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Assignee: Karl Storz GmbH & Co. KG


Location: DE
No. of patents: 432

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NumberTitleIssue Date
8182492Medical instrument, especially uterus manipulator
A medical instrument, especially a uterus manipulator, comprises a shaft, an actuator movable relative to said shaft in order to move a tool and a locking device to lock the actuator relative to the shaft. It is now proposed that the locking device comprises a clamp...
05/22/2012
D660428Uterine manipulator
05/22/2012
D660426Rectoscope
05/22/2012
D660423Tube for thyroid surgery
05/22/2012
D660422Spate for thyroid surgery
05/22/2012
8177919Medical cleaning device for cleaning interior surfaces of hollow shafts
A medical cleaning device is used to clean interior surfaces of hollow shafts of medical instruments. The device has a closed body which can be inserted into the hollow shaft of the medical instrument to be cleaned, an outer diameter of the body being smaller than a...
05/15/2012
D659244Tube for thyroid surgery
05/08/2012
8167904Grip arrangement for a medical instrument, and such medical instrument
A grip arrangement, for a medical instrument having a handle with two rod-shaped grip parts each with a grip surface, has, for each grip, a grip shell which can be secured in a detachable manner on the respective grip part, with in each case a grip surface of the gr...
05/01/2012
D657871Forceps insert
04/17/2012
D657870Optical block for an endoscope
04/17/2012
D657464Optical block for an endoscope
04/10/2012
D657463Optical block for an endoscope
04/10/2012
8142449Device for inserting at least one anchor piece into a hollow space of a living being
A device is used for inserting at least one anchor piece into a hollow space of a living being, in order to fix a wall of the hollow space temporarily to a wall of the body by means of the at least one anchor piece. It is proposed that the device has two shaft-like ...
03/27/2012
8134789Holder for optical components
A holder for optical components includes a two-part holder housing that forms an essentially ring-shaped enclosure surrounding an optical component; in addition the two housing parts have different thermal expansion coefficients. To create a holder for optical compo...
03/13/2012
8133244Medical instrument
A medical instrument has a shaft. The shaft has an outer shaft and an inner shaft. The outer shaft encloses the inner shaft. The medical instrument further has an actuator for rotating the inner shaft about a longitudinal axis relative to the outer shaft, arranged a...
03/13/2012
8133175Device for temporarily immobilizing tissue in the area of a pulsating blood vessel
A device serves for temporarily immobilizing a tissue in an area of a pulsating blood vessel during a cardiac and thoracic surgical intervention. A pod of the device can be placed onto a tissue beneath a pulsating blood vessel. The pod has a rigid holder supporting ...
03/13/2012
8128651Medical instrument
The invention relates to a medical instrument having a hollow shaft on whose proximal end is positioned a handle consisting of at least two gripping members and on whose distal end there is a tool consisting of at least two jaw members, where at least one jaw member...
03/06/2012
8123780Dismantable medical forceps system
The present invention is directed toward a dismantlable medical forceps system having a first grip having a movable grip part, a first force transmission element designed to transmit a first maximum force has a first connection element. A second force transmission e...
02/28/2012
D655060Cleaning adapter
02/28/2012
D654587Handle
02/21/2012
8114094Device for introducing an anchor element into a bone
A device for introducing an anchor element into a bone, having a loop of thread extending laterally from said anchor element. The device has an elongate body having a distal end which can be inserted into the anchor element in a rotationally locked manner. A distal ...
02/14/2012
8114017Articulating endoscopic instrument
An endoscopic instrument comprises a shaft, comprising a proximal end and a distal end. A grip comprising a handle is arranged at said proximal end of said shaft and a tool having at least an open and a closed position is arranged at said distal end of said shaft. S...
02/14/2012
8109929Medical instrument for coagulation of tissue
A medical instrument for coagulation of tissue has an electrode carrier and, at a distal end of the electrode carrier, an electrode that can be supplied with high-frequency current. The medical instrument also has a stripper arranged directly adjacent to the electro...
02/07/2012
8088136Medical instrument for cutting tissue
A medical instrument for cutting tissue has a tubular outer shaft, which comprises at least one window in the region of its distal end. The medical instrument further comprises a tubular inner shaft which is rotatable about a longitudinal axis and housed in the oute...
01/03/2012
8075588Device for inserting an anchoring element and a suture thread into a bone
A device serves to insert an anchoring element and a suture thread into a bone to attach a tendon or a ligament without drilling a hole into the bone. The device comprises an anchoring element, having a proximal end, a distal end, and a longitudinal axis and further...
12/13/2011
8072537Image pick-up module
An image pick-up module, in particular for an endoscope or a miniature camera, has an electronic image sensor, which has a plurality of contact fingers that are arranged in at least one row, and a rigid circuit board to which the contact fingers are electrically con...
12/06/2011
D650078Guiding instrument for telescopes
12/06/2011
D650077Optical block for an endoscope
12/06/2011
8066631Flexible endoscope with longitudinal axial channels
The invention relates to an endoscope having a bendable guide element, by means of which a tool can be securely guided and simultaneously steered outward into a broad operating area at the head of the endoscope. ...
11/29/2011
8066630Holding and resting device for medical instruments having essentially cylindrical instrumental bodies
The invention relates to a holding and resting device for medical instruments having essentially cylindrical instrument bodies, in particular endoscopic instruments, with a base body that can be secured for instance to an operating table and an instrument input to b...
11/29/2011
8062213Endoscope with a deflecting element for flushing media
An endoscope has a shaft having a distal end, the distal end terminates in an endoscope head having at least one light inlet and at least one channel for passing a flushing medium, the endoscope head having a body, a segment of the body being able to be detached fro...
11/22/2011
D648434Forceps inserts for laparoscopic Procedures
11/08/2011
D648022Optical block for an endoscope
11/01/2011
8043210Endoscope tube with image inversion system
An endoscope tube having at least one image inversion system consisting of two rod lenses, in which the first rod ends, pointing to an intermediate image plane, have a marginal cylinder, which is mounted in the endoscope tube, in which the second rod ends, which lie...
10/25/2011
D647616Optical block for an endoscope
10/25/2011
D647615Optical block for an endoscope
10/25/2011
D647614Optical block for an endoscope
10/25/2011
D646784Cutter for transanal videoendoscopic rectal surgery
10/11/2011
8029437Endoscope and method for assembling components of an optical system
An endoscope has a tubular shaft whose interior contains components, in particular lenses, spacers, diaphragms, prisms and filters of an optical system, said components being at least partially surrounded by a support piece made of shrunk material. It is proposed th...
10/04/2011
D645963Endoscope optic
09/27/2011
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