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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 2026
Filed:
Jul. 25, 2022
Karl Storz SE & Co. KG, Tuttlingen, DE;
Sven Axel Grüner, Trossingen, DE;
Dominik Längle, Mülheim, DE;
Janosz Schneider, Donaueschingen, DE;
Jochen Stefan, Wald, DE;
KARL STORZ SE & Co. KG, Tuttlingen, DE;
Abstract
A steering gear for a surgical instrument includes an angling mechanism which can be controlled by a spatially adjustable wobble plate. The steering gear has a first and a second drive wheel with a respective associated motor, and the second drive wheel is arranged offset by 180° relative to the first drive wheel on an axis of rotation in common with the first drive wheel and perpendicular to the longitudinal axis. The wobble plate is mounted between the first drive wheel and the second drive wheel in a steering ring. A retaining bracket rotatably about the common axis of rotation of the drive wheels, wherein the steering ring is mounted in the retaining bracket an rotatable about the axis of rotation of the third gear wheel, such that the engagement between the third gear wheel and the drive wheels is secured.