 Good day everybody. My name is Dr. Sanjay Sanyal and I shall be, I'm a surgeon by profession and I shall be demonstrating a few of Thalmik instruments. The first instrument that you see here in front of you, this is known as a pair of artery forceps. Now there are plenty of types of artery forceps depending on their sizes and whether the tip is straight or curved. This is a straight artery forceps and because it is less than 4 inches or 4 inches long, it is also referred to as a mosquito or a halsteads forceps. What are the components of an artery forceps? First, we have these two ring handles. The ring finger goes through the lower ring, the thumb goes through the upper ring. Then we have this catch, the ratchet catch. It's got three clicks of the catch depending on how much pressure we want to apply. Then we have this joint here. This is a box-tap of joint. It's a unique joint insofar that one limb goes through the other limb. Therefore, less chances of slipping or breaking. And finally we have the jaws. The jaws are different in an artery forceps compared to that of a needle holder. In a needle holder, the jaws are small and more stout because they have to hold the suturing needle. In this case, the jaws are a little long and more slender. And if you see the inside, you'll find a number of horizontal serrations. So what's the purpose of an artery forceps? The straight artery forceps is used to hold tissues and it's used to hold sutures, stay sutures. And these serrations are meant to get a firm grip. So this is a straight artery forceps. Before I conclude, we can also have a curved artery forceps. The curved artery forceps is used to hold small bleeding vessels and therefore it is also referred to as hemostat forceps. Thank you for watching. Stay tuned for more videos.