Surgical instruments

Collin Atraumatic Grasping Forceps

Web referenceTGI-C-21B8358FQuote this to us. It identifies this page, not a factory part number.

Sizes TGI publishes7 1/2" · 15.0mm wide wide Printed on TGI's own catalogue photograph of this article.

Also printed on the photographStraight · Atraumatic Printed on TGI's own catalogue photograph of this article.

Also called Lung Grasper

Broad jaws set with light 2×3 atraumatic serrations instead of teeth, unlike the toothed ring-handled jaws of the Hoen pattern or the narrow port-width shaft of a VATS node grasper.

Lung grasping forceps is a long, ring-handled grasping instrument with a wide, ring-shaped or triangular jaw rather than a narrow point, spreading the gripping surface over a broad area instead of concentrating it at a tip. The jaw face is finely serrated or cross-hatched, and the jaw is usually fenestrated, an open window cut through the ring, which keeps the tip lighter while the contact surface stays wide. The jaws close through a box-lock joint onto a spring or ratchet handle. On one common pattern the jaw is set at an angle to the shaft rather than in line with it, which is how that pattern is told apart from a straight tissue forceps of similar length. Overall lengths in the pattern run from about 19 cm to 33 cm, ordered together with jaw width.

Minimum order300 instrumentsThe minimum for surgical 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).

Collin Atraumatic Grasping Forceps, surgical instruments, TGI's own catalog photograph
TGI's own catalogue photograph of this article.

How it is built

  • Box-lock joint; spring handle on shorter lengths, ratchet handle on the longer/curved pattern
  • Jaw shape: wide ring or triangular, usually fenestrated (open window through the ring)
  • Jaw face finely serrated or cross-hatched for grip
  • Straight-in-line jaw on some patterns, jaw angled to the side of the shaft on others
  • Ordered by jaw width (mm) and overall length

PatternsLovelace · Duval-Collins · Duval triangular ring-jaw (curved shaft, ratchet)

The standard sizes this kind of instrument is made in

190 mm (7 1/2 in) overall, jaw 25.0 mm wide, Lovelace, jaw angled to side · 190 mm (7 1/2 in) overall, jaw 15.0 mm wide, Duval-Collins · 210 mm (8 1/4 in) overall, jaw 20.0 mm wide, Duval-Collins · 230 mm (9 in) overall, jaw 25.0 mm wide, Duval-Collins · 305 mm (12 in) overall, jaw 30.0 mm wide, Duval-Collins · 330 mm (13 in) overall, jaw 14.0 mm or 20.0 mm wide, curved shaft with ratchet, Duval triangular ring-jaw pattern

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 lung grasping forceps as an article. 5 other articles in this catalog share 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.

Other versions

The same instrument in another figure, finish, size, color or case, each at its own address with its photograph.

Material and quality

LineSteelOriginFinishInspection
Economy lineAISI 410Pakistani or Taiwanesesatin, passivatedsample: visual + dimensional
Clinical lineAISI 420Pakistani or Germansatin, passivatedsample + boil test
Premium lineAISI 420-440CGerman or Japanesefine polish, passivatedtighter sample + hardness test
Executive lineAISI 440CGerman or Japanesemirror polish, passivated100% 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.

The five grades, side by side, and what each one is for

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.