Swann Morton KN1216-12B Scalpel Blades #12 (100pcs) for #3 Handle

Feature:
- Small, pointed, crescent shaped blade
- Sharpened along the inside edge of the curve
- Box of 100 blades #12
- For number 3 handle

The No.12 is a small, pointed, crescent shaped blade sharpened along the inside edge of the curve. It is sometimes utilised as a suture cutter but also for arteriotomies (surgical incision of an artery), parotid surgeries (facial salivary glands), mucosal cuts on a septoplasty (repair of nasal septum) and during cleft palate procedures, ureterolithotomies (calculus removal by incision of the ureter) and pyelolithotomies (surgical incision of the renal pelvis of a kidney for the removal of a kidney stone - also known as a pelviolithotomy ). The No.12 fits Handles 3, 3L, 3 Graduated, 5B, 7, 9, B3 and B3L.