Patents by Inventor Karl Christian Storz

Karl Christian Storz has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Endoscopic visualization apparatus with different imaging systems
    Patent number: 7108657
    Abstract: An endoscopic visualization apparatus has a first imaging system and at least one second imaging system, a first image field being covered by the first imaging system, and a second image field being covered by the second imaging system. The first imaging system and the second imaging system are arranged in a common housing. The first imaging system and the second imaging system are significantly different with regard to at least one optical parameter, and the first image field and the at least one second image field overlap one another only partially.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2006
    Assignee: Karl Storz GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Klaus M. Irion, Karl Christian Storz
  • Endoscopic visualization apparatus with different imaging systems
    Publication number: 20040122290
    Abstract: An endoscopic visualization apparatus has a first imaging system and at least one second imaging system, a first image field being covered by the first imaging system, and a second image field being covered by the second imaging system. The first imaging system and the second imaging system are arranged in a common housing. The first imaging system and the second imaging system are significantly different with regard to at least one optical parameter, and the first image field and the at least one second image field overlap one another only partially.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2003
    Publication date: June 24, 2004
    Inventors: Klaus M. Irion, Karl Christian Storz