Multifunctional surgical instrument

A multifunctional surgical instrument for blunt dissection, comprising:

• a proximal portion with an aspiration connection, and a distal portion with two legs biased in an open position and operable to meet in a closed position;
• each leg comprising a bluntly pointed distal end operable for atraumatic tissue holding and having a substantially rounded, convex outer face and forming a blunt atraumatic distal end of the instrument when in a fully closed position;
• each leg further comprising an aspiration half-channel extending along a length thereof and configured to form an air-tight and water-tight aspiration channel when in the fully-closed position;
• the blunt atraumatic distal end of the instrument including at least one aspiration orifice on at least one of, or spanning both rounded, convex, outer faces forming the blunt atraumatic distal end, and located within 3 mm of the most distal point of the instrument, said at least one aspiration orifice fluidly coupled to the aspiration connection via the aspiration channel and having an opening size that is smaller than a cross-section size of the aspiration channel, such that the at least one aspiration orifice is operable to aspirate liquid from a wound when the multifunctional surgical instrument is in the fully closed position, and being operable to immediately prevent tissue damage during liquid aspiration by immediately stopping aspiration when opening the aspiration channel.