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Surgical instrument · Cutting & Dissecting

Beaver Knife Handle

Also called Round Handle, Beaver Handle, Beaver Blade Handle, Miniature Blade Handle

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Lengths
3–5⅞ in
Trays
1
Setups
11

A slim, round, knurled handle with a small ball-shaped chuck at the tip. The chuck has a slot for the flat end of a Beaver mini-blade and screws into the handle to clamp the blade tight.

Primary uses

What this instrument is on the table to do.

Holds small Beaver mini-blades for precise cuts in tight spaces or on small structures. Common in eye, ENT, neuro, podiatry and small-bone cases.

Sizes & variants

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3″75 mm4⅛″105 mm5⅞″150 mm

About 3 to 6 in long. Pilling round-shaft handles: #3KM 2-31/32 in (7.5 cm), #3K 4-1/8 in (10.5 cm) and #3KL 6 in (15 cm), with replacement collets sold.

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