Surgical instruments
Lockhart-Mummery fistula probe
Web referenceTGI-C-D241ADABQuote this to us. It identifies this page, not a factory part number.
Also printed on the photographretrograde curved Printed on TGI's own catalogue photograph of this article.
Also called Lockhart-Mummery fistula probe
A single curved shaft ending in one blunt tip only, with no second working end and no hook, unlike the double-ended Barr pattern or the hooked Pratt pattern.
A fistula probe is a slim, one-piece hand instrument used to trace the course of a fistula tract or sinus in colorectal and anorectal surgery, without a cutting edge. Unlike a grooved director, it carries no lengthwise groove for guiding a blade. The articles sold under this heading are named, fixed-pattern probes: each curve or hook shape is a separate catalog item rather than one probe the surgeon bends by hand to shape. The Lockhart-Mummery pattern has a flat oval finger-plate handle and is supplied straight, curved at about 45 degrees, or with a retrograde (hooked) tip. The Pratt pattern ends in a small blunt hook, cataloged as a crypt hook, for working in the anal crypts. The Barr pattern is double-ended, with a curved, blunt tip at each end.
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
- One piece, no joint, hinge or moving part
- Each curve is a separate catalog pattern (straight, angled, or hooked), not one probe bent by hand to shape
- Working tip is blunt: a small hook (Pratt crypt hook) or a blunt tapered/rounded point (Lockhart-Mummery)
- Lockhart-Mummery pattern: flat oval finger-plate handle, tip straight, 45 degree curved, or retrograde (hooked)
- Barr pattern: double-ended, a curved blunt tip at each end
- Pratt pattern: single narrow crypt hook at the working end
- Stainless steel; supplied non-sterile, reusable
The standard sizes this kind of instrument is made in
Lockhart-Mummery fistula probe: 165 mm (6 1/2 inch), published in straight, 45 degree curved and retrograde (hooked) versions · Pratt fistula probe: 8 1/4 inch (about 21 cm), narrow crypt hook · Barr fistula probe: double-ended, curved tip at each end, published at 6 inch by one catalog and at 7 inch (17.5 cm) by others
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 fistula probe 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
| 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.
