Storz Medical profile on Hospital Technology Website

STORZ MEDICAL AG produces high quality systems for shock wave therapy. It is closely related to Karl Storz GmbH & Co. KG in D-Tuttlingen, which belongs to the leading providers of endoscopes worldwide.

Since 1988 STORZ MEDICAL AG is located in CH-Kreuzlingen. The company has more than 70 employees. Production, sales department and administration all work together at one place, in Unterseestr. 47. From here, a worldwide net of dependances is spinned. The rate of export of STORZ MEDICAL AG is 98 %, 45 % of which are exported to Europe, the other 55 % to countries outside Europe. These figures prove that the high quality products of STORZ MEDICAL AG are appreciated all over the world.

The company was founded in 1987 with the aim of improving existing shock wave devices to make them safer and more efficient. According to the companyís philosophy, efficiency means not to consider technology as an end of itself, but to always look what is rational from a medical point of view. It seems obvious that some technological innovations in shock wave technolgy go back to STORZ MEDICAL AG.

STORZ MEDICAL AG is active in all areas where shock waves are medically used. The most important field is the fragmentation of renal, ureteral, gall, bladder, pancreatic and salivary stones. But also in the treatment of orthopaedic /rheumatological applications, STORZ MEDICAL AG has a leading position. Further applications which are under clinical testing show that shock waves have a promising future in medicine. STORZ MEDICAL AG will always open new fields of application and set quality standards.

The products:
The most well-known product is the MODULITH SLX. It is offered as transportable device, in connection with the sophisticated X-ray system MX and in connection with the compact X-ray system AX. The MODULITH SLX is one of the best lithotripters in the world.
The MINILITH SL 1 is especially designed for the use in orthopaedics / rheumatology. It is smaller than the MODULITH SLX and equipped with a freely moveable therapy arm.
The latest STORZ MEDICAL product is the MODULITH SLK, which was designed to be used in more than only one medical discipline.