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Lister Bandage Plaster Scissors
German-grade stainless steel ring-handled bandage scissors with angled blade geometry and blunt safety tips, designed for controlled and safe removal of dressings and plaster materials.
Key Features:
• German-grade stainless steel construction with corrosion-resistant finish
• Angled blade design keeps cutting edge parallel to skin surface
• Lower blade with wide blunt nodule tip for safe insertion under dressings
• Upper blade with rounded blunt tip for controlled cutting action
• Offset pivot geometry to reduce skin contact during use
• Ring handle with asymmetrical grip for stable two-finger control
• Available in multiple sizes (9 cm–24 cm) for varied clinical applications
Lister Bandage Plaster Scissors
The Lister Bandage Plaster Scissors is a German-grade stainless steel ring-handled instrument named after British surgeon Sir Joseph Lister. The lower blade is elongated and terminates in a wide, flat blunt nodule; the instrument’s defining safety feature, while the upper blade is shorter with a rounded blunt tip. Both blades angle upward at the pivot point, keeping the surgeon’s knuckles clear of the patient’s skin surface during each cutting stroke. One finger ring is noticeably larger than the other, accommodating a stable two-finger hold across extended use. Seven size variants span 9 cm to 24 cm, making this the widest size range in the plaster scissors category.
The angled blade junction at the pivot keeps the entire blade pair riding parallel to the limb surface rather than driving toward it. This geometry makes the lister bandage cutting scissors pattern the most widely stocked bandage scissors format in hospital wards, emergency rooms, and first aid settings worldwide.
Nurses, emergency physicians, and orthopedic technicians use the Lister Bandage Plaster Scissors for removing circumferential limb bandages, cutting cast padding during splint application, sizing wound dressings, and trimming plaster rolls. The flat lower probe tip slides under tight dressing layers on any body site without pressing against skin. Larger sizes handle full-leg and arm cast padding removal, while the 9 cm variant works as a precise lister plaster scissors option for pediatric and finger dressing sites.
Leader Surgical is one of the few manufacturers that stocks this instrument across all seven size variants under a single consistent production standard, same steel grade, same blade geometry, same joint tension from the 9 cm up to the 24 cm. That full-range availability from one verified source is what makes Leader Surgical a reliable procurement partner for instrument coordinators managing multi-ward stock.
What are the different sizes available?
They typically range from 3.5 inches (8.75 cm) for compact first-aid kits up to 8.25 inches (21 cm) for professional clinical use. Common clinical sizes are 5.5″, 7.5″, and 8″.
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