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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 2026
Filed:
Jul. 25, 2022
Karl Storz SE & Co. KG, Tuttlingen, DE;
Janosz Schneider, Donaueschingen, DE;
Dominik Längle, Mülheim, DE;
Jochen Stefan, Wald, DE;
Christina Specker Heiß, Emmingen, DE;
KARL STORZ SE & Co. KG, Tuttlingen, DE;
Abstract
A steering gear for a surgical instrument includes two motorized drives designed to spatially align a wobble plate via the adjustment angle of the two drives, which is designed to control a distal angling mechanism of the surgical instrument. A first of the two drives has a first motor, which drives a drive pinion via a driveshaft, which engages with a lateral toothing of a first toothed rack, driving a first transmission pinion of a first double gear. A second of the two drives has a second motor driving a drive pinion via a driveshaft, which engages with a lateral toothing of a second toothed rack and drives a second transmission pinion of a second double gear wheel. The wobble plate is arranged between the two bevel gear rims, which are facing one another and lie on a common axis.