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Patent No.:

US 12582493 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2026

Filed:

Jul. 25, 2022

Surgical instrument and steering mechanism for same

Applicant:

Karl Storz SE & Co. KG, Tuttlingen, DE;

Inventors:

Dominik Längle, Mülheim, DE;

Janosz Schneider, Donaueschingen, DE;

Jochen Stefan, Wald, DE;

Sven Axel Grüner, Trossingen, DE;

Assignee:

KARL STORZ SE & Co. KG, Tuttlingen, DE;

Attorney:

Honigman LLP

Primary Examiner:

Brian T Gedeon

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 34/00 (2016.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/29 (2006.01); A61B 34/30 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 34/71 (2016.02); A61B 17/29 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00398 (2013.01); A61B 2017/2903 (2013.01); A61B 2034/301 (2016.02);
Abstract

The disclosure relates to a steering mechanism for a surgical instrument. The steering mechanism has two motorized drives and is designed to spatially align a swash plate over the control angle of the two drives, said swash plate being designed to control a distal bending mechanism of the surgical instrument. A first drive of the two drives has a first motor which drives a worm shaft that drives a worm wheel rim of a double gear consisting of a worm wheel rim and a bevel wheel rim), and a second drive of the two drives has a second motor which drives a worm shaft that drives a worm wheel rim of a double gear consisting of a worm wheel rim and a bevel wheel rim. The swash plate is arranged between the two bevel wheel rims, which face each other and lie on a common axis.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Längle, Dominik. (2026). Surgical instrument and steering mechanism for same (U.S. Patent No. 12582493). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12582493

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