A method of assembling forceps comprising: a) assembling a stylet, wherein the stylet has a distal end and a proximal end, and the stylet comprises: one or more support rods (24, 34) having a distal end and a proximal end region; b) providing a hand piece having one or more housing structures defining a cavity and one of the housing structures forming a bottom portion; c) disposing a proximal end of the stylet into the cavity; d) attaching one or more levers (66, 67) to the hand piece along one or more pivot axes so that part of the one or more levers (66, 67) is disposed within the cavity and part of the one or more levers extend out of the cavity, and wherein the one or more levers (66, 67) includes a clamp lever; characterized in e) connecting the one or more levers (66, 67) to the stylet; wherein the one or more levers (66, 67) are attached to the hand piece before the stylet is attached to the hand piece so that the stylet is attached to the hand piece without repositioning of the one or more levers; or wherein the one or more levers (66, 67) are attached to the hand piece after the stylet is attached to the hand piece so that the one or more levers are attached to the hand piece without repositioning the stylet; and f) placing the clamp lever into position along an assembly direction normal to the bottom portion of the housing structures, wherein the clamp lever is placed into position along a primary assembly line while positioned at an angle so that a two-sided cam finger fits over one or more control blocks and is rotated into position along a secondary assembly direction consistent with the assembly direction, so that the clamp lever is perpendicular to the assembly direction. a) assembling a stylet, wherein the stylet has a distal end and a proximal end, and the stylet comprises: one or more support rods (24, 34) having a distal end and a proximal end region; b) providing a hand piece having one or more housing structures defining a cavity and one of the housing structures forming a bottom portion; c) disposing a proximal end of the stylet into the cavity; d) attaching one or more levers (66, 67) to the hand piece along one or more pivot axes so that part of the one or more levers (66, 67) is disposed within the cavity and part of the one or more levers extend out of the cavity, and wherein the one or more levers (66, 67) includes a clamp lever; e) connecting the one or more levers (66, 67) to the stylet; wherein the one or more levers (66, 67) are attached to the hand piece before the stylet is attached to the hand piece so that the stylet is attached to the hand piece without repositioning of the one or more levers; or wherein the one or more levers (66, 67) are attached to the hand piece after the stylet is attached to the hand piece so that the one or more levers are attached to the hand piece without repositioning the stylet; and wherein the one or more levers (66, 67) are attached to the hand piece before the stylet is attached to the hand piece so that the stylet is attached to the hand piece without repositioning of the one or more levers; or wherein the one or more levers (66, 67) are attached to the hand piece after the stylet is attached to the hand piece so that the one or more levers are attached to the hand piece without repositioning the stylet; and f) placing the clamp lever into position along an assembly direction normal to the bottom portion of the housing structures, wherein the clamp lever is placed into position along a primary assembly line while positioned at an angle so that a two-sided cam finger fits over one or more control blocks and is rotated into position along a secondary assembly direction consistent with the assembly direction, so that the clamp lever is perpendicular to the assembly direction.