Schweigger Capsule Forceps

Schweigger capsule tweezers (s. schweigger; synonym Schweigger tweezers) are a medical instrument designed for grasping, holding and removing small objects.

The tweezers consist of two blades connected by a hinge. The blades end with special notches or teeth for secure grip of the object. The working ends of the blades are usually curved, which facilitates manipulation in hard-to-reach places.

A distinctive feature of Schweigger capsule tweezers is the presence of a removable cap at the end of one of the blades. This cap is designed to grip and hold very small objects, such as dental canals. Once grasped, the object is placed inside the cap and held securely there.

Schweigger capsule tweezers are widely used in dental practice, microsurgery, jewelry and other areas where high precision manipulation of small parts and fragments is required. These tweezers are made from corrosion-resistant materials, most often high-quality stainless steel.

Schweiger forceps, also known as capsular forceps, are an instrument used in gynecology for administering drugs, intrauterine devices, and contraceptives. It is a thin tweezers with curved ends, which are placed into the uterine cavity up to the uterus. Manufactured by Smith & Nephew.

The Schweiger forceps (originally produced by Jonathan Nobel in 1963) was specifically designed to deliver an intramembral hemorrhage control device to parturient women (Sudan Co., Ltd.) and is used to prolong labor and complete labor without anesthesia. It is used as an alternative to transferring a pregnant patient to a clinical center. Clinical studies have shown that the use of tweezers can reduce complications from using this method [4]. The Schweiger capsule can be placed into the uterus through the cervix, vagina, or posterior fornix (the choice depends on the stage of pregnancy and circumstances). [1]

Coil pincers were first used by Dr. Sol Solomon and his colleagues in the USA to replace manual Wolff insertion for insertion and replacement of IUDs [5].

The word is from German - Schweigger capsule, capsule of Dr. Johann Friedrich Schweiger, a German gynecologist. He used Schweigerian capsule needles to control excess blood loss during labor in rare cases when nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) did not help. The name is often erroneously given to the injection of a new conductor drug into the Schweiger capsule catheter for treatment. The Schweiger capsule boat was never developed by Sosteda Corporation or any other companies licensed