ENT instruments
Lillie Ear Hook
Web referenceTGI-C-331F35FFQuote this to us. It identifies this page, not a factory part number.
Sizes TGI publishes7" · 1.0mm ball tip Printed on TGI's own catalogue photograph of this article.
Also printed on the photographangled 90° Printed on TGI's own catalogue photograph of this article.
Also called Aural hook · Cerumen hook · Wax hook
The working end carries a small ball formed at the tip rather than the plain blunt point of the Day pattern, and some lengths add a second bend beyond the base right angle.
A one-piece ENT hand instrument. A slim stainless steel shank, knurled or flattened at the middle where it is held, runs to a working end bent through about 90 degrees to form a small hook with a rounded, blunt tip. Everything about it is finer than a general-surgery hook: the shank is thin and the hook itself is measured in millimeters, so the trade lists both the overall length and the tip size. On a catalog page it sits beside two articles it is easy to confuse with - the ear curette, which ends in a cup or a wire loop, and the ear probe, which ends in a plain rounded point. The right-angle bend is what identifies the hook.
Minimum order300 instrumentsThe minimum for ENT instruments. Mixed orders are quoted against your list.
Lead timeInstruments ~2-3 weeks · full sets ~4-6 weeks after advance.
Quality control
The inspection step is set by the line you order.
- Economy line
- sample: visual + dimensional
- Clinical line
- sample + boil test
- Premium line
- tighter sample + hardness test
- Executive line
- 100% inspection + laser mark
Finish A color is a second choice, made on top of the line. Colored finishes on request, on any instrument, in addition to the steel line. Evidenced: black · gold · rose gold · blue · rainbow (anodised titanium).
How it is built
- One piece: no joint, no lock, no moving part
- Working end bent about 90 degrees; tip normally blunt and rounded
- Tip size graded in millimeters and listed separately from overall length
- Knurled or flattened central grip section
- Some patterns double-ended, with a hook at one end and a curette or loop at the other
- Stainless steel, matte or mirror finish; non-sterile, autoclavable
- Distinct from an ear curette (cup or wire loop end) and an ear probe (plain point)
PatternsDay
The sizes this named pattern is made in
1mm ball tip · 1.5mm ball tip · 2.0mm ball tip
These are the sizes published for this named pattern specifically, rather than the wider range its kind of instrument is made in. They are not a stock list. Tell us the size you need and we will quote against it.
The standard sizes this kind of instrument is made in
Day ear hook, 90 degrees, blunt tip: 165 mm (6 1/2 in) overall · Day ear hook tip sizes: 1.5 mm, 2.0 mm, 2.5 mm
These are the sizes the pattern is manufactured in across the trade. They are not a stock list. Tell us the size you need and we will quote against it.
This describes the ear hook as an article. 1 other article in this catalog shares it: the sentence above is what separates this one. This describes the article. The steel, the finish and the inspection step are set by the line you order.
Material and quality
| Line | Steel | Origin | Finish | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Economy line | AISI 410 | Pakistani or Taiwanese | satin, passivated | sample: visual + dimensional |
| Clinical line | AISI 420 | Pakistani or German | satin, passivated | sample + boil test |
| Premium line | AISI 420-440C | German or Japanese | fine polish, passivated | tighter sample + hardness test |
| Executive line | AISI 440C | German or Japanese | mirror polish, passivated | 100% inspection + laser mark |
This is the steel each line is made from as standard. A different origin can be supplied on request (a lower grade in Japanese steel, for example), agreed on your order.
Premium is the line where the choice is yours: 420 or 440C, agreed on your order. Economy is always 410 and Executive is always 440C. Those three are the instrument steels. Hollowware and sterilization containers are made in AISI 202 on a Clinical order and AISI 304 on a Premium or Executive one, and they are not offered in the Economy line at all, which is the section above.
True of every order
Instruments are marked to the buyer's requirement (TGI, unmarked, or the buyer's own brand), agreed on the order.
Customized packaging is part of what TGI supplies. Your own printed boxes, your labels, your brand on the pack, or plain export packing, whichever your market needs. The packing for your order is agreed with you and confirmed on the order.
Manufactured under the quality management system covered by TGI's ISO 9001:2015 and ISO 13485:2016 certificates. Certificate numbers and the issuer's registry are on the certification page. Open the certificates
Every batch of steel is ordered to a specified grade and arrives with the mill's own certificate, which identifies the mill and states the grade. TGI checks the material at the factory against its own requirement before it goes into production. That check is TGI's own inspection, not an independent laboratory test.
TGI manufactures in its own factory in Sialkot and also supplies articles made by contracted partner workshops, to TGI's specification. Which applies to a given article is confirmed on your order.
One-year guarantee on Premium and Executive tier instruments, hollowware and sterilization containers: any technical manufacturing defect, including material faults and rust, is replaced free of charge. Damage from handling or accidents is not covered. The year runs from the day the goods leave Sialkot.
If something is wrong with a delivery (a manufacturing defect, or a short or wrong article), tell us on WhatsApp within 7 days of delivery, with a video and photographs of what arrived. Replacement instruments are sent free of charge and dispatched within 24 hours of us seeing them; you pay the shipping, and they reach you as a normal order does.
Damage that happened after the goods left Sialkot is a claim against your carrier. The video of your parcel at the shipping office is sent to you before shipment and is the evidence that claim needs.
