Patents Assigned to Karl Storz GmbH & Co. KG
  • Display apparatus for an operating room
    Patent number: 9122142
    Abstract: A display apparatus for displaying medical information in a medical treatment facility includes an image surface to depict information, such that the image surface is configured so that it can be converted by reshaping from an operating condition into a resting condition and vice versa.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignee: Karl Storz GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Omid Abri, Stephan Schrader, Julian Verkin, Thorsten Karge
  • Video laryngoscope with disposable blade
    Patent number: 9107628
    Abstract: An intubation instrument for intubating a patient's trachea including an imager module having a base unit with a finger loop and a longitudinal member attached to the distal end of the base unit, as well as a blade having a handle that is hollow and mates with the outer surface of the longitudinal member forming a male-female connection, the distal end of the blade projecting laterally therefrom, the distal end of the blade being insertable into a human during intubation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: KARL STORZ GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Dieter Huels, Eugenia Fuhr, Ulrich Merz, Martin Renner, Fabian Zimmerli
  • Suturing and ligating method
    Patent number: 9107657
    Abstract: A suturing and ligating method includes a needle piercing step of inserting a needle of a suture-needle assembly through a tissue in a body cavity, a needle gripping step of gripping the needle with a first gripper, a winding step of winding a suture strand of the suture-needle assembly in at least one turn around a first distal-end working unit by rolling the first distal-end working unit in at least one revolution, a transferring step of transferring the suture-needle assembly from the first gripper to a second gripper, a suture strand gripping step of gripping a portion of the suture strand that has not passed through the tissue, with the first gripper, a pulling step of pulling the first distal-end working unit out of a loop of the suture strand, and a tightening step of forming a knot of the suture strand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: KARL STORZ GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Kazunori Uchida, Tsuneyoshi Suzuki, Hirofumi Mugishima, Shinji Ishida, Hiroaki Sano
  • Medical instrument for dissecting tissue
    Patent number: 9101367
    Abstract: A medical instrument for dissecting human and/or animal tissue comprises a shaft, a first tool and a second tool at a distal end of the shaft, the first tool and the second tool cooperating in the manner of a punch by means of an axial relative movement with respect to one another, and at least one of the tools comprising a cutting element which is arranged in such a way that it forms, with the other tool, a punch area that defines a plane which, with a longitudinal axis of the shaft, forms an angle in the area of the distal end of the shaft. The distally arranged tool tapers convexly in diameter toward the distal end in the longitudinal direction of the shaft, the external contour lines of the distally arranged tool intersecting, when viewed in a section through a longitudinal central plane, at an angle smaller than 160°.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: KARL STORZ GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventor: Heinz Stammberger
  • Adapter device to couple an endoscope with a medical appliance
    Patent number: 9101265
    Abstract: An adapter device, which is configured to couple an endoscope with a medical appliance, such that the medical appliance is provided to generate light to illuminate an object to be investigated by an endoscope, includes an adapter body with a through-hole through which light generated by the medical appliance can be transmitted, and a fastening device to removably secure the adapter body on the medical appliance. The side of the adapter body that is to face the medical appliance is configured to be held form-locked in a predetermined angle position when the adapter body is secured on the medical appliance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: KARL STORZ GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Romana Geisser, Fritz Hensler
  • Medical instrument for cutting off tissue and cartilage from a human or animal body
    Patent number: 9095354
    Abstract: A medical instrument serves for cutting off tissue and cartilage from a body. It comprises an outer shaft having at least a first window in a distal end area thereof. A hollow inner shaft is received within the outer shaft and can be rotated about a longitudinal axis of the outer shaft. The hollow inner shaft has at least one opening cooperating with the at least one window of the outer shaft in a cutting action when turning the inner hollow shaft. A further window is provided in the distal end area of the outer shaft which further window is surrounded by a curette having a separating edge. Tissue and cartilage separated by the curette can be cut into small pieces by the cutting edges of the rotatable inner shaft and then be sucked in through an opening of the inner hollow shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: KARL STORZ GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Matthias Steinwachs, Sascha Berberich
  • Handling device for a micro-invasive surgical instrument
    Patent number: 9095365
    Abstract: A handling device for a micro-invasive surgical instrument includes a gripping device to manually hold and guide the handling device, a shaft coupling to detachably mechanically couple the handling device with a proximal end of a shaft, a rod coupling that can slide inside the handling device for detachable mechanical coupling with a proximal end of a transmission rod that can be slid inside a shaft coupled with the shaft coupling, and an orientation device to rotate a proximal end of a transmission rod, which has been inserted into the handling device, into a predetermined orientation or into one of several predetermined orientations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: KARL STORZ GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Daniel Kaercher, Jochen Stefan
  • Device for introducing multiple drilled channels in a bone
    Patent number: 9089349
    Abstract: A device for preparing multiple channels in a bone comprises a handle, a single guiding sleeve mounted removable at said handle and an arm projected from said handle. Said single guiding sleeve comprises a central first guiding channel for receiving a first aiming wire, a second guiding channel for receiving a further aiming wire, said channels have parallel axes. At least one cannulation is provided, a central longitudinal axis thereof runs at a distance and parallel to the guiding channels. Said at least one cannulation being arranged offset in a circumferential direction to said second channel. An aiming wire introduced in said second channel can be replaced into a cannulation by pulling off the guiding sleeve turning it about the first aiming wire and reinserting the turned guiding sleeve into said handle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: KARL STORZ GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Sascha Berberich, Daniel Weinmann
  • Device for receiving of disposable items for an operating room
    Patent number: 9078641
    Abstract: A system for receiving of disposable items in an operating room, where the objects that are to be disposed of and which are equipped with a data carrier are automatically acquired and electronically registered in databases. The data carrier on the objects can be RFID tags or a barcode. The data read out are used in particular to individually recognize the type, quantity, and value of an object and to be able to document and display the type, quantity, and value of an object by using an electronic inventory and value determination process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignee: KARL STORZ GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventor: Christoph Hiltl
  • Light source device for endoscopic or exoscopic applications
    Patent number: 9072454
    Abstract: A light source device for endoscopic or exoscopic applications includes a flat first light source, a second light source, an illuminating beam path that is configured to provide a first light beam emanating from the first light source for an endoscopic or exoscopic application, and a coupling device to couple a second light beam from the second light source into the illuminating beam path, whereby the coupling device is configured in such a way that at the coupling site the cross-section surface of the second light beam is smaller than the cross-section surface of the first light beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2015
    Assignee: KARL STORZ GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Klaus-Martin Irion, Thomas Hinding, Werner Goebel
  • Handle for surgical trocar
    Patent number: D733879
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2015
    Assignee: KARL STORZ GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Annika Mueller
  • Surgical trocar
    Patent number: D733880
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2015
    Assignee: KARL STORZ GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Annika Mueller
  • Trocar
    Patent number: D736373
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: KARL STORZ GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Thomas Weishaupt, Michael Sauer
  • Operation handle for a medical manipulator device
    Patent number: D736917
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: KARL STORZ GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Hideki Katsura
  • Trocar
    Patent number: D736924
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: KARL STORZ GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Martin Oberlaender, Felix Teufel, Isolde Mesle, Roland Edmond Stark, Joachim Oertel
  • Shaver blade with curette
    Patent number: D736925
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: KARL STORZ GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Matthias Steinwachs, Sascha Berberich
  • Fiber optic light cable
    Patent number: D737217
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2015
    Assignee: KARL STORZ GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Christoph Leidolt
  • Fixation instrument
    Patent number: D737443
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2015
    Assignee: Karl Storz GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Giuseppe Ciravolo, Uwe Wittke
  • Handle for surgical trocar
    Patent number: D737444
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2015
    Assignee: KARL STORZ GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Annika Mueller
  • Suture holder/manipulator device
    Patent number: D737971
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignee: KARL STORZ GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Sebastian Wagner, Hermann-Josef Frings