Disposable Sterile Carbon Steel Blade Surgical Scalpel

with its curved cutting edge is one of the more traditional blade shapes and is used generally for making small incisions in skin and muscles . The No.10 is often utilized in more specialized surgeries such as harvesting the artery during a coronary artery bypass operation, opening the bronchus during thoracic surgery and for Inguinal hernia repair.

Surgical Blade No.11

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.

Surgical Blade No.12

a small, pointed, crescent shaped blade sharpened along the inside edge of the curve. It is sometimes utilized 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 ).

Surgical Blade No.12D

(sometimes referred to as the 12B in the USA), is a double edged No. 12 blade sharpened along both sides of the crescent shaped curve. It is used extensively within dental surgery techniques.

Surgical Blade No.14

mostly used in aesthetic procedures that help to rejuvenate the skin's top layers through a method of controlled surgical scraping.

Surgical Blade No.15

With 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.

Surgical Blade No.15C

with a longer cutting edge than the traditional No.15 blade. Mostly used by dentists carrying out periodontal procedures.

Surgical Blade No.20

a large version of the No.10 blade with a curved cutting edge and an unsharpened back edge. Used for orthopaedic and general surgical procedures.

Surgical Blade No.21

a large version of the No.10 blade with a curved cutting edge and an unsharpened back edge. Larger than the No.20 but smaller than the No.22.

Surgical Blade No.22

a large version of the No.10 blade with a curved cutting edge and an 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.

Surgical Blade No.23

With a flat, unsharpened back edge and a curved cutting edge. Used mostly for making long incisions such as an upper midline incision of the abdomen during the repair of a perforated gastric ulcer.

Surgical Blade No.24

slightly larger than the No.23 blade and is more semi circular in shape. Used for making long incisions in general surgery and also in autopsy procedures.

Surgical Blade No.36

a large blade mostly used in general surgery but also in histology procedures.