11/12/2025
🔪 Surgical Blades & Their Uses 🩺
Each blade has a specific purpose in surgery — from precise skin incisions to abdominal operations. Knowing your blade means ensuring accuracy, safety, and efficiency in every procedure!
🔹Blade 22: Abdominal incision
🔹Blade 15: Minor surgical procedures
🔹Blade 12: Suture removal
🔹Blade 11: Arteriotomy, abscess drainage
🔹Blade 10: Skin incision
Fun Fact: Morgan Parker, a 22 year old engineer at the time, patented a locking scalpel handle and blade system in 1915 to replace what previously were often single-piece instruments without a replaceable blade.