Patents Assigned to Karl Storz GmbH & Co. KG
  • Medical instrument for dilating osseous structures
    Patent number: 9357986
    Abstract: A medical instrument for dilating osseous structures, with a shaft on whose distal end a tool point is positioned and on whose proximal end a handle is positioned, such that the handle and the tool point are in active connection with one another by means of an actuating element in such a way that by actuating the handle the tool point can spread radially at least partially and where the distal end of the actuating element has a thickened configuration. To provide a dilating instrument that is sufficiently stable and allows for sensitive actuation, it is proposed with the invention that the tool point should consist of several segments that can radiate radially outward and enclose the thickened distal end of the actuating element essentially completely, when the tool point is in the closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: Karl Storz GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Heinz Stammberger, Martin Blocher
  • Flexible endoscope shaft, and endoscope with same
    Patent number: 9351630
    Abstract: A flexible endoscope shaft with a shaft body which, viewed in the longitudinal direction of the endoscope shaft, is composed of at least two shaft portions with different degrees of flexibility, wherein at least one shaft portion is composed of at least one spring element, and wherein all the spring elements of the shaft portions, which, viewed in the longitudinal direction of the shaft body, are arranged proximally from the outer distal shaft portion, are designed as reversibly deformable spring rods extending in the longitudinal direction of the shaft body. In order to create a flexible endoscope shaft that can be produced easily and cost-effectively, each of the shaft portions having at least one spring rod has at least one further spring rod, which is integrally bonded to the other spring rods of the respective shaft portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: Karl Storz GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Viktor Josef Wimmer, Robert Ayrenschmalz
  • Medical manipulator
    Patent number: 9345503
    Abstract: A medical manipulator has a distal-end working unit including an end effector. The distal-end working unit has a rotor having a hollow tube rotatable in unison with the end effector and a rotational support tube having a posture variable with respect to the shaft. The rotor is rotatably supported by an inner circumferential surface of the rotational support tube. Engaging members that are disposed in side holes formed in the rotational support tube have inner ends inserted in an annular groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: Karl Storz GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Shinji Ishida, Hiroaki Sano, Tsuneyoshi Suzuki, Junichi Fukuda
  • Manually actuated function hose instrument and operating device therefor
    Patent number: 9345500
    Abstract: A manually actuated function hose instrument has a hose-shaped function part and a wire-shaped function part extending in the latter, wherein the two function parts are axially movable relative to each other in order to exert a useful function at a distal section remote from a proximal end section. An associated operating device, which has two operating parts, is arranged at the proximal end section of the function parts. A fixing part is provided which serves for the external fixing of the operating device and with which the second operating part is coupled in an axially relatively movable manner, and/or the second operating part is connected non-releasably to the proximal end section of the hose-shaped function part and contains an operating ring with a circumferential finger recess as operating area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: Karl Storz GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Bernhard Uihlein
  • Valve for medical instrument
    Patent number: 9333332
    Abstract: A valve for medical instruments having a canal configured in a medical instrument and serving as input for at least one additional medical instrument is insulated from a distal-end fluid, whereby the valve housing wherein at least one fluid opening is configured, and positioned in the housing at least one insulating body can be inserted at least partly into the canal. The invention has at least one fluid opening configured in the valve housing by which the fluid can be conducted to the outside of the insulating body such that the fluid opening is so configured that the distal-side fluid can be guided out of the canal to the outside of the insulating body in such a way that the distal-side fluid reshapes the insulating body inward, insulating it, to be essentially perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the insulating body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: Karl Storz GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Peter Eisenkolb, Andreas Efinger
  • Medical instrument with a contoured axle pin
    Patent number: 9333004
    Abstract: A medical instrument has a distal end area on which jaw parts are arranged which are movable relative to one another and pivotable about an axle pin. Said axle pin is received in an opening in said medical instrument. Said axle pin comprises a head which is non-circular, and the opening has a contour corresponding to the head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: Karl Storz GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Hubert Brückler, Jürgen Dresp, Martin Blocher
  • Device and method for identifying anomalies on instruments
    Patent number: 9335275
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a device for identifying anomalies on medical instruments, having a data processing installation and an instrument analyzing unit. The data processing installation has a display unit, a database, a first interface and an evaluation unit and the instrument analyzing unit has a support and at least one camera. The at least one camera is arranged and oriented such that it can capture image data from medical instruments arranged on the support from at least one perspective, and the data processing installation is designed such that it uses the first interface to receive image data from the at least one camera and can store the received image data in the database. Further, it can use the evaluation unit to examine said image data for regions which have anomalies. In addition, the invention also relates to an according method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: Karl Storz GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Oliver Gloger
  • Medical instrument for dilating structures
    Patent number: D755963
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: KARL STORZ GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Heinz Stammberger, Martin Blocher, Tobias Unger, Jochen Schmidberger
  • Single port access platform
    Patent number: D756512
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignee: KARL STORZ GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Martin Oberlaender, Michael Sauer, Sebastian Wagner
  • Medical navigation instrument
    Patent number: D757253
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: KARL STORZ GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Andreas Efinger, Mathias Stengele, Andreas Halbleib, Dejan Ilic
  • Uterine manipulator
    Patent number: D757261
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: Karl Storz GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Joerg Keckstein, Rainer Hermle, Martin Hahn
  • Endoscope system set
    Patent number: D757262
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: KARL STORZ GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Gerard Barki, Jan Deprest, Jochen Hofer
  • Endoscope
    Patent number: D757263
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: KARL STORZ GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Jochen Hofer
  • Endoscope
    Patent number: D757264
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: KARL STORZ GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Johannes Eisenlauer, Felix Teufel
  • Endoscope
    Patent number: D757265
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: KARL STORZ GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Johannes Eisenlauer, Felix Teufel
  • Trocar
    Patent number: D757266
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: KARL STORZ GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Felix Teufel, Martin Oberlaender
  • Medical navigation instrument
    Patent number: D758565
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: KARL STORZ GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Andreas Efinger, Mathias Stengele, Andreas Halbleib, Dejan Ilic
  • Uterine manipulator
    Patent number: D758579
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: Karl Storz GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Jörg Keckstein, Rainer Hermle
  • Medical instrument
    Patent number: D758580
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: KARL STORZ GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventor: Ernesto Greco
  • Cholangiography catheter guide
    Patent number: D759815
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Assignee: Karl Storz GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: George Berci, Simon Solingen