Dental instruments Mathieu Needle Holder Hole Tip
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Sizes TGI publishes 14cm Printed on TGI's own catalogue photograph of this article.
Also printed on the photograph Hole Tip Printed on TGI's own catalogue photograph of this article.
Also called Needle Driver · Needle Holding Forceps
Uses a plier-style spring handle that closes in the hand rather than finger rings, with a ratchet that catches at successive positions so it can be closed and released one-handed.
A needle holder (needle driver) is a locking, forceps-shaped instrument built to grip a suturing needle without letting it twist. It resembles a haemostatic forceps but has shorter, heavier jaws and a box-lock joint with a ratcheted ring handle that keeps the jaws clamped shut until the ratchet is released. The jaw face is cross-hatched (serrated) for grip, and is made plain or with a tungsten-carbide insert let into the jaw face for a harder bite. Named patterns differ mainly in jaw and shank shape: Mayo-Hegar has short, straight, heavy jaws; Crile-Wood has narrower, tapered jaws; Olsen-Hegar has a scissor blade built into the shank behind the jaw; Derf and Halsey are lighter, shorter patterns, with Halsey's jaw face smooth rather than serrated.
Minimum order 200 instruments The minimum for dental instruments. Mixed orders are quoted against your list.
Lead time Instruments ~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 colour is a second choice, made on top of the line. Coloured 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
- box-lock joint with ratcheted ring handles; spring-and-catch handle on spring-type patterns (e.g. Baumgartner)
- jaw face cross-hatched/serrated for grip; tungsten-carbide jaw insert offered as an option on most patterns
- Olsen-Hegar pattern has a scissor blade built into the shank behind the jaw
- Halsey pattern jaw face is smooth (non-serrated), unlike most other patterns
- straight jaw tip is standard; some patterns also made with a curved tip
- available in plain stainless and tungsten-carbide-insert versions
Patterns Mayo-Hegar · Crile-Wood · Olsen-Hegar · Derf · Halsey · Baumgartner · Mathieu · Ryder · Castroviejo
The standard sizes this kind of instrument is made in
125 mm (5 in) · 140 mm (5 1/2 in) · 150 mm (6 in) · 180 mm (7 in) · 200 mm (8 in) · 230 mm (9 in) · 254 mm (10 in) · 280 mm (11 in) · 305 mm (12 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 needle holder as an article. 70 other articles in this catalogue 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.
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 sterilisation 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.
Customised 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 sterilisation 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.
