Patents Assigned to Karl Storz GmbH & Co. KG
  • Gripping element and gripper input module for a haptic input system
    Patent number: 9597806
    Abstract: A gripping element for arrangement on an adapter element in order to form a gripper input module for a haptic input system for controlling an object, including a receptacle for holding at least two fingers of a user therein, wherein, at least in one portion, the receptacle has a functional connection to at least one sensor means, and at least one connection element for arranging the gripping element on the adapter element, wherein the receptacle is configured such that movement information of a movement of at least one finger of the user in the receptacle can be detected by the sensor means and hence the movement information can be transmitted for controlling the at least one object. There is also disclosed a corresponding adapter element, a gripper input module consisting of a gripping element and adapter element, and also to a haptic input system and medical instrument system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: Karl Storz GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Omid Abri, Stephan Schrader, Jonas Forster
  • Coupling between two parts of a medical instrument
    Patent number: 9599166
    Abstract: A tool for a medical instrument includes a coupling member on the proximal end of the tool, for releasable mechanical coupling with a distal end of a shaft of a medical instrument, wherein the coupling member is in the form of a helical cutout of a circular cylinder barrel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: Karl Storz GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Jochen Stefan
  • BONE ANCHOR ASSEMBLY
    Publication number: 20170065273
    Abstract: A suture anchor including a sleeve with an optional solid tip and a threaded, hollow interior portion. A transverse hole passes through a distal end of the sleeve. An inner screw with a flat distal end and threads disposed on an outer surface and a driver head extension monolithically connected with a proximal end of the inner screw are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2015
    Publication date: March 9, 2017
    Applicant: KARL STORZ GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Rickey HART, Patrick HUNT
  • SUTURE ANCHOR CARTRIDGE
    Publication number: 20170065272
    Abstract: A suture anchor cartridge having a rectangular case portion that includes a top portion and a rectangular bottom portion, the bottom portion including an opening, and the top portion being slidably connected with the bottom portion. A suture anchor is suspended in the opening in the bottom portion. The suture anchor being held at a distal end and at a proximal end by the suture anchor cartridge, and a suture-threading loop is disposed within the bottom portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2015
    Publication date: March 9, 2017
    Applicant: KARL STORZ GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventor: Rickey HART
  • Multifunctional fluorescence diagnosis system
    Patent number: 9585612
    Abstract: A fluorescence diagnosis system has a viewing system at least one light source and a camera system. The at least one light source can be operated in three modes, a first generating white light, a second with a first fluorescence excitation light of a first excitation wavelength and a third in which a second fluorescence excitation light of a second excitation wavelength is generated producing a fluorescence image in the NIR range. The camera system is sensitive at least in the visible and the NIR range. The system further comprises an image processing system for converting the fluorescence image in the NIR range into a visible image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: Karl Storz GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Klaus M. Irion, André Ehrhardt, Reinhold Baumgartner, Herbert Stepp, Thomas Pongratz
  • MIKROINVASIVES MEDIZINISCHES INSTRUMENT
    Publication number: 20170055812
    Abstract: A medical instrument (10) comprises an effecting device (40), which is movable in a first direction (48) from a first effecting position into a second effecting position, a pushbutton (60), which is movable manually in a second direction (68) from a first button position into a second button position, and a lever (70), which is pivotable about a pivot axis (78). The lever (70) mechanically couples the pushbutton (60) and the effecting device (40) in such a way that a movement of the pushbutton (60) in the second direction (68) is accompanied by a movement of the effecting device (40) in the first direction(48), which is opposite to the second direction (68). The lever (70) does not have an area that is rotationally symmetrical to the pivot axis (78) in the region of the pivot axis (78).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2016
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Applicant: KARL STORZ GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Andreas BAERTHELE, Michael EGLE, Uwe WITTKE
  • Manipulation device for a medical instrument
    Patent number: 9579089
    Abstract: A manipulation device for mechanical connection with connection with the proximal end of a shaft, for forming a medical instrument, includes a plurality of retaining devices, wherein each one of the plurality of retaining devices is designed to releasably retain the proximal end of a shaft or the proximal end of a transmission device for transmitting at least either a force or a torque in the shaft, a manually activatable actuation device, and a coupling device for mechanically coupling the actuation device to the plurality of retaining devices, in such a way that a manual activation of the actuation device causes a release of the plurality of retaining devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: Karl Storz GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Daniel Kaercher, Jochen Stefan
  • Actuation grip for a microsurgical instrument, and microsurgical instrument
    Patent number: 9566081
    Abstract: An actuation grip for a microsurgical instrument, with an inner shaft, which is surrounded coaxially and cylindrically by an outer shaft, wherein the shafts are axially movable relative to each other. Two pivotable grip parts, each with two ends, are coupled pivotably at a proximal end of the actuation grip. On each grip part, a first lever is articulated rotatably via an attachment point between the ends of the grip part, wherein the two first levers are coupled rotatably to each other at an intersection point between their ends. The first levers are each connected rotatably to a second lever at their ends directed away from the grip parts, such that the first levers form, with the second levers, a double scissor hinge which serves to move the two shafts axially relative to each other, in order to use this movement to actuate a surgical tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: Karl Storz GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Jochen Stefan
  • METHOD FOR JOINING TWO COMPONENTS OF A MEDICAL INSTRUMENT, USE OF AN IRON-BASED SOLDER, AND MEDICAL INSTRUMENT
    Publication number: 20170035269
    Abstract: A method is provided for joining at least two components of a medical instrument, the at least two components are held so as to form at least one soldering gap between mutually assigned joining areas of the components, a solder material is arranged for filling the at least one soldering gap, and the arrangement of the at least two components and of the solder material is heated to a soldering temperature of the solder material, wherein the solder material is an iron-based solder. A use of an iron-based solder and a medical instrument, in particular a laryngoscope spatula, are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2016
    Publication date: February 9, 2017
    Applicant: KARL STORZ GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Bernd KRAUSE
  • Medical robot system for supporting an organ in a position suitable for a medical treatment
    Patent number: 9554827
    Abstract: Provided is a medical robot system which includes a medical manipulator capable of handling organs such as a uterine of different shapes and sizes. The medical robot system includes a robot arm, a medical manipulator which is detachably provided in the robot arm and supports an organ to a predetermined position, and a controller unit operable by an operator to control the robot arm and the medical manipulator. The medical manipulator also includes a first arm portion in a base side thereof, a second arm portion in a front side thereof for supporting the organ, and a connection portion connecting the first arm portion with the second arm portion. The control unit adjusts a relative direction of the second arm portion and the first arm portion and a length of the second arm portion in a telescopic manner thereby being suitable for organs of various shapes and sizes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: Karl Storz GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Shigeru Omori
  • Tool for a medical instrument
    Patent number: 9554858
    Abstract: A tool for a distal end or on a distal end of a shaft of a medical instrument includes a basic body, a mouth part which is pivotable about a pivot axis in relation to the basic body, and a bearing which defines the pivot axis, wherein the bearing includes two axle journals which are spaced apart from one another, each with a radial surface which is rotationally symmetrical with respect to the pivot axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: Karl Storz GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Martin Blocher, Robin Merz
  • Medical instrument with a window
    Patent number: 9549664
    Abstract: A medical instrument includes a housing with an aperture, a window component that comprises a transparent material and closes off the aperture, and a thin-walled area that surrounds the aperture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: Karl Storz GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Harald Baumann, Elmar Teichtmann
  • Trocar
    Patent number: D779671
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: Karl Storz GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Alexander Fuchs
  • Nephroscope
    Patent number: D782038
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: KARL STORZ GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Udo Nagele, Johannes Eisenlauer
  • Nephroscope
    Patent number: D782039
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: KARL STORZ GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Felix Teufel
  • Nephroscope
    Patent number: D782040
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: KARL STORZ GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Felix Teufel
  • Raspatory
    Patent number: D782043
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: KARL STORZ GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Christian Fink, Sascha Berberich
  • Trocar
    Patent number: D782076
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: KARL STORZ GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Felix Teufel, Thomas Weishaupt, Giovanni Dapri
  • Grip of laryngoscopes
    Patent number: D782669
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: KARL STORZ GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Eugenia Fuhr, Martin Renner, Ulrich Merz
  • Raspatory
    Patent number: D782677
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: KARL STORZ GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Christian Fink, Sascha Berberich