Sklar Merit Baumgartner Needle Holder, 5-1/4 in

The Baumgartner needle holder has a distinctive spring loaded handle design rather than the traditional ring handle, letting the surgeon open and close the jaws with a squeeze and release motion that some find faster and less fatiguing during repeated suturing. This Sklar Merit version measures 5-1/4 inches, is straight, and carries cross-serrated jaws that grip the needle firmly and resist rotation as it passes through tissue.

Needle holders of this type are used across general, plastic and ophthalmic-adjacent procedures wherever manual suturing calls for quick, repeated needle placement, and the spring handle style is often favoured for fine or rapid closure work. Because the mechanism differs from a standard ratcheted needle holder, staff should be familiar with its release action before using it in a time sensitive part of a procedure.

It should be cleaned and sterilised between uses following standard surgical instrument reprocessing protocols.