Surgical instruments
Richardson Retractor
Web referenceTGI-C-E86CF205Quote this to us. It identifies this page, not a factory part number.
Sizes TGI publishes195 x115 · 14 3/8" Printed on TGI's own catalogue photograph of this article.
Also printed on the photograph195 x115 · Flex Printed on TGI's own catalogue photograph of this article.
A right-angle blade on a 9-1/2" overall length, offered in three handle styles (loop, lamb, grip) and blade depths up to 2-1/2": the general-purpose pattern the Kelly is sized against.
An abdominal retractor is a retractor built in the blade sizes and frame forms of open abdominal work. Three different builds carry the name: hand-held retractors, which are one solid blade on a handle with no joint and no lock (Deaver, Richardson, Harrington, Kelly); self-retaining frame retractors, which hold their own spread on a rack, screw or ratcheted cross-bar (Balfour, Gosset, Kirschner); and table-mounted systems, where a clamp fixes to the operating table rail and blades hang from a bar or ring on separate blade clamps. On the table-mounted systems the parts are cataloged and ordered separately (table clamp, post, horizontal bar, vertical extension, tilt joint, ratchet and blade clamp), and the blades are interchangeable across them. Blade width and blade depth are published separately from the overall length or frame spread, because those are the dimensions that fix the pattern.
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
- Hand-held type: blade and handle in one piece, no joint, no lock
- Self-retaining type: rack-and-pinion, screw or ratcheted cross-bar holds the spread
- Balfour pattern: two lateral blades on a spreading frame plus a removable center (saddle) blade
- Blades made solid and fenestrated (wire or fence form), graded by width and depth
- Table-mounted systems are modular, rail clamp, post, bar, tilt joint, ratchet and blade clamps are separate articles
- Blades made interchangeable and, on several patterns, snap-on or detachable
- Stainless steel throughout
PatternsBalfour · Balfour-Baby · Gosset · Kirschner · Collin · Deaver · Richardson · Harrington · Kelly · Doyen · Meyerding · Gelpi · Scoville
The sizes this named pattern is made in
9-1/2" (24.0 cm), blade widths 3/4"-1-5/8" x depths 1"-2-1/2"
These are the sizes published for this named pattern specifically, rather than the wider range its kind of instrument is made in. They are not a stock list. Tell us the size you need and we will quote against it.
The standard sizes this kind of instrument is made in
Balfour complete retractor 200 mm (7 7/8 in), jaw depth 63 mm, jaw width 30 mm · Balfour made in 180 mm, 200 mm and 250 mm frame sizes · Balfour 180 mm size: side blades 63 x 35 mm, center blade 45 x 80 mm · Balfour 200 mm size: side blades 100 x 35 mm, center blade 60 x 60 mm · Balfour detachable: wire lateral snap-on blades in pairs of 64 mm (2 1/2 in) and 88 mm (3 1/2 in), with one center blade · Balfour-Baby: fixed fenestrated side blades 25 x 25 mm (1 x 1 in), maximum spread 89 mm (3 1/2 in) · Gosset lateral blades 25 x 64 mm (1 x 2 1/2 in), maximum spread 140 mm (5 1/2 in) · Gosset made in 125 mm, 160 mm and 185 mm · Kirschner frames 270 mm and 380 mm; interchangeable blades 55 x 40 mm and 65 x 50 mm · Deaver blade widths 25 mm to 100 mm (1 in to 4 in); one listing at 19 mm blade x 180 mm length · Richardson 240 mm (9 1/2 in) with blades 28 x 20 mm, 36 x 28 mm and 44 x 38 mm · Richardson blade widths 3/4 in, 1 in, 1 1/4 in, 1 1/2 in, 1 3/4 in, 1 7/8 in
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 abdominal retractor as an article. 18 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.
