Liston Bone Cutting Forceps

Liston Bone Cutting Forceps · SKU BS 14-895-00 — manufactured to ISO 13485:2016.

Robert Liston was a Scottish surgeon known for the speed of his nineteenth-century amputations — performed before reliable anaesthesia, when speed was the only mercy. His name today attaches to the heavy bone-cutting forceps used during amputation, bone resection, and rib cutting. The Liston bone forceps’ defining feature is the scissor-action heavy jaws with curved or straight cutting edges, often combined with a double-action joint for mechanical advantage. The Stille-Liston variant is particularly heavy, used for cutting large cortical bone. Lengths of 21 cm, 24 cm, and 28 cm are standard. Modern Liston forceps are made from hardened tool-grade stainless for the cutting edges to retain sharpness.

Manufacturing compliance is verified through ISO 13485:2016 certification (the international medical-device quality standard), CE marking under EU MDR 2017/745, and FDA establishment registration. Certificate copies and regulatory documentation are available on request for inclusion in hospital procurement files and EU technical documentation packages. Sterilization validation follows ISO 17665 for steam autoclave at 134 °C.