Tissue forceps are designed to grasp tissue causing minimal trauma. Many tissue forceps have the appearance of a pair of tweezers. The tip of tissue forceps varies depending on the usage.

Tissue marking dyes are used for marking margins or for processing multiple specimens in one tissue cassette. It is designed to provide an efficient means of tissue margin identification. The various uses for this system include: marking surgical margins, identifying serial segments of large tissues to ensure proper orientation and embedding, maintaining proper tissue orientation for MOHS surgery specimens and identification of multiple pieces of tissues processed in the same cassette.