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:
• 2.7 mm Cystoscopes |
• 200 mm Length Mini Cystoscopes |
• 302 mm Length Cystoscopes |
• 4 mm Cystoscopes |
• Abdominal Flexible Retractor System |
• Abdominal Trocar |
• AC-Powered Biomicroscope Slit Lamp (FDA Code: HJO / 886.1850) An AC-powered slitlamp biomicroscope is an AC-powered device that is a microscope intended for use in eye examination that projects into a patient's eye through a control diaphragm a thin, intense beam of light. |
• AC-Powered Endoscope and Accessories (FDA Code: GCP / 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. |
• AC-Powered Motor Orthopedic Surgical Instrument (FDA Code: HWE / 878.4820) Surgical instrument motors and accessories are AC-powered, battery-powered, or air-powered devices intended for use during surgical procedures to provide power to operate various accessories or attachments to cut hard tissue or bone and soft tissue. Accessories or attachments may include a bur, chisel (osteotome), dermabrasion brush, dermatome, drill bit, hammerhead, pin driver, and saw blade. |
• AC-Powered Ophthalmic Camera (FDA Code: HKI / 886.1120) An ophthalmic camera is an AC-powered device intended to take photographs of the eye and the surrounding area. |
• AC-Powered Surgical Instrument Motor (FDA Code: GEY / 878.4820) |
• Active Electrosurgical Electrode (FDA Code: FAS / 876.4300) An endoscopic electrosurgical unit and accessories is a device used to perform electrosurgical procedures through an endoscope. This generic type of device includes the electrosurgical generator, patient plate, electric biopsy forceps, electrode, flexible snare, electrosurgical alarm system, electrosurgical power supply unit, electrical clamp, self-opening rigid snare, flexible suction coagulator electrode, patient return wristlet, contact jelly, adaptor to the cord for transurethral surgical instruments, the electric cord for transurethral surgical instruments, and the transurethral desiccator. |
• Adenotomes (FDA Code: KBH / 874.4420) |
• Alligator Jaw-step Biopsy Forceps |
• Amniotic Trocar |
• Angioscope (FDA Code: LYK / 876.1500) |
• Angled Biopsy Punch |
• Anoscope and Accessories (FDA Code: FER / 876.1500) |
• Antrum Trocars |
• Artery Vascular Clamp (FDA Code: DXC / 870.4450) A vascular clamp is a surgical instrument used to occlude a blood vessel temporarily. |
• Arthroscope Accessories |
• Arthroscopes (FDA Code: HRX / 888.1100) An arthroscope is an electrically powered endoscope intended to make visible the interior of a joint. The arthroscope and accessories also is intended to perform surgery within a joint. |
• Arthroscopic Insufflator |
• Arthroscopy Drainage Cannula |
• Arthroscopy Instruments |
• Automatic Carbon-Dioxide Insufflator (FDA Code: FCX / 876.1500) |
• Automatic Pneumoperitoneum Apparatus (FDA Code: FDP / 876.1500) |
• Battery-Operated Endoscopic Power Supply |
• Battery-Powered Endoscope and Accessories (FDA Code: GCS / 876.1500) |
• Battery-Powered Medical Examination Light (FDA Code: KYT / 880.6350) A battery-powered medical examination light is a battery-powered device intended for medical purposes that is used to illuminate body surfaces and cavities during a medical examination. |
• Biliary & Pancreatic Procedures, Biopsy Forceps |
• Biliary Stone Dislodger (FDA Code: LQR / 876.5010) A biliary catheter and accessories is a tubular flexible device used for temporary or prolonged drainage of the biliary tract, for splinting of the bile duct during healing, or for preventing stricture of the bile duct. This generic type of device may include a bile collecting bag that is attached to the biliary catheter by a connector and fastened to the patient with a strap. |
• Biopsy Forceps |
• Biopsy Forceps Excision |
• Biopsy Forceps Femoral Approach |
• Biopsy Forceps with Rotating Shafts |
• Biopsy Forceps with Two Teeth |
• Biopsy Forceps, Internal Jugular Approach |
• Biopsy Forceps, Internal Jugular Approach 7 |
• Biopsy Punch (FDA Code: FCI / 876.1075) A gastroenterology-urology biopsy instrument is a device used to remove, by cutting or aspiration, a specimen of tissue for microscopic examination. This generic type of device includes the biopsy punch, gastrointestinal mechanical biopsy instrument, suction biopsy instrument, gastro-urology biopsy needle and needle set, and nonelectric biopsy forceps. This section does not apply to biopsy instruments that have specialized uses in other medical specialty areas and that are covered by classification regulations in other parts of the device classification regulations. |
• Biopsy Punch Forceps |
• Biopsy Punch Tray |
• Biopsy Punches (FDA Code: FCI / 876.1075) |
• Bipolar Electrosurgical Forceps |
• Bipolar Endoscopic Coagulator-Cutter and Accessories (FDA Code: HIN / 884.4150) A bipolar endoscopic coagulator-cutter is a device used to perform female sterilization and other operative procedures under endoscopic observation. It destroys tissue with high temperatures by directing a high frequency electrical current through tissue between two electrical contacts of a probe. This generic type of device may include the following accessories: an electrical generator, probes, and electrical cables. |
• Blood Collection Sets with Needle Holder |
• Blood Needle Holder Systems |
• Bone Fixation Screw (FDA Code: HWC / 888.3040) A smooth or threaded metallic bone fixation fastener is a device intended to be implanted that consists of a stiff wire segment or rod made of alloys, such as cobalt-chromium-molybdenum and stainless steel, and that may be smooth on the outside, fully or partially threaded, straight or U-shaped; and may be either blunt pointed, sharp pointed, or have a formed, slotted head on the end. It may be used for fixation of bone fractures, for bone reconstructions, as a guide pin for insertion of other implants, or it may be implanted through the skin so that a pulling force (traction) may be applied to the skeletal system. |
• Cameras |
• Cameras |