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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2026
Filed:
Jul. 25, 2022
Karl Storz SE & Co. KG, Tuttlingen, DE;
Janosz Schneider, Donaueschingen, DE;
Dominik Längle, Mülheim, DE;
Sven Axel Grüner, Trossingen, DE;
Jochen Stefan, Wald, DE;
KARL STORZ SE & Co. KG, Tuttlingen, DE;
Abstract
A steering gear for a surgical instrument having a shaft and an angling mechanism at the distal end of the shaft, includes two motorised drives and is designed to spatially adjust a wobble plate via the adjustment angle of the two drives. The two drives each have a drive wheel driven designed as a double wheel with a bevel wheel rim and a drive rim. The wobble plate is arranged between the two drive wheels, which have a common axis of rotation, and the drive rims of both double wheels are operatively connected to a respective pinion. The pinions can be driven by the respective motor via a respective driveshaft, wherein the two drive axes run parallel to one another and parallel to the common axis of rotation of the two drive wheels. The invention also relates to a surgical instrument comprising a steering gear of this type.