Bowlby Tracheal Dilating Forceps, 14cm Single Use
Single use, sterile 14cm Bowlby tracheal dilating forceps made from surgical stainless steel, used in ENT procedures to dilate tracheostomy tracks for daily hospital and clinic use.
The Bowlby Tracheal Dilating Forceps, also known as Trousseau Bowlby forceps, measure 14cm and are used within ENT procedures specifically to dilate tracheostomy tracks, helping create and maintain the opening needed for a tracheostomy tube. They are manufactured from medical grade surgical stainless steel, giving the instrument the strength and rigidity needed to dilate tissue reliably during the procedure.
Unlike a reusable instrument, these forceps are supplied for single use and packed individually in sterile packs that are easy to open at the point of use, so the clinician has a ready sterile instrument without a separate sterilisation step beforehand. Being single use is presented as a lower cost alternative to reprocessing reusable tracheal dilating forceps, while also protecting patients against cross infection risks that can come with reused instruments if reprocessing is not perfectly consistent.
Because they arrive individually packed and sterile, they suit emergency and routine tracheostomy procedures where a dependable, ready to use instrument is needed without delay. ENT surgeons and emergency airway teams use forceps like this specifically for tracheostomy track dilation.
