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KARL STORZ – Fertigung

Develops and manufactures endoscopes, medical instruments and imaging systems for minimally invasive surgery.

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KARL STORZ SE & Co. KG

Tuttlingen · Neuhausen ob Eck · Berlin · Munich · SingaporeNew on Amplifa

1945Founded
TuttlingenHeadquarters
300Employees at the Neuhausen ob Eck logistics center
>15.000Products in the online catalog
a three-digit million amountInvestment in the Neuhausen ob Eck expansion (from 2021)

About KARL STORZ

KARL STORZ SE & Co. KG is an internationally active family-owned company headquartered in Tuttlingen, Baden-Württemberg. Founded in 1945, the company manufactures and distributes medical instruments and devices, in particular rigid and flexible endoscopes, instruments for minimally invasive surgery, video laryngoscopes, camera systems and OR integration solutions. Starting from instruments, head lamps and binocular loupes for ENT medicine, the company evolved from a pure product supplier into a medical technology system provider. Milestones such as the invention of the cold light source (1960) and the rod lens system developed jointly with Harold Hopkins (1965) shaped endoscopy worldwide. The product portfolio comprises more than 15,000 articles for specialties such as general surgery, urology, ENT, gynecology and airway management, as well as human and veterinary medicine. With its subsidiary KARL STORZ VentureONE, founded in 2023 (headquarters in Singapore, tech hub in Munich), the company is expanding its business into robotic surgery, AI and virtual reality.

Site
Tuttlingen
Processes
Customer service and repairs, Training and training centers, Online catalog with more than 15,000 products, OR integration and networked operating rooms, Procedure planning with patient-specific 3D models and AI (VentureONE)
Materials
Rod lens system (Hopkins optics), Cold light source, Full HD camera systems (Image1), Image1 S Rubina (ICG-NIR fluorescence), OR integration (networked operating room), Electrosurgical units, Robotic surgery and AI (VentureONE)
Founded
1945
Industries
Human medicine, Minimally invasive surgery, Endoscopy, Medical technology, Robotic-assisted surgery, Veterinary medicine
  1. 01

    Research and development

  2. 02

    Production of medical instruments and endoscopes

  3. 03

    Imaging system and software development

  4. 04

    Logistics and distribution

  5. 05

    Customer service and repairs

  6. 06

    Training and training centers

Technologies and Processes

ENDO-OPT

Rod lens system (Hopkins optics)

Rod lens system for endoscopic image transmission with brighter images, higher resolution and improved color rendition.

KALTLICHT

Cold light source

Light source invented in 1960, positioned outside the body, with higher luminous intensity than incandescent bulbs.

HD-KAM

Full HD camera systems (Image1)

Medical Full HD camera technology with endoscopic imaging for precise visualization of tissue and vascular structures.

ICG-NIR

Image1 S Rubina (ICG-NIR fluorescence)

Technology for intraoperative indocyanine green near-infrared fluorescence, e.g. in laparoscopic procedures.

OR1

OR integration (networked operating room)

Networked operating rooms and OR integration systems for seamless workflows in the operating room.

HF-CHIR

Electrosurgical units

Automatically controlled electrosurgical units, among other things for transurethral resection.

ROBOTIK

Robotic surgery and AI (VentureONE)

Ecosystem for robotic-assisted surgery with patient-specific 3D models, AI solutions and digital process optimization.

Locations

Standort Tuttlingen

Tuttlingen

DE

Headquarters, production, visitor center (1,400 m², opened 2011)

  • Visitor center (1,400 m²)
Standort Neuhausen ob Eck

Neuhausen ob Eck

DE

Logistics center (opened 2013); expansion from 2021 with two new production halls

  • Logistics center
  • two new production halls (under construction from 2021)
Standort Berlin

Berlin

DE

Branch with visitor and training center in the former Kaiserin-Augusta Hospital (opened 2013)

Munich

DE

Tech hub of the subsidiary KARL STORZ VentureONE (hardware engineers, mechatronics, clinical application)

Singapore

SG

Headquarters of the subsidiary KARL STORZ VentureONE (marketing, product management, software development)

Products and Systems

Flexible endoscope with control handle
Flexible endoscope with control handleEndoscopy · Human medicine
C-MAC video laryngoscope blades
C-MAC video laryngoscope bladesVideo laryngoscopy · Airway management
Hysteroscopic morcellator
Hysteroscopic morcellatorInstruments · Gynecology

Inside the production

KARL STORZ corporate headquarters
KARL STORZ corporate headquarters
Manufacturing and development in Tuttlingen
Manufacturing and development in Tuttlingen
Production area at headquarters
Production area at headquarters
Production site Tuttlingen
Production site Tuttlingen
Networked operating room OR1 in use
Networked operating room OR1 in use
Surgical team in a state-of-the-art OR
Surgical team in a state-of-the-art OR
Trade fair presence with digital hospital workflow display
Trade fair presence with digital hospital workflow display
Clinical application: ear examination with digital tablet
Clinical application: ear examination with digital tablet

Industries

Human medicineMinimally invasive surgeryEndoscopyMedical technologyRobotic-assisted surgeryVeterinary medicine

Additional services

Customer service and repairsTraining and training centersOnline catalog with more than 15,000 productsOR integration and networked operating roomsProcedure planning with patient-specific 3D models and AI (VentureONE)

Reference customers

Asensus Surgical, Inc. (cooperation partner, MoU 2023)
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