Surgical instruments
Luer Koerte Scoops
Web referenceTGI-C-08166C40Quote this to us. It identifies this page, not a factory part number.
Sizes TGI publishes2.8mm · 3.4mm · 5.5mm · 6.7mm · 8.0mm · 11.0mm · 15.0mm · 12 3/4" Printed on TGI's own catalogue photograph of this article.
Also printed on the photographMalleable Shaft Printed on TGI's own catalogue photograph of this article.
Also called Common Duct Scoop
Blunt oval scoop on a malleable shaft that can be bent during the operation to follow the bile duct; supplied in a graded range of tip sizes.
A scoop-tipped instrument passed into the bile duct or gallbladder to lift or sweep a stone out, used where the stone is awkward to hold between forceps jaws. The tip is an open spoon shape rather than a hinged jaw, so unlike gallstone forceps it carries no lock or ratchet; some patterns carry a different scoop size on each end of a single handle.
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
- Single fixed shaft, no hinge, no lock
- Tip form: shallow open scoop with a plain, rounded, unsharpened edge
- Malleable shaft on most patterns so it can be bent to the duct's curve
- Double-ended patterns carry two different scoop sizes, one on each end of one handle
- Sizes graded both by overall length and by scoop width
PatternsDesjardin's pattern · Ferguson pattern · Mayo pattern · Luer-Koerte pattern
The standard sizes this kind of instrument is made in
239 mm overall, 10.3 mm scoop width (Ferguson pattern) · 278 mm overall, 20 mm scoop length (Mayo pattern) · 300 mm (11 3/4 in) flexible shaft, 6-9 mm scoop (Desjardin's pattern) · 325 mm (12 3/4 in) overall, 8 mm scoop width (Luer-Koerte pattern) · 215 mm / 220 mm / 235 mm overall with 10x20 mm / 11x23 mm / 12x25 mm scoop (small / medium / large, double-ended set)
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 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.
