Sklar Merit Bruns Plaster Shears, 9-1/2 in

Plaster shears are heavy duty cutting instruments designed to cut through the thickness of a plaster cast, with a blunted lower blade shaped to slide beneath the cast material without pressing into the skin as the cut is made. This Sklar Merit Bruns version measures 9-1/2 inches, a length that gives the strength and leverage needed to cut through firm, set plaster material in a controlled, steady motion.

Instruments of this kind are used in orthopedic clinics, casting rooms and emergency departments by nurses, orthopedic technicians and physicians wherever a cast needs to be opened, adjusted or removed without a powered cast saw. Because plaster shears work by mechanical cutting rather than vibration, they are sometimes chosen over an oscillating saw for patients who find the noise or sensation of a powered saw uncomfortable.

It should be cleaned and sterilised between patients following standard clinical instrument reprocessing protocols.