List of eponymous medical devices explained

Some medical devices are named after persons.

Device	Name	Specialty	Description	External link (if no internal link)
		General use		^[1]
Allis clamp	Oscar Huntington Allis	General use	Soft tissue clamp	^[2]
Arruga forceps			Forceps used for intracapsular removal of cataracts	^[3]
Asch's septum forceps	Morris Joseph Asch			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 . 15508543 . 2011-01-22.
Auvard's speculum				^[4]
Luer taper, Luer lock		General use	Fitting to ensure leak-free connection in medical fluid administration systems	^[5]
			Tube allowing for postoperative drainage from surgical sites

Notes and References

1. Web site: dictionary of medical eponyms . Whonamedit . 2016-09-17.
2. Web site: dictionary of medical eponyms . Whonamedit . 2016-09-17.
3. Web site: dictionary of medical eponyms . Whonamedit . 2016-09-17.
4. Web site: Auvard Vaginal Speculum. 17 September 2016.
5. ISO 594:1986 "Conical fittings with a 6 % (Luer) taper for syringes, needles and certain other medical equipment". http://www.iso.org/iso/iso_catalogue/catalogue_tc/catalogue_detail.htm?csnumber=4693