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STORZ KARL

Overview
  • Total Patents
    120
About

STORZ KARL has a total of 120 patent applications. Its first patent ever was published in 1949. It filed its patents most often in Germany, United States and EPO (European Patent Office). Its main competitors in its focus markets medical technology, optics and electrical machinery and energy are POLYDIAGNOST GMBH, CROISY RENAUD and CLARUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS INC.

Patent filings per year

Chart showing STORZ KARLs patent filings per year from 1900 to 2020

Top inventors

# Name Total Patents
#1 Storz Karl 53
#2 Storz Karl Dr Med 20
#3 Lemke Norbert 3
#4 Storz Karl Dr Med H C 2
#5 Frimberger Eckart 1
#6 Marcus Frederick C 1
#7 Stegner Otto 1
#8 Hamou Jacques 1

Latest patents

Publication Filing date Title
DE19505775A1 Endoscopic device for examining body cavities
DE4243790A1 Laryngoscope
DE4201337A1 INSTRUMENT WITH A PLIERS-NEEDLE HOLDER
EP0546209A1 Endoscopic forceps
DE4116810A1 Endoscopy facility with a medical surgical microscope and an endoscope
DE4115548A1 Surgical forceps for use in laparoscopy
DE4103972A1 Device for rinsing and suctioning organs from human and animal bodies
DE4038206A1 Instrument for removing deposits in veins - comprises flexible shaft with probe at patient end of draw wire
DE4032780A1 Miniature video camera for endoscope etc. - has extra outer housing for camera housing connectable to cable lead
US5048508A Endoscope having sealed shaft
US5112329A Four joint medical instrument with an endoscope
DE4021023A1 Trocar with pointed spindle - is fitted inside easily removable outer part which is fitted in housing
DE4020155A1 Removing internal flaps of veins - involves instrument with shaft consisting of flexible inner and outer tubes
DE4015562A1 Forceps for putting on hemostatic clips
DE3943403A1 ENDOSCOPE, ESPECIALLY TECHNICAL ENDOSCOPE
DE3936811A1 Endoscope for removal of gall stones - has dilator formed from several telescopic tubes
DE3934804A1 Laryngoscope with illumination mounted on hook or support - has through-bores in surface applied to patient's tongue preventing slipping
DE3928532A1 Flexible operation endoscope esp. for stomach and intestine region - has flexible image conductor and fibre=optic bundle for illumination as well as instrument channel
DE3923243A1 Trocar or endoscope with an instrument channel
DE3909999A1 Surgical gripping forceps