Profile: Karl Storz GmbH & Co. KG specializes in the production and sale of medical instruments & devices. We offer a range of endoscopic equipment for human & veterinary medicine and for industrial applications. The instruments developed by us permit a whole range of endoscopic, minimally invasive operations, such as support immersion endoscopy, cavity endoscopy, endoscopic treatment of disorders of the salivary duct, arthroscopy of the temperomandibular joint and endoscopically assisted procedures for treating comminuted fractures of the zygomatic arch, the zygomatic process and the condylar process. Our otorhinolaryngology branch of medicine comprises rigid endoscopes spanning the entire spectrum of lengths, diameters and directions of view, flexible fiberscopes & close on 6,000 different instruments. We also offer an extensive product range for skull base surgery, pituitary gland surgery and otoneurosurgery, which includes a large number of flexible & rigid endoscopes as well as instruments for advanced operating techniques in this field. From basic equipment for the ENT practice through complete sets of endoscopic and surgical instruments up to the high-technology system for video-assisted endoscopy & autofluorescence, we provide an entire range of endoscopes & instruments.
The company has ~2000 employees and is ISO 9000, ISO 9001, ISO 9002, ISO 9003, CE certified.
FDA Registration Number: 9614434
US Agent: Susie S. Chen / Karl Storz Endoscopy-america, Inc.
Phone: +1-(424)-218-8201 Fax: +1-(424)-218-8519 E-Mail:
• Laparoscopic Insufflator (FDA Code: HIF / 884.1730) A laparoscopic insufflator is a device used to facilitate the use of the laparoscope by filling the peritoneal cavity with gas to distend it. |
• Laparoscopic Myoma Removal Instrument |
• Laparoscopy Instrument, Trocar Sleeves |
• Laparoscopy Instrument/Equipment Cart |
• Laryngeal Trocar (FDA Code: KAB / 874.4420) |
• Laryngeal-Bronchial Telescope (FDA Code: ENZ / 874.4680) A bronchoscope (flexible or rigid) and accessories is a tubular endoscopic device with any of a group of accessory devices which attach to the bronchoscope and is intended to examine or treat the larynx and tracheobronchial tree. It is typically used with a fiberoptic light source and carrier to provide illumination. The device is made of materials such as stainless steel or flexible plastic. This generic type of device includes the rigid ventilating bronchoscope, rigid nonventilating bronchoscope, nonrigid bronchoscope, laryngeal-bronchial telescope, flexible foreign body claw, bronchoscope tubing, flexible biopsy forceps, rigid biopsy curette, flexible biopsy brush, rigid biopsy forceps, flexible biopsy curette, and rigid bronchoscope aspirating tube, but excludes the fiberoptic light source and carrier. |
• Laryngoscope/Nasopharyngoscope (FDA Code: EQN / 874.4760) A nasopharyngoscope (flexible or rigid) and accessories is a tubular endoscopic device with any of a group of accessory devices which attach to the nasopharyngoscope and is intended to examine or treat the nasal cavity and nasal pharynx. It is typically used with a fiberoptic light source and carrier to provide illumination. The device is made of materials such as stainless steel and flexible plastic. This generic type of device includes the antroscope, nasopharyngolaryngoscope, nasosinuscope, nasoscope, postrhinoscope, rhinoscope, salpingoscope, flexible foreign body claw, flexible biopsy forceps, rigid biopsy curette, flexible biospy brush, rigid biopsy forceps and flexible biopsy curette, but excludes the fiberoptic light source and carrier. |
• Laser Illumination Probes |
• Laser Power Probe |
• Left Hand Needle Holders |
• Light Sources |
• Light Sources Advanced Light Source |
• Light Sources Alternative Light Source |
• Light Sources Creative Light Source |
• Light Sources White Light Source |
• Lithotripsy Systems |
• Lithotriptor |
• Low Power Binocular Loupe (FDA Code: HJH / 886.5120) A low-power binocular loupe is a device that consists of two eyepieces, each with a lens or lens system, intended for medical purposes to magnify the appearance of objects. |
• Maintenance/Repair Service |
• Manual Dermabrasion Brush (FDA Code: GED / 878.4800) A manual surgical instrument for general use is a nonpowered, hand-held, or hand-manipulated device, either reusable or disposable, intended to be used in various general surgical procedures. The device includes the applicator, clip applier, biopsy brush, manual dermabrasion brush, scrub brush, cannula, ligature carrier, chisel, clamp, contractor, curette, cutter, dissector, elevator, skin graft expander, file, forceps, gouge, instrument guide, needle guide, hammer, hemostat, amputation hook, ligature passing and knot-tying instrument, knife, blood lancet, mallet, disposable or reusable aspiration and injection needle, disposable or reusable suturing needle, osteotome, pliers, rasp, retainer, retractor, saw, scalpel blade, scalpel handle, one-piece scalpel, snare, spatula, stapler, disposable or reusable stripper, stylet, suturing apparatus for the stomach and intestine, measuring tape, and calipers. A surgical instrument that has specialized uses in a specific medical specialty is classified in separate regulations in parts 868 through 892. |
• Manual Gastro-Urology Surgical Instrument (FDA Code: KOA / 876.4730) A manual gastroenterology-urology surgical instrument and accessories is a device designed to be used for gastroenterological and urological surgical procedures. The device may be nonpowered, hand-held, or hand-manipulated. Manual gastroenterology-urology surgical instruments include the biopsy forceps cover, biopsy tray without biopsy instruments, line clamp, nonpowered rectal probe, nonelectrical clamp, colostomy spur-crushers, locking device for intestinal clamp, needle holder, gastro-urology hook, gastro-urology probe and director, nonself-retaining retractor, laparotomy rings, nonelectrical snare, rectal specula, bladder neck spreader, self-retaining retractor, and scoop. |
• Manual/Powered Portable Aspiration Pump (FDA Code: BTA / 878.4780) A powered suction pump is a portable, AC-powered or compressed air-powered device intended to be used to remove infectious materials from wounds or fluids from a patient's airway or respiratory support system. The device may be used during surgery in the operating room or at the patient's bedside. The device may include a microbial filter. |
• Manually Operated Bladder Evacuator (FDA Code: FFD / 876.4370) A gastroenterology-urology evacuator is a device used to remove debris and fluids during gastroenterological and urological procedures by drainage, aspiration, or irrigation. This generic type of device includes the fluid evacuator system, manually powered bladder evacuator, and the AC-powered vacuum pump. |
• Mechanical Urethral Dilator (FDA Code: FAH / 876.5520) A urethral dilator is a device that consists of a slender hollow or solid instrument made of metal, plastic, or other suitable material in a cylindrical form and in a range of sizes and flexibilities. The device may include a mechanism to expand the portion of the device in the urethra and indicate the degree of expansion on a dial. It is used to dilate the urethra. This generic type of device includes the mechanical urethral dilator, urological bougies, metal or plastic urethral sound, urethrometer, filiform, and filiform follower. |
• Medical Devices |
• Medical Gas Yoke Assembly (FDA Code: CAM / 868.6885) A medical gas yoke assembly is a device intended to connect medical gas cylinders to regulators or needle valves to supply gases for anesthesia or respiratory therapy. The device may include a particulate filter. |
• Micro Castroviejo Needle Holder with Stopper |
• Micro Needle Holder |
• Micro Needle Holder Round Handle |
• Micro Needle Holders with Flat Handles |
• Micro Needle Holders with Lightweight Plastic Handles |
• Micro Spring Handle Needle Holder |
• Microscopes |
• Microscopes |
• Microscopes & Telescopes |
• Microsurgical Instruments (FDA Code: GZX / 882.4525) A microsurgical instrument is a nonpowered surgical instrument used in neurological microsurgery procedures. |
• Microvascular Needle Holders |
• Mini Cystoscopes |
• Monopolar Biopsy Forceps |
• Needle Holder For 10mm Diameter Tubes |
• Needle Holder Round |
• Needle Holders & Scissors |
• Needle Holders Repair Service |
• Needle Holders with TC-Inserts |
• Needle Holders with Tungsten Carbide Inserts |
• Nephroscope Set (FDA Code: FGA / 876.1500) An endoscope and accessories is a device used to provide access, illumination, and allow observation or manipulation of body cavities, hollow organs, and canals. The device consists of various rigid or flexible instruments that are inserted into body spaces and may include an optical system for conveying an image to the user's eye and their accessories may assist in gaining access or increase the versatility and augment the capabilities of the devices. Examples of devices that are within this generic type of device include cleaning accessories for endoscopes, photographic accessories for endoscopes, nonpowered anoscopes, binolcular attachments for endoscopes, pocket battery boxes, flexible or rigid choledochoscopes, colonoscopes, diagnostic cystoscopes, cystourethroscopes, enteroscopes, esophagogastroduodenoscopes, rigid esophagoscopes, fiberoptic illuminators for endoscopes, incandescent endoscope lamps, biliary pancreatoscopes, proctoscopes, resectoscopes, nephroscopes, sigmoidoscopes, ureteroscopes, urethroscopes, endomagnetic retrievers, cytology brushes for endoscopes, and lubricating jelly for transurethral surgical instruments. This section does not apply to endoscopes that have specialized uses in other medical specialty areas and that are covered by classification regulations in other parts of the device classification regulations. |
• Nephroscopes |
• Neurological Camera Systems, Endoscopy Recording Systems |
• Neurological Endoscope (FDA Code: GWG / 882.1480) A neurological endoscope is an instrument with a light source used to view the inside of the ventricles of the brain. |
• Neurology Instruments |