have a
lot of play at the hinge. This is not a sign of malfunction but
a required design feature. Some scissors have serrated
blades. Serrations can also be added to most patterns by
special order. Some doctors prefer the serrated blades
because they believe it helps prevent tissue slippage.
The curved patterns are preferred by most surgeons
for dissecting, since they provide a better field of vision
for the areas to be cut. Straight scissors are used when a
straight cut is desired, such as in sutures, nerves, vessels.
Scissors are also used to spread and probe the area of
incision. The smaller sizes are used at the surface, the larger
sizes deeper in the cavities. Dedicate the different types for
their specific purpose⎯for example, using fine dissecting
scissors to cut suture can ruin the cutting edge.
Special care instructions:
To maintain scissors in peak operating condition, they must
be sharpened regularly.
Other comments:
The most popular model of suture and wire cutting scissors
is KM 35-068. The most popular model of bandage scissors
is KM 31-692.
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