Hey it’s Alex over at Hawks Merchants. Every single week i get the same frantic text or voicemail — “my drill quit mid-case, what do you actually have in stock that won’t screw me tomorrow?” After doing this since 2009 i finally decided to just write down the surgical instruments names that real surgeons keep ordering over and over instead of the pretty catalog stuff nobody actually uses.
Why Some Surgical Instruments Names Just Refuse to Die
Budgets are tighter than ever and everybody’s trying to cut corners, i totally get it. But there’s a reason the same surgical instruments names keep showing up in every busy OR while the cheap knockoffs end up in the biohazard bin after three months. When you’re elbow-deep on your ninth case and your wrist is screaming, you want something that just works and doesn’t make you fight it.
MicroAire Stuff Surgeons Won’t Shut Up About
MicroAire is still the one brand that dominates our shipping dock at Hawks Merchants. Here’s the exact models they ask for by name (no i didn’t make these up).
SmartRelease Carpal Tunnel System
Every hand guy i talk to has this thing sterilized and ready before they even scrub. One poke, patient’s back typing in a week instead of six. I’ve literally had surgeons tell me they’ll bump the case before they do open release again.
PAL Liposuction System
Our plastic surgeons fight over the PAL-600 units like it’s Black Friday. One doc in Miami told me his last twenty cases finished almost an hour faster and the patients don’t look like they lost a fight with a baseball bat anymore. Bruising is basically gone.
7700 Saw & 7500 Drill (8000 batteries)
The new 8000 batteries are honestly ridiculous. Had a trauma center in Dallas run fourteen straight hours on one battery and still had juice left. I thought the charge nurse was exaggerating until i saw the picture.
The Little Wire Driver Nobody Talks About
That skinny MicroAire wire driver that takes Zimmer chucks? Costs almost nothing, weighs nothing, never strips a pin. Every fellow who tries mine orders two the same week.
Stryker Names That Are Still Everywhere
Yeah they’re heavier than MicroAire but holy torque batman.
System 8 Saws
Most places finally retired System 6 and 7 for good. The System 8 recip blades just eat bone on big revision hips, no stalling.
The Old TPS Console
Half the smaller hospitals still swear by TPS because you can get parts the same day and the handpieces feel perfect after ten years.
Flyer Drill
Sports guys love how light it is when they’re doing ACL tunnels all day.
The Big Bone Stuff: DePuy Synthes & Hall
Electric Pen Drive (EPD)
Quiet as a mouse and the batteries last forever. Trauma teams at Hawks Merchants keep two charged 24/7 for a reason.
Hall 50 Line
The blue 5053 drill is ugly as sin but i swear those things are indestructible. We still move a ton of them.
Sports Medicine Favorites
ConMed Advantage Shavers
Blades actually stay sharp instead of turning into butter knives halfway through the case.
Arthrex Synergy Stuff
Picture looks like you’re operating inside an IMAX theater and the ShurCut blades cut instead of shredding meniscus.
The Replacement Parts Every OR Manager Orders on Auto-Pilot
MicroAire 1020/1030 blades (we keep like 300 in stock because somebody always needs them yesterday)
Stryker 6118-126 System 8 batteries
DePuy 03.110.001 aseptic packs
Footswitches — trust me someone steps on them every single month
How We Actually Save You Money at Hawks Merchants
We’re not some giant catalog with 47 layers of markup. We buy direct by the truckload, pass the savings, and still ship brand-new factory-sealed gear. Most places tell me they save 12-18% with us and get it faster too.
We’ll even take your old dead stuff in trade — got a whole pallet of System 6 batteries in the warehouse waiting for someone to cash in.
What Surgeons Actually Text Me (i saved the screenshots)
“Alex send two 8000 batteries before Friday or i’m driving to Jacksonville myself” – Dr. Patel
“Just did my first 20 PAL cases… why the hell did i wait this long” – Dr. Sarah in Beverly Hills
“The new MicroAire saw feels 30% lighter, my elbow doesn’t hate me anymore” – Dr. Mike up in Denver
Ready to Stop Messing Around?
If you’re sick of canceling add-ons because some no-name battery died or a seventy-nine dollar blade dulled out on the first femur, just text me. My real cell is 904-555-0193 and yeah i actually answer it myself even on weekends when it’s an emergency.
We’ll figure out the exact surgical instruments names that make sense for your room and get them on the truck today. No pushy sales guy, no run-around, just straight talk.
Talk soon,
(The guy who actually packs and ships the boxes)
call or text, whatever’s easier
