Surgical instruments
Landenbeck Retractor
Web referenceTGI-C-3007047FQuote this to us. It identifies this page, not a factory part number.
Sizes TGI publishes9" Printed on TGI's own catalogue photograph of this article.
Also printed on the photograph30X10 · 40X10 · 43X13 Printed on TGI's own catalogue photograph of this article.
Also called Langenbeck retractor
A single blade fixed at a right angle to one end of a solid handle, made as a series of separate instruments by blade width, rather than the two differently sized blades carried on the two ends of one handle in a Roux retractor.
A hand-held retractor is a retractor with no self-retaining mechanism: it holds a position only for as long as it is held there, unlike a self-retaining retractor, whose ratchet, screw or frame keeps a wound open by itself once locked. The term covers a whole class of one-piece forged patterns rather than a single article, Deaver, Richardson, Richardson-Eastmann, Army-Navy and ribbon (malleable) are named examples of it, each built as a handle at one or both ends with a blade bent away from the handle at a pattern-specific angle and depth. Blade form varies across the class: flat and rigid, flat and malleable so it can be hand-bent to a set curve (a ribbon retractor), fenestrated, or edged with blunt or sharp rake teeth. What separates one named pattern from the next in a catalog is the blade's width, depth, curve and edge, since none of them carries a lock by definition.
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).
How it is built
- Class term for retractors without any ratchet, screw or self-retaining frame, a plain one-piece instrument
- Single- or double-ended; a double-ended pattern carries a different blade width or shape at each end
- Blade forms seen across the class: flat rigid, flat malleable/ribbon (hand-bent to shape), fenestrated, or rake-toothed
- Blade set at an angle to the handle; the angle and depth are pattern-specific (e.g., Deaver, Richardson, Army-Navy)
- No joint, box-lock or ratchet of any kind
- Stainless steel; blade width and overall length vary by named pattern within the class
PatternsDeaver · Richardson · Richardson-Eastmann · Army-Navy · Ribbon (malleable)
The standard sizes this kind of instrument is made in
215 mm (8 1/2 in), Army-Navy pattern, double-ended · 222 mm (8 3/4 in): Volkmann pattern, large, 3 or 6 prong
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 hand-held retractor as an article. 2 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.
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.
