HIBBS x =6 mm 240mm 24cm (Ref BS 14-261-01) — supplied from the Fizza Surgical instrument catalogue.

Russell A. Hibbs was an early-twentieth-century American orthopaedic surgeon who pioneered modern spinal fusion. His name attaches to the heavy bone-holding retractor and the spinal periosteal elevator used in modern open spine surgery. The Hibbs retractor is a self-retaining or hand-held instrument with broad curved blades used to expose the lamina and spinous processes during posterior spinal fusion. The Hibbs spinal elevator (chisel-like profile) is used to strip periosteum from the bone surface before fixation. Modern Hibbs instruments remain standard in spine and orthopaedic open-procedure sets, typically made from AISI 420 with hardened cutting edges for the elevator variants.

Every instrument is forged, machined, and finished at the Sialkot facility from German-origin stainless billet — austenitic 304 / 316 grades for non-cutting, mucosal-contact, and hollow-ware lines where corrosion resistance is the priority, martensitic 420 / 440 grades for cutting and edge-retention patterns where heat-treatable hardness matters, and 17-4 PH precipitation-hardened stainless for high-load orthopedic and implant-handling applications. Polishing, passivation, and final inspection are performed in-house under documented quality procedures aligned with ISO 13485:2016.