Device Category Dossier

Scissors, general-purpose

Device Category Dossier for Scissors, general-purpose. Australian ARTG records, sponsors, device class — compiled by arcimedes.

Scissors comprise two pivoted blades usually provided with finger and thumb holes in the handles and are operated by closing the blades on the material to be cut. These instruments are used for cutting and segregation of tissues and cutting of sutures during ophthalmic procedures.