List of eponymous medical devices

Some medical devices are named after persons.

Letter	Device	Name	Specialty	Description	External link (if no internal link)
A	Adson's forceps	Alfred Washington Adson	General use	Tissue forceps	Adson-Graefe forceps at Who Named It?[1]
A	Allis clamp	Oscar Huntington Allis	General use	Soft tissue clamp	Allis' tweezers or clamp at Who Named It?[2]
A	Arruga forceps	Hermenegildo Arruga	Ophthalmology	Forceps used for intracapsular removal of cataracts	Arruga forceps at Who Named It?[3]
A	Asch's septum forceps	Morris Joseph Asch	Otolaryngology	Forceps used to reduce deviated nasal septum	Corry J. Kucik, LT, MC, USN; Timothy Clenney, CDR, MC, USN, and James Phelan, CDR, MC, USN, Naval Hospital Jacksonville, Jacksonville, Florida (2004-10-01). "Management of Acute Nasal Fractures". Am Fam Physician. 70 (7): 1315–1320. Retrieved 2011-01-22.
A	Auvard's speculum	Pierre-Victor-Adolphe Auvard	Gynaecology	vaginal speculum	[4]
L	Luer taper, Luer lock	Hermann Wülfing Luer	General use	Fitting to ensure leak-free connection in medical fluid administration systems	[5]

References

1. "dictionary of medical eponyms". Whonamedit. Retrieved 2016-09-17.
2. "dictionary of medical eponyms". Whonamedit. Retrieved 2016-09-17.
3. "dictionary of medical eponyms". Whonamedit. Retrieved 2016-09-17.
4. "Auvard Vaginal Speculum". Retrieved 17 September 2016.
5. ISO 594:1986 "Conical fittings with a 6 % (Luer) taper for syringes, needles and certain other medical equipment".