Kilner Skin Retractor Blunt

Pattern: Kilner
Length: 15.9 cm
Instrument Type: Retractor
Blade Type: Curved Prongs & flat blade
Prongs: 3 prongs
Tip Type: Blunt prongs
Handle: Flat shaft
Material: Stainless Steel
Alias Names: Catspaw Retractor, Cat-Paw retractor, Senn-Miller retractor, Senn retractor, Senn-Dingman retractor
Surgical Instrument: Hospitime Kilner Skin Retractor is a handheld, double-ended retractor used to retract primarily surface tissue during general surgeries when sensitive tissue needs to be retracted or pulled back. It is also being utilized in dermatology surgeries to hold or position the skin, tracheotomy procedures. The prongs are utilized to puncture the trachea and pull it upwards. It is frequently utilized in plastic surgery, small bone and joint techniques, or thyroidectomy and dissection of neck tissue. This instrument has a straight and flat handle shaft with a flat blade that curves at a right angle towards the handle one side and, at the inverse end, facing the opposite direction has three prongs to be utilized as the retractor. The prongs may be sharp or blunt. The overall length is 6¼ inches.