History 1945 - 1960

1945
Karl Storz establishes his company in Tuttlingen at the age of thirty-four. The product range initially comprises instruments, headlamps and binocular loupes for Ear, Nose and Throat specialists.

1952
Instrument set for bronchoscopy is modernized and accessories, e.g., for optical biopsies, are added.

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.

1956
The first extracorporeal electron flash device allows endoscopic photography in unprecedented quality.

1960
The development of the cold light source opens a new chapter in the company's history and in the endoscopy.

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