Designation:F921−10(Reapproved2011)StandardTerminologyRelatingtoHemostaticForceps1ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationF921;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(´)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.1.Scope1.1Thisterminologycoversbasictermsandconsiderationsforthecomponentsofhemostaticforceps.Instrumentsinthisterminologyarelimitedtothosefabricatedfromstainlesssteelandforgeneralsurgicalprocedures.SeeFig.1andFig.2.2.ReferencedDocuments2.1ASTMStandards:2F899SpecificationforWroughtStainlessSteelsforSurgicalInstruments2.2ISOStandard:ISO7151InstrumentsforSurgery—HemostaticForceps—GeneralRequirements33.TerminologyDefinitionsofHemostaticForcepsboxlock—thejunctionwherethefemalememberandthemalememberaresecured,formingthepivotingfeature.distalend—theworkingend,comprisedoftwojaws,thatisfurthestfromthesurgeonwheninuse.femalemember—thecomponentthataccommodatesandenclosesthemalememberattheboxlockjunction.fingerrings—thefeatureofboththefemaleandthemalemembersthatformsthegrippingsurfaceforthesurgeon(commonlyclassifiedasthering-handledfeatureinISO7151).hemostaticforceps—aninstrument,availableinvarioussizesandconfigurations,usedinsurgicalproceduresforthecompressionofbloodvesselsandthegraspingoftissue.jaws—partsthatcontainserrationstointerrupttheflowofbloodthroughanyvessel.malemember—thecomponentthatisinsertedthroughthefemalememberandsecuredtothefemalememberattheboxlockjunction.proximalend—thatportionoftheinstrumentthatisclosesttothesurgeonwheninuse.ratchets—theportionofboththefemaleandmalemembersattheproximalendpossessinginclinedteethandthatformthelockingmechanism.serrationsorteeth—thegrippingorclampingsurfacesofthejawsorratchets.shank—thepartofeitherthefemaleorthemalememberthatyieldsconfiguration,length,andleverage.DefinitionsofPhysicalPropertiesofHemostaticForcepschamfer—thebroken...
