Dr. Susan Mackinnon

Precision Engineered. Surgeon Inspired.

The Fischer Surgical Mackinnon Scissors represent the pinnacle of collaborative instrument design — born from the hands-on expertise of one of the world's most celebrated surgeons.

Dr. Susan Mackinnon, Professor and Chief of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at Washington University in St. Louis, has spent more than five decades redefining what's possible in peripheral nerve surgery, microsurgery, and upper extremity reconstruction. Her pioneering work in nerve transplantation and regenerative techniques has restored movement, sensation, and quality of life for thousands of patients worldwide.

When Dr. Mackinnon identified a gap in the precision tools available for delicate nerve and microsurgical procedures, Fischer Surgical answered the call. Working directly with Dr. Mackinnon through every stage of development, our team translated her exacting clinical requirements into an instrument built for the demands of the operating room — where millimeters matter and precision saves function.

The result: scissors engineered with the insight of a surgeon who has performed at the highest levels of reconstructive medicine, and crafted with the manufacturing excellence Fischer Surgical is known for.

Designed by a legend. Built for the next generation of surgeons.

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Maintenance & Sharpening: Trust Only the Designers

The Mackinnon Scissors are precision instruments engineered to exacting tolerances developed through direct collaboration with Dr. Mackinnon. It is critically important that all maintenance, sharpening, and repairs be performed exclusively by Fischer Surgical. As the designers and engineers of these scissors, only Fischer Surgical possesses the proprietary knowledge of their geometry, blade profile, spring tension, and cutting mechanics required to restore them to true factory specification.

Third-party sharpening or repair — however well-intentioned — risks altering the precise cutting edge, tip geometry, or balance that makes these instruments perform at the level surgeons depend on. When those millimeters matter, only the team that built them should touch them.

Fischer Surgical Repair & Maintenance Services provides expert, factory-authorized instrument care to sharpen, restore, and maintain your Mackinnon Scissors to their exact original specifications — ensuring they remain operating-room ready for every procedure.