General surgeryDissection and grasping
Ring forceps (Foerster)
Long forceps with a ring tip, toothed or toothless. Commonly known as "sponge forceps" or "Foster".
How it is used
Holding gauze or swabs for field antisepsis; tissue traction; also used to extract gallstones during laparoscopic cholecystectomy.
Sources
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History
Added to the catalog on 2026-09-29.
Dates derived from the project's public version-control history on GitHub, not a live collaborative edit log.