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US 12,702,512 B2

Surgical instrument and steering gear for same

US 12,702,512 B2 is a granted patent from the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), dated 2026-08-11. Applicant: KARL STORZ SE & CO. KG. Its PDF downloads from this page without an account, up to 5 a day.

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Applicant
KARL STORZ SE & CO. KG
Inventors
Janosz SCHNEIDER; Dominik LÄNGLE; Sven Axel GRÜNER; Jochen STEFAN
Publication date
2026-08-11
Filing date
2024-01-24
Document type
B2 Granted patent
Also written as
US 12,702,512 B2 · US12702512 · 12702512

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.…

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