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KARL STORZ Endoscopy company history timeline

1945

Back in 1945, when Dr Karl Storz laid the foundation for the KARL STORZ Group in southern german suebian town Tuttlingen, nobody could have imagined what a great influence the products from this innovative think tank would have not only on endoscopy but also on shock wave therapy.

1955

CLAR55 forehead lamp with 55 mm concave reflector and tungsten bulb – presented for the first time in 1955 at the ENT Congress in Constance and still the best selling model among “warm light” forehead lamps to this day.

1970

As early as in 1970 the use of the first ultrasound lithotripter worldwide for the treatment of urinary stones had broken new ground already.

1987

At the beginning of 1987, the decision to develop an extracorporeal shock wave lithotripter followed and, in November of the same year the STORZ MEDICAL AG was eventually established in Switzerland.

1988

As early as in 1970 the use of the first ultrasound lithotripter worldwide for the treatment of urinary stones had broken new ground already. It was also in 1988 that the prototype of the first modular lithotripter in the world, the MODULITH® SL10, was presented – a technological sensation!

2006

The European Council for Women, Businesses and Commerce (Conseil Européen Femmes Entreprises et Commerce – CEFEC) in Paris awarded Sybill Storz as Businesswoman of the Year 2006.

2017

The C-MAC® PM video laryngoscope wins the 2017 German Innovation Award.

The VITOM® 3D – 3D visualization for microsurgery and open surgery – awarded in the 2017 "Landmarks in the Land of Ideas".

2020

The family company Karl Storz SE & Co. based in Tuttlingen celebrated its 75th anniversary in 2020 and produces medical endoscopes, instruments, devices and medical imaging systems of the highest standards in Germany, USA, Estonia and Switzerland.

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