General-purpose surgical scissors, single-use

Intended purpose

A sterile hand-held manual surgical instrument designed to cut body tissues, sutures, and materials associated with surgery in various clinical settings. It comprises two pivoted blades that are usually provided with a finger and thumb ring-handle and which cut with a shearing action (i.e., the blades cut as the sharpened edges pass one another as they are closed). It is typically made of high-grade stainless steel, polymer or a combination of both and is available in various designs and sizes; the blades may have different shapes. Some types can have carbide inserts along the cutting edges. This is a single-use device.