List of eponymous medical devices
Some medical devices are named after persons.
| Letter | Device | Name | Specialty | Description | External link (if no internal link) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | Adson's forceps | Alfred Washington Adson | General use | Tissue forceps | Adson-Graefe forceps at Who Named It? |
| A | Allis clamp | Oscar Huntington Allis | General use | Soft tissue clamp | Allis' tweezers or clamp at Who Named It? |
| A | Arruga forceps | Hermenegildo Arruga | Ophthalmology | Forceps used for intracapsular removal of cataracts | Arruga forceps at Who Named It? |
| A | Asch's septum forceps | Morris Joseph Asch | Otolaryngology | Forceps used to reduce deviated nasal septum | Corry J. Kucik, LT, MC, USN; Timothy Clenney, CDR, MC, USN, and James Phelan, CDR, MC, USN, Naval Hospital Jacksonville, Jacksonville, Florida (2004-10-01). "Management of Acute Nasal Fractures". Am Fam Physician 70 (7): 1315–1320. Retrieved 2011-01-22. Cite uses deprecated parameter |coauthors= (help) |
| A | Auvard's speculum | Pierre-Victor-Adolphe Auvard | Gynaecology | vaginal speculum | |
| L | Luer Taper, Luer lock | Hermann Wülfing Luer | General | Fitting to ensure leak-free connection in medical fluid administration systems |
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