Where is Karl Storz based?

Karl Storz is based in Tuttlingen, Germany.

What does Karl Storz make?

Karl Storz has no robot models recorded on the DEPLOY registry. Karl Storz builds physical robots.

Company

Karl Storz

Privately held (family-owned) endoscopy and medical-imaging maker; supplies the 3D vision system and TIPCAM video endoscope for the Medtronic Hugo surgical robot.

Based in Tuttlingen, Germany

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HQ: Tuttlingen, Germany
Type: hardware
ID: 18ee6c51-3c7f-4e74-9105-0d8af960f148

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Current leadership (3)

Karl-Christian Storz Chief Executive OfficerIR-verified
Stefan Ort executiveIR-verified
Dr. h. c. mult. Sybill Storz executiveIR-verified

Founders (1)

Karl Storzsolefounded 1945-01-01no longer at company

Former / Previously (1)

Karl Storz FounderIR-verified

Supplies to (1)

Sensors

Hugo RASby Medtronic3D vision system / TIPCAM 1 S 3D video endoscope (IMAGE1 S platform)supplies

Outbound supply edges from this company. Each relationship appears here when verified with at least two strong sources (maker-official / IR / regulatory / standards-body / verified tier-2). Sources are append-only; corrections add new sources rather than rewrite history.

Patent estate (6)

US6832985B2usptoexpiredgranted 2004-12-21assignee
US 12,379,583usptograntedgranted 2025-08-05assignee
US 12,390,091usptograntedgranted 2025-08-19assignee
US 12,396,618usptograntedgranted 2025-08-26assignee
US 11,540,819usptograntedgranted 2023-01-03assignee
US 12,167,836usptograntedgranted 2024-12-17assignee

Sources (1)

Karl Storz SE & Co. KG · https://www.karlstorz.com/

Common questions

What is Karl Storz?: Privately held (family-owned) endoscopy and medical-imaging maker; supplies the 3D vision system and TIPCAM video endoscope for the Medtronic Hugo surgical robot.
Where is Karl Storz based?: Karl Storz is based in Tuttlingen, Germany.
What does Karl Storz make?: Karl Storz has no robot models recorded on the DEPLOY registry. Karl Storz builds physical robots.

Methodology: Verified · 1 source (1 primary) · last reviewed 2026-06-07

Verification posture

Verified

High confidence

Review state

Stable

Last reviewed 2026-06-07

Sources by quality tier

1: primary-company-ir; Company IR disclosure

The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.