Small-Animal Retractors and Curettes
Selectable small-animal hooks, retractors, micro curettes, and micro spatula options for surgical exposure, tissue presentation, skeletal access, field opening, scraping, separating, and tray completion, with sharp and ball-tip hooks, Colibri and V-shape retractors, atraumatic blade and tooth-paw retractors, 1.5 mm to 3.5 mm stainless steel or titanium curettes, and a 1.2 mm micro spatula.
Louise Corscadden, PhD
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Overview
The Small-Animal Retractors and Curettes page gives small-animal surgery labs one selection surface for exposure, retraction, curettage, scraping, separating, and fine-access support tools. The family includes sharp hooks, blunt-tip and ball-tip hooks, ovarian hooks, Colibri retractors, compact V-shape retractors, atraumatic blade retractors, tooth-paw retractors, titanium and stainless steel micro curettes, and a micro spatula.
The selection value is matching exposure geometry to the surgical field. Hook variants cover 12 cm to 16 cm tools with sharp, blunt, ball-tip, and 8 mm tip-width options. Retractor variants cover 2 cm to 8 cm total lengths and 5 mm to 50 mm maximum spread, including wire-steel, V-shape, atraumatic blade, blunt-tooth, and sharp-tooth paw profiles. Curette variants cover titanium or stainless steel materials with 1.5 mm, 2.5 mm, and 3.5 mm tip diameters, while the micro spatula adds a 1.2 mm wide, 0.3 mm thick tip for fine separation or transfer tasks.
Scientific Use
Small-animal retractors and curettes support surgical exposure and tissue presentation in spinal, orthopedic, cardiovascular, reproductive, cranial-window, perfusion, and general survival surgery stations. They are especially useful when the procedure needs a compact self-retaining retractor, controlled field opening, gentle atraumatic blade exposure, toothed retraction, fine scraping, or a narrow spatula for delicate separation.
Pair this page with fine tweezers, hemostatic forceps, needle holders, wound closure supplies, bone instruments, magnification, anesthesia, warming, and sterile preparation selected around the procedure. For a broader purchase, use the procedure-specific kit pages and add these variants as replenishment, replacement, or tray-specialization tools.
Buying Fit
Choose this page when the purchase is specifically a hook, retractor, curette, or spatula rather than a full surgical kit. The selectable family keeps exposure tools, tooth and blade retractors, and fine scraping/separation tools in one URL so procurement can match the working depth, spread, paw profile, material, and tip geometry to the intended field.
Features & Benefits
Configuration
- Sharp hook, pattern A, 12 cm
- Sharp hook, pattern B, 12 cm
- Hook, 8 mm tip width, 13 cm
- Hook, two prolonged blunt tips, 6 mm tip width, 16 cm
- Hook, two prolonged ball tips, 7.5 mm tip width, 16 cm
- Ovarian hook, single ball tip, 16 cm
- Colibri retractor, wire-steel paw, 15 mm maximum spread, 4 cm
- Colibri retractor, titanium, V-shape paw, 13 mm maximum spread, 2 cm
- Retractor, stainless steel, V-shape paw, 25 mm maximum spread, 3 cm
- Retractor, titanium, V-shape paw, 25 mm maximum spread, 3 cm
- Retractor, V-shape paw, 6 mm maximum spread, 2 cm
- Retractor, atraumatic blades, 30 mm maximum spread, 5.5 cm
- Retractor, 1x1 blunt teeth paw, 10 mm maximum spread, 2 cm
- Retractor, 3x3 sharp teeth paw, 5 mm maximum spread, 2 cm
- Retractor, 2x2 blunt teeth paw, 10 mm maximum spread, 2 cm
- Retractor, 3x3 sharp teeth paw, 18 mm maximum spread, 3 cm
- Retractor, atraumatic blades, 25 mm maximum spread, 8 cm
- Retractor, wire-steel paw, 40 mm maximum spread, 8 cm
- Retractor, 3x3 blunt teeth paw, 20 mm maximum spread, 8 cm
- Retractor, atraumatic blades, 50 mm maximum spread, 7.5 cm
- Micro curette, stainless steel, 1.5 mm tip diameter, 11 cm
- Micro curette, stainless steel, 2.5 mm tip diameter, 11 cm
- Micro curette, stainless steel, 3.5 mm tip diameter, 11 cm
- Micro curette, titanium, 1.5 mm tip diameter, 11 cm
- Micro curette, titanium, 2.5 mm tip diameter, 11 cm
- Micro curette, titanium, 3.5 mm tip diameter, 11 cm
- Micro spatula, 1.2 mm tip width, 0.3 mm tip thickness, 12.5 cm
Instrument groups
- Hooks, Colibri retractors, V-shape retractors, atraumatic blade retractors, tooth-paw retractors, micro curettes, and micro spatula
Hook range
- Sharp, 8 mm width, two prolonged blunt tips, two prolonged ball tips, and ovarian single-ball hook options; 12 cm to 16 cm
Retractor spread
- 5 mm to 50 mm maximum spread; 2 cm to 8 cm total length depending on selected configuration
Paw and tip profiles
- Wire-steel, V-shape, atraumatic blades, 1x1 blunt teeth, 2x2 blunt teeth, 3x3 sharp teeth, and 3x3 blunt teeth
Curette and spatula tips
- Titanium or stainless steel curettes with 1.5 mm, 2.5 mm, or 3.5 mm tip diameters; micro spatula with 1.2 mm x 0.3 mm tip
Use fit
- Surgical exposure, tissue presentation, field opening, scraping, separation, and tray completion
Practical Tips
Include the target species and procedure context in the quote request.
Why: Mouse and rat small-animal surgical exposure, retraction, curettage, scraping, separation, and tray completion workflows may require different handling scale and support components.
Review anesthesia and animal-support equipment alongside the surgical kit.
Why: Surgical instruments are only one part of a reproducible small-animal procedure setup.
Treat exact kit contents as quote-confirmed rather than fixed from the preview page.
Why: This keeps the public listing accurate while allowing the final configuration to match the lab workflow.
Setup Guide
What’s in the Box
- 1 x selected small-animal hook, retractor, micro curette, or micro spatula configuration
- Configuration selected by hook tip, paw shape, maximum spread, material, total length, curette tip diameter, or spatula tip geometry where applicable
Warranty
Support, replacement, and fulfillment terms are confirmed with the final quote and institutional purchasing requirements.
Compliance
Which Small-Animal Retractors and Curettes configurations are available?
The page includes sharp hooks, blunt-tip hooks, ball-tip hooks, ovarian hooks, Colibri retractors, V-shape retractors, atraumatic blade retractors, blunt-tooth and sharp-tooth retractors, titanium and stainless steel micro curettes, and a micro spatula.
When should I choose a hook versus a retractor?
Choose a hook when the workflow needs focused tissue presentation or a narrow access point. Choose a retractor when the field needs a maintained spread, defined paw profile, or self-retaining exposure.
What does maximum spread mean for the retractor options?
Maximum spread is the specified opening range for the selected retractor. The family covers compact 5 mm and 6 mm choices through broader 40 mm and 50 mm options, so labs can match spread to the operative field.
When are micro curettes useful?
Micro curettes are useful for fine scraping, cleaning, separating, and access work where the 1.5 mm, 2.5 mm, or 3.5 mm tip diameter is the main selection point.
How should these be paired with other surgical instruments?
Pair exposure tools with fine tweezers, hemostatic forceps, scissors, handles and blades, bone instruments, wound closure supplies, magnification, anesthesia, warming, and sterile preparation selected around the procedure.
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