House-Dieter malleus nipper
A ring-handled micro-instrument with a thin shaft and delicate jaws at the tip: one sliding jaw cuts as it closes against the other, fixed jaw, which ends in a small sharpened anvil or hook.
How it is used
Used in ossicular chain surgery (tympanoplasty, ossiculoplasty, stapedectomy) to transect the malleus (e.g., its neck or head) under microscopic view, as a step before removing it or placing a prosthesis.
Clinical tip
Part of the otology instrument sets associated with William House, a pioneer of modern neurotology; it has its own dedicated US regulatory product code ("Nipper, Malleus"), confirming its status as a standardized instrument rather than a generic micro-scissor.
Sources
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History
Added to the catalog on 2026-10-25.
Dates derived from the project's public version-control history on GitHub, not a live collaborative edit log.