Surgical instruments

Ligature Scissors

Web referenceTGI-C-8F6988C3Quote this to us. It identifies this page, not a factory part number.

Sizes TGI publishes10 1/4" Printed on TGI's own catalogue photograph of this article.

Also printed on the photographcurved · serrated blades · blunt tips Printed on TGI's own catalogue photograph of this article.

Also called stitch scissors · suture scissors

Ligature scissors are a small scissors pattern built to cut a ligature or suture strand close to its knot without disturbing the tie or catching the tissue beneath it. One blade is commonly blunt or lightly hooked at the tip so it can be slid under the thread before the blades close, rather than a pointed tip that could catch on the knot or the tissue around it. The blades are short relative to the handle length, which gives a controlled, short cutting stroke suited to trimming a single strand rather than cutting through tissue.

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).

Ligature Scissors, surgical instruments, TGI's own catalog photograph
TGI's own catalogue photograph of this article.

How it is built

  • Short blades relative to overall handle length, for a controlled trim rather than a tissue-cutting stroke
  • One blade is commonly blunt or lightly hooked at the tip, to slide under the ligature before closing
  • Box-joint construction with finger-ring handles, matching other fine surgical scissors
  • Fine point suited to a single strand of ligature/suture material rather than bulk tissue

PatternsSpencer

The standard sizes this kind of instrument is made in

90 mm (9 cm) · 105 mm (10.5 cm) · 130 mm (13 cm)

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

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.