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spirit of excellence<br />
<strong>Richard</strong> <strong>Wolf</strong> News<br />
<strong>01</strong>/2<strong>01</strong>0<br />
RICHARD WOLF GmbH customer magazine
2<br />
Editorial / Contents<br />
Dear business associates,<br />
We are one of the oldest medical engineering<br />
companies worldwide with over a hundred<br />
years of company history to look back on. As<br />
each new year dawns, we return to take up the<br />
global challenge with successful developments,<br />
efficient production and worldwide marketing<br />
of our high-tech medical products and<br />
product systems.<br />
True to the slogan "good's good, but better's<br />
better", we will be putting all our efforts into the<br />
new business year working together as a united<br />
team with a common goal.<br />
Along with our marketing partners and our customers<br />
throughout the world, we have set our<br />
sights on even greater success in 2<strong>01</strong>0.<br />
With our customer-oriented policy and total personal<br />
commitment, we worked hard in 2009 to<br />
make sure that the order books remained full.<br />
We would like to thank all the team members of<br />
the large <strong>Wolf</strong> family and all our marketing<br />
partners throughout the world for making this<br />
possible.<br />
In 2<strong>01</strong>0, we will once again be facing consi -<br />
derable challenges. To continue to generate<br />
growth and to achieve our declared aims, we<br />
need full commitment from everyone involved<br />
whatever their role.<br />
But with team spirit and active product, customer<br />
and marketing partner orientation, we will<br />
once again achieve the goals set for this year.<br />
We wish you all the best for another successful<br />
year in 2<strong>01</strong>0 and look forward to working<br />
together in mutual trust.<br />
With best regards<br />
Alfons Notheis<br />
Managing Director<br />
3 Knowledge Transfer<br />
Spine Training Course held in<br />
Chicago<br />
Success Gynecology Symposium<br />
at Liestal Canton Hospital<br />
4 Training Centers<br />
2 ND INTERNATIONAL core SALES<br />
TRAINING<br />
New <strong>Wolf</strong> Training Center in Berlin<br />
6 Uro News<br />
Arab Health 2<strong>01</strong>0 in Dubai<br />
Urological Winter Forum<br />
Großhadern at Lake Tegernsee<br />
7 Awards and more<br />
TEM Stereo Telescope from<br />
<strong>Richard</strong> <strong>Wolf</strong> receives iF Product<br />
Design Award 2<strong>01</strong>0 in the category<br />
Medicine and Health Care<br />
Grand Opening of the Prima Vista<br />
<strong>Richard</strong> <strong>Wolf</strong> Academy at RWMIC<br />
in Vernon Hills, USA<br />
8 Meeting Points<br />
Standards<br />
Congresses / Workshops 2<strong>01</strong>0<br />
"WellWave" conquers the USA<br />
2 Editorial<br />
8 Imprint
US surgeons trained in new techniques<br />
Spine Training Course held in Chicago<br />
On November 6th and 7th, fourteen<br />
surgeons from around the United States<br />
gathered in Chicago to be trained in new<br />
spine techniques by Dr. Sebastian<br />
Ruetten and an international team of<br />
instructors. The two day course was held<br />
at the Spine Education and Research<br />
Dr. Ruetten and spine surgeons from the United States<br />
Center at the North American Spine<br />
Society headquarters and was sponsored<br />
by RWMIC with close cooperation from<br />
<strong>Richard</strong> <strong>Wolf</strong> GmbH. The course featured<br />
lectures, demonstrations and hands-on<br />
training by Dr. Ruetten, Dr. Martin Komp,<br />
Dr. Verapan Kuansongtham, Dr. Sompoch<br />
Paiboonsirijit and Dirk Goethel.<br />
One of the techniques taught during the<br />
workshop was the interlaminar approach<br />
for endoscopic discectomy. This technique<br />
employs the same posterior ap -<br />
proach as is used in open lumbar discectomies<br />
and microdiscectomies, which<br />
account for about 350,000 procedures<br />
every year in the United States. This technique<br />
has the potential to become widely<br />
adopted by US surgeons because of its<br />
very minimally invasive nature and the<br />
familiarity of the posterior approach.<br />
Success Gynecology Symposium<br />
at Liestal Canton Hospital<br />
The first Swiss Gynecology Symposium<br />
"Laparoscopic Hysterectomy and Hyste -<br />
roscopic Resectoscope" was held at the<br />
Liestal Canton Hospital on 26 November<br />
2009 and chaired by Dr. med. Nicole<br />
Bürki. Treier Endoscopie AG launched this<br />
event with professional and academic support<br />
from leading speakers.<br />
The very varied agenda for the day included<br />
specialist presentations on atypical<br />
uterine bleeding, indications for surgical<br />
therapy, hysteroscopic endometrium re sec -<br />
tion, biopolar resectoscopy and laparoscopic<br />
separation of the Uterus Bi-Clamp,<br />
hemostasis, and adhesion prophylaxis, as<br />
well as information on the systems Re -<br />
section Master and Morce Power Plus.<br />
Other highlights included the two live operations<br />
in full HD quality and two workshops<br />
with organic dissections.<br />
The speakers and tutors were Dr. med.<br />
Nicole Bürki, Chief Physician at the Gyne -<br />
cology Clinic, Liestal Canton Hos pi tal,<br />
Dr. med. Markus Eberhard, Chief Phy si cian<br />
at the Gynecology Clinic, Canton Hos pital<br />
Schaffhausen, Professor Dr. med. Michel<br />
Müller, Chief Physician at the Gynecology<br />
Clinic Inselspital Bern and Dr. med. Dimitri<br />
Sarlos, Chief Physican at the Gynecology<br />
Clinic, Canton Hospital Aarau.<br />
The participants from industry included<br />
Treier Endoscopie AG, Beromünster,<br />
Nycomed Pharma AG, Dübendorf, ERBE<br />
Suisse AG, Winterthur, IVF Hart mann AG,<br />
Neuhausen am Rheinfall and Covidien<br />
Switzerland Ltd., Wollerau.<br />
At the start of the symposium, the delegates<br />
followed the live operations involving<br />
laparoscopic hysterectomy with morecellation.<br />
Dr. med. Markus Eberhard carried out<br />
the intervention and demonstrated the<br />
advantages of the technique with the Morce<br />
Power Plus system. The second operation<br />
with Professor Dr. med. Michel Müller relating<br />
to endometrium resection with chip<br />
evacuation was carried out with the<br />
Knowledge Transfer<br />
Similarly, the endoscopic anterior cervical<br />
discectomy, also featured at the workshop,<br />
is expected to be adopted by many<br />
surgeons in the United States as a minimally<br />
invasive alternative to open anterior<br />
discectomies.<br />
This endoscopic spine training course<br />
represented the first time many of these<br />
techniques, including the cervical and<br />
interlaminar approaches, have been<br />
taught in the United States. The surgeons<br />
invited to attend the training were very<br />
enthusiastic about the new techniques<br />
and many have already begun incorporating<br />
them in their practice. It is expected<br />
that many of the surgeons who attended<br />
this course will become instructors<br />
for future RWMIC courses on these techniques<br />
in the United States.<br />
Thomas Kienzle<br />
Resection Master system. The latest technique<br />
ensured there was a lively exchange of<br />
information between the two surgeons and<br />
the audience. The delegates then practiced<br />
the different work stages independently or<br />
with inputs from the speakers. All six workshop<br />
workstations were provided with animal<br />
dissections. The bilateral discussions<br />
and interactive exchange of experience between<br />
delegates, tutors and industry are<br />
very important and always well regarded.<br />
The first Swiss Gynecology Symposium in<br />
Liestal was brought to a successful finish<br />
with a drinks reception.<br />
Jérôme Ammann<br />
Treier Endoscopie AG, Sales Partner<br />
of <strong>Richard</strong> <strong>Wolf</strong> GmbH in Switzerland<br />
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4<br />
Training Centers<br />
Agencies from many countries as guests at the Prima Vista <strong>Richard</strong> <strong>Wolf</strong> Academy<br />
"2 ND INTERNATIONAL core SALES TRAINING"<br />
In view of the investment budget for new<br />
ORs, hospital decision makers are faced<br />
with the question of the need for and<br />
requirements of the "new" OR. The need<br />
for new concepts to provide better patient<br />
Participants at the second International core Sales Training<br />
care and more ergonomic working conditions<br />
in the OR is high. More economically<br />
efficient working methods in the OR are<br />
also included in the planning. These concepts<br />
need to be revised constantly to<br />
meet the requirements of hospital deci -<br />
sion makers. This makes suitable training<br />
of our agencies an absolute must.<br />
This was the thinking behind the second<br />
successive "INTERNATIONAL core SALES<br />
TRAINING" organized by the core department<br />
in the Prima Vista <strong>Richard</strong> <strong>Wolf</strong><br />
Academy. During the period from No vem -<br />
ber 02 - 06 2009 the "core" integrated<br />
The new WOLF Training Center in Berlin has<br />
meanwhile become fully operational. Why<br />
was Berlin selected as the location? Berlin is<br />
the capital city of Germany, a major medical<br />
center, and a hub for international meetings<br />
and know-how transfer in the medical hightech<br />
sector of our target clientele. Berlin is an<br />
ideal location for the presentation, promotion<br />
and profiling of instrument maker <strong>Richard</strong><br />
<strong>Wolf</strong> to its national and European customer<br />
base, and to international customers and<br />
OR was centre stage. With more than 25<br />
participants, we were pleased to wel -<br />
come agencies of <strong>Richard</strong> <strong>Wolf</strong> GmbH<br />
from Egypt, Belgium, Chile, Denmark,<br />
Greece, India, Iran, Korea, Lithuania, Le -<br />
banon, Norway, Poland, Russia, Spain,<br />
UAE and Belarus in our centre. The participants<br />
were greeted by Prof. Dr. Jörg-Uwe<br />
Meyer, Timo Haller and Etem Ihtiyar.<br />
Following this, our agencies presented<br />
their current market situations and as -<br />
sess ments.<br />
Stefan Bremer then provided us with an<br />
overview of the latest system components<br />
from Dräger Medical. Etem Ihtiyar<br />
(project manager) and Jürgen Fischer<br />
(multimedia) discussed the available<br />
solutions of audio-video routing and telesurgery<br />
and presented an overview of the<br />
basic information required by the participants.<br />
Apart from the topic of "central<br />
device management" presented in detail<br />
by Timo Haller (head of the core department),<br />
a further major topic was the<br />
new core.docu documentation system.<br />
core.docu is HD-compliant and will re -<br />
place the current documentation sys tem.<br />
Dennis Schlevoigt and Peter Rosiepen<br />
from the Visus company responsible for<br />
the development of the core.docu system<br />
tailored to our needs were present and<br />
took over this part of the training.<br />
New <strong>Wolf</strong> Training Center in Berlin<br />
partners. The new training center has given<br />
us an excellent launch pad for the future.<br />
Our goals are as follows:<br />
• Modern, advanced and representative<br />
branch office for instrument make <strong>Richard</strong><br />
<strong>Wolf</strong><br />
• Meeting point / personal contact venue for<br />
national/international customers or partners<br />
for business meetings and product<br />
presentations<br />
The current video standards and trends<br />
were outlined for the participants by<br />
Bernd Jotzat (product manager for visualisation).<br />
One important aspect of contract<br />
negotiations is after-sales support –<br />
effectively service. Bernd Ruf (head of the<br />
service department) provided us with an<br />
outline of the essentials. The available<br />
print and digital media intended to support<br />
the agencies in their sales and marketing<br />
activities were presented by Axel<br />
Keller (core marketing). The five-day program<br />
was completed by workshops that<br />
provided us with useful information for<br />
future planning and strategy.<br />
The feedback from the participants at the<br />
2 ND INTERNATIONAL core SALES TRAINING<br />
was very positive. Further training courses<br />
are planned for 2<strong>01</strong>0. One of these is the<br />
"2 ND NATIONAL core SALES TRAINING" in<br />
the Prima Vista <strong>Richard</strong> <strong>Wolf</strong> Academy<br />
from March 22 - 26 2<strong>01</strong>0 for the training<br />
of our German-speaking agencies and<br />
medical products consultants and product<br />
specialists in the field. During the period<br />
from August 23 - 27 2<strong>01</strong>0 we are also<br />
holding our "1 ST INTERNATIONAL core<br />
SALES TRAINING FOR TECHNICIANS"<br />
intended for the technicians of our agencies.<br />
The skills learnt during training are<br />
intended to optimise and simplify procedures<br />
during installa tion. Axel Keller<br />
• In-house training facilities (training courses<br />
for employees and customers)<br />
• Satellite events for conferences and symposia<br />
in Berlin – technical (medical) – cultural<br />
(private views, art evenings, small<br />
events, etc.)<br />
• Dedicated organized specialist events with<br />
"decision-makers" ("Berliner Runde...")<br />
• Workshops<br />
Peter Maywald
Gynaecology department of the University Hospital Würzburg<br />
With the core OR concept, <strong>Richard</strong> <strong>Wolf</strong> – one of the great innovators in minimally invasive<br />
surgery – integrates a variety of technologies in the OR of the future.<br />
Coordinating the workflow is much easier with the central device management that can be<br />
controlled and monitored either by touch screen or voice. The patient-related documentation<br />
required for the intervention is available from the image archive and data management<br />
and, when necessary, integrated video management allows colleagues to be consulted<br />
using video conferencing. This communications option is also very useful for basic teaching<br />
and advanced training.<br />
The integrated core OR concept core stands for improved ergonomics and greater efficiency<br />
both within and beyond the OR.<br />
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Uro News<br />
Arab Health grows and grows<br />
Arab Health 2<strong>01</strong>0 in Dubai<br />
As one of the world’s biggest exhibitions for<br />
medical technology and hospital supplies,<br />
the Arab Health exhibition again opened its<br />
doors in Dubai from 25 to 28 January<br />
2<strong>01</strong>0. Since the exhibition area available in<br />
previous years was no longer sufficient for<br />
all the participating companies, a further<br />
exhibition hall with an area of more than<br />
20,000 m² was erected in front of the<br />
entrance area of the exhibition complex. A<br />
main road located in front of the main<br />
entrance had to be rerouted and this was a<br />
perfect recipe for daily traffic chaos.<br />
Compared with the recently opened Burj<br />
Khalifa Tower (189 floors and 828 m in<br />
height), this was undoubtedly not such a<br />
major challenge for the Dubai’s builders.<br />
Another record was achieved at this year’s<br />
Arab Health. A total of 2,600 exhibitors from<br />
more than 70 countries represented the biggest<br />
participation to date. This included<br />
exhibitions presented by exhibitors from<br />
small and mid-sized companies in a total of<br />
29 country pavilions featuring different<br />
countries.<br />
Germany has set up the biggest pavilion<br />
and this was divided into different federal<br />
states. Our exhibition stand and the stands<br />
of our two competitors (Storz and Olympus)<br />
were based in the main hall. The greatest<br />
numbers of visitors were circulating in this<br />
area.<br />
The customer clientele generally covers a<br />
wide range at the Arab Health. Apart from<br />
actual end customers – in other words<br />
users – we recorded a large number of contacts<br />
from the areas of hospital purchasing,<br />
hospital management, hospital medical<br />
technology, and naturally also a large number<br />
of distributors who would like to work for<br />
<strong>Richard</strong> <strong>Wolf</strong> in the future.<br />
The most frequent urological diseases (urinary<br />
stone conditions) typical for the region<br />
meant that a large number of inquiries<br />
ranged across the entire area of urology<br />
from endoscopic interventions with lasers<br />
through to Extracorporeal Shock Wave<br />
Lithotripsy (ESWL) as in previous years.<br />
However, there were also a large number of<br />
inquiries on issues like integrated surgical<br />
Urological Winter Forum Großhadern<br />
24 to 29 January 2<strong>01</strong>0 at Lake Tegernsee<br />
After 2009, this was the second time that<br />
<strong>Richard</strong> <strong>Wolf</strong> was invited by Ludwig<br />
Maximilian University Großhadern to this<br />
Winter Forum on Lake Tegernsee organized<br />
under the management of its director<br />
Professor Christian Stief. URS Workshops<br />
were offered on two days with laser lithotripsy.<br />
<strong>Richard</strong> <strong>Wolf</strong> provided two complete<br />
hands-on workstations on both days<br />
with support from Mr. Haller, Mr. Salge<br />
and Ms Huber, as well being accompanied<br />
by tutors from Großhadern Hospital.<br />
However, before "hands-on" experience<br />
started, the delegates were given a presentation<br />
by Senior Physician Dr. Bader<br />
from Großhadern Hospital providing information<br />
on the indication, technique, and<br />
tips and tricks of rigid and flexible URS.<br />
On the second day, Dr. Sroka from the<br />
College of Applied Sciences Munich gave<br />
a very interesting presentation on lasers,<br />
the generation of laser energy and the different<br />
types of laser used in medicine.<br />
Instead of plastic models, urinary tracts<br />
from pigs consisting of kidneys, ureter<br />
and bladder were used and delegates<br />
found this approach extremely helpful.<br />
The tutors inserted artificial stones into the<br />
porcine urinary tracts in advance of the<br />
presentation.<br />
The delegates worked on the pigs enthusiastically<br />
and used the laser and appropriate<br />
auxiliary instruments to remove the<br />
stones. It was also possible to use the<br />
Mega-Pulse Laser. The delegates included<br />
urologists in private practice and some cli-<br />
solutions (core) and HDTV endocameras,<br />
as well as laparoscopy and gynecology,<br />
indicating that these areas continue to grow<br />
in importance.<br />
Generally speaking, the Arab Health in<br />
Dubai enjoys a steady increase in popularity,<br />
as evidenced by the growing number of<br />
exhibitors and also demonstrated by the<br />
many visitors coming from outside the Arab<br />
world. Over the long term, Arab Health must<br />
be regarded as the most important exhibition<br />
in the healthcare sector. This is due not<br />
least to the location. Dubai attracts visitors<br />
like virtually no other exhibition site in the<br />
world. Numerous hotels and cheap flights<br />
to Dubai play a role in combination with the<br />
mild climate at the end of January.<br />
This confirms our commitment to presenting<br />
our product range at this exhibition and we<br />
will undoubtedly continue to be a presence<br />
at Arab Health over the coming years.<br />
Stefan Gillé<br />
nicians. Wor k ing with a flexible URS was a<br />
new experience for some of the delegates<br />
but this did not present any problems.<br />
Under the management of experienced<br />
tutors from Großhadern Hospital, they<br />
were inducted into the technique of flexible<br />
URS and were introduced to a number<br />
of tips and tricks for successfully removing<br />
stones using lasers and auxiliary<br />
instruments. Prospective customers were<br />
also able to find out about product innovations<br />
in urology that were presented on<br />
the exhibition bench. The feedback from<br />
the delegates and the tutors of Groß -<br />
hadern Hospital was uniformly very positive<br />
so that we have already planned the<br />
event into our schedule for next year.<br />
Susanne Huber
The Stereotelescope for Transanal Endo -<br />
scopic Microsurgery (TEM) from medical<br />
instrument manufacturer <strong>Richard</strong> <strong>Wolf</strong><br />
received the accolade of the iF Product<br />
Design Award 2<strong>01</strong>0 in the category<br />
Medicine and Health Care at the end of<br />
November 2009. The stereo telescope<br />
launched in the marketplace in May<br />
2009 gives the surgeon binocular vision<br />
of the operation site in the entire rectum<br />
and this provides the user with the graphic,<br />
three-dimensional impression of<br />
depth required for carrying out precise<br />
surgery. The image can also be transferred<br />
to an external screen in high-defini -<br />
tion quality. The improved vision and the<br />
three-dimensional view provided for the<br />
surgeon means that the new product<br />
makes a significant contribution to<br />
patient safety.<br />
"Outstanding illumination of the operating<br />
area, autoclavability, avoidance of<br />
access trauma for patients and most<br />
importantly superb 3D vision were naturally<br />
by far the most important criteria for<br />
development of this surgical rectoscope.<br />
We also asked ourselves why innovative<br />
medical technology shouldn’t have an<br />
attractive design as well? This award has<br />
confirmed that we have mastered the<br />
challenge with flying colors," the message<br />
from the jury panel.<br />
The annually awarded iF Product Design<br />
Award has enjoyed a reputation as an<br />
award granted to good design solutions<br />
for products since 1953. An international<br />
jury panel of designers evaluates the<br />
quality of the design and a number of<br />
other factors including the craftsmanship,<br />
the level of innovation and the ergonomic<br />
design of the product.<br />
<strong>Richard</strong> <strong>Wolf</strong> GmbH is a mid-sized company<br />
manufacturing medical instruments.<br />
It employs a workforce of more<br />
Awards and more<br />
Design Prize for Stereo Telescope<br />
TEM Stereo Telescope from <strong>Richard</strong> <strong>Wolf</strong> receives<br />
iF Product Design Award 2<strong>01</strong>0 in the category<br />
Medicine and Health Care<br />
than 1,400 and maintains a global network<br />
of seven subsidiary companies and<br />
120 World wide distributors. The company<br />
based in Knittlingen, Baden-Württem -<br />
berg, manufactures and markets a large<br />
range of products for minimally invasive<br />
surgery and endoscopy in human and<br />
veterinary medicine, and for extracorporeal<br />
shock wave lithotripsy and techno -<br />
scopy. Stefan Heffner<br />
Grand Opening of the Prima Vista <strong>Richard</strong> <strong>Wolf</strong><br />
Academy at RWMIC in Vernon Hills, USA<br />
F. l. t. r.: Mr. Tom Leathem, Project Manager Principle; Mr. Ed Troike,<br />
Director of Marketing; Mr. Niels Schmidt, GM; Mr. Siegfried Karst,<br />
COO; Mrs. Petra Johnson, Director of Administration; Mr. Mark Frane,<br />
Superintendent Principle Construction; Mr. Klaus Schilde, Director of<br />
Manufacturing; Mr. Marco Wohnig, Director of Sales and Mr. Mark<br />
Augustyn, COO Principle Construction.<br />
RWMIC is very proud to announce the opening<br />
of our new training facility "Prima<br />
Vista <strong>Richard</strong> <strong>Wolf</strong> Academy" on January<br />
25th, 2<strong>01</strong>0. After several months of planning<br />
and designing, one of our stock<br />
rooms was transformed into a state of art<br />
training center consisting of an 11 stations<br />
Wet Lab and a Lecture Hall which can seat<br />
up to 60 people. The Academy is equipped<br />
with the latest AV equipment that among<br />
other things allows video conference and<br />
telesurgeries.<br />
The official opening ceremony was for the<br />
staff of Vernon Hills. Mr. Niels Schmidt, GM<br />
RWMIC, expressed a big thank you to the<br />
Management at RWGmbH and the Board<br />
for approving this large investment. Mr.<br />
Niels Schmidt also spoke about the strategic<br />
investments which will bring RWMIC in<br />
a stronger market position moving for-<br />
ward. Finally, Mr. Niels Schmidt thanked<br />
the builder Mr. Mark Augustyn, COO of<br />
Principle Construction, for an excellent job.<br />
Before the official ribbon cutting ceremony,<br />
Mr. Siegfried Karst expressed satisfaction<br />
with the new training center and the importance<br />
of training staff and customers in our<br />
products. With a gigantic pair of scissors<br />
Mr. Karst cut the ribbon to our new training<br />
center in front of the Vernon Hills team.<br />
Followed by the ribbon ceremony, all<br />
employees enjoyed a fabulous lunch buffet<br />
provided by the builder Principle Con struc -<br />
tion and everybody had the opportunity to<br />
take a closer look at the new training facility.<br />
Niels Schmidt, GM<br />
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Meeting Points ✔ Fairs ✔ Workshops<br />
✔ Congresses ✔ Events<br />
Congresses 2<strong>01</strong>0<br />
February<br />
05. - 06.02. Aachener Cruciate Ligament Course Aachen / Germany<br />
06.02. Upstate NY Wetlab Syracuse, NY / USA<br />
06. - 13.02. 8th Arthroscopy Course Wolkenstein / Germany<br />
11. - 12.02. Yeung Spine Wetlab Phoenix, AZ / USA<br />
11. - 13.02. Cleveland Clinic TEM Course Ft. Lauderdale / USA<br />
17. - 20.02. AANS / CNS Disdorders of the Spine and<br />
Peripheral Nerves 2<strong>01</strong>0 Annual Meeting Orlando, FL / USA<br />
18. - 20.02. American Physical Therapy Associations's<br />
Combined Sections Meeting San Diego, CA / USA<br />
19. - 20.02. Congr. f. Gynaecology and Obstetrics Frankfurt 2<strong>01</strong>0 Frankfurt / Germany<br />
20. - 24.02. 2<strong>01</strong>0 EANS Young Neurosurgeons Course Innsbruck /<br />
and Meeting Austria<br />
25.02. 18th Ulm Spine Week Ulm / Germany<br />
25. - 28.02. 18th bpt Intensive Advanced Training Course Bielefeld / Germany<br />
27.02. - 05.03.27th Intern. Gastroentestinal Surgery Workshop Davos / Switzerland<br />
28.02. - 03.03.Federation of American Hospitals 2<strong>01</strong>0 Washington / USA<br />
March<br />
06.03. 2nd Leipziger Joint Symposium - Hip Surgery 2<strong>01</strong>0 Leipzig / Germany<br />
08.03. Fast-Track in Colorectal Surgery<br />
- Prof. A. Kartheuser St. Luc Brussels / Belgium<br />
09. - 13.03. AAOS 2<strong>01</strong>0 American Academy of New Orleans,<br />
Orthopaedic Surgeons LA / USA<br />
11. - 13.03. 36th German Coloproctology Congress Munich / Germany<br />
15. - 16.03. 8th NVEC Annual Congress of Endoscopic Surgery Amersfoort / Netherlands<br />
17. - 21.03. 11th Erzgebirge Surgery Symposium Oberwiesenthal / Germ.<br />
13.03. 3rd Osnabrücker Symposium Osnabrück / Germany<br />
14. - 18.03. AORN 2<strong>01</strong>0 57th Congress Denver, CO / USA<br />
16. - 19.03. III Latain American Congress on NeuroendoscopyRosario / Argentina<br />
17. - 20.03. 51st Congress of the German Society for<br />
Pneumology and Respiratory Medicine (DGP) Hanover / Germany<br />
18. - 21.03. 22th Baden-Baden Training Days Small Animal "concrete"Baden-Baden / Germ.<br />
20.03. 6th Annual Congress of the German Society<br />
for Spine Surgery Berlin / Germany<br />
24.03. Minimally Invasive Surgery Symposium TEM Breda / Netherlands<br />
24. - 27.03. Interventional Pulmonology Course 2<strong>01</strong>0 Burlington / USA<br />
25. - 26.03. Yeung Spine Wetlab Phoenix, AZ / USA<br />
April<br />
02. - 04.04. 12th ISMST Congress Sorrent / Italy<br />
04. - 05.04. 3rd ISMISS Congress Istanbul / Turkey<br />
12. - 13.04. Society of Gynecologic Surgeons<br />
(SGS) Scientific Meeting Tucson, AZ / USA<br />
14. - 17.04. SAGES 2<strong>01</strong>0 National Harbor / USA<br />
17. - 19.04. 25th EAU Congress Barcelona / Spain<br />
20. - 23.04. 127th Congress of the German Society for Surgery Berlin / Germany<br />
22. - 24.04. Joint Meeting of the German Society for Garmisch-Partenkirchen /<br />
Neurosurgery (DGNC) Germany<br />
22. - 24.04. 56th Congress of the North Rhine Westphalia<br />
Society for Urology Dortmund / Germany<br />
23.04. 1st Saxony Urology Meeting Pirna / Germany<br />
24.04. 6th Suturing Course Stadthagen / Germany<br />
24.04. 40th Scientific Meeting for ENT Physicians Stollberg / Germany<br />
27. - 30.04. Spine Arthroplasty Society New Orleans, LA / USA<br />
28.04. - <strong>01</strong>.05.58th Annual Meeting of the Society of Southern Baden-Baden /<br />
German Orthopaedic Surgeons Germany<br />
Workshops 2<strong>01</strong>0<br />
February<br />
26. - 27.02. Workshop for Arthroscopy of the Wrist Joint Knittlingen / Germany<br />
March<br />
05. - 06.03. Urology compact - Testicular Tumours / Andrology Northeim / Germany<br />
05. - 06.03. 4th Shoulder Arthroscopy Workshop Leipzig / Germany<br />
06.03. Workshop for Arthroscopy in Dogs – Advanced CourseAhlen / Germany<br />
08. - <strong>10</strong>.03. 2nd International Intensive Training Course for TEM Caceres / Spain<br />
11. - 13.03. 3rd International Intensive Training Course for TEM Caceres / Spain<br />
19. - 20.03. Workshop for Minimally Invasive Interventions<br />
in Urology Würzburg / Germany<br />
26. - 27.03. AGA Academy 2<strong>01</strong>0 Ankle / Elbow Berlin / Germany<br />
26. - 27.03. 18th International Training Course for Full-endos. Herne (Cologne) /<br />
Operations of the Lumbar, Thoracic and Cervical Spine Germany<br />
Shock Wave Corner • Shock Wave Corner • Shock Wave Corner • Shock Wave Corner • Shock Wave Corner • Shock Wave Corner • Shock Wave Corner • Shock Wave Corner • Shock Wave Corner<br />
"WellWave" conquers the USA<br />
Peter Vallon, head of the ESWL/ESWT/<br />
TPST department, presented the Well Wave<br />
in the new training centre of <strong>Richard</strong> <strong>Wolf</strong><br />
MIC in Vernon Hills / USA before a selected<br />
audience of chiropractors.<br />
The <strong>Richard</strong> <strong>Wolf</strong> Well -<br />
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me. Trigger point<br />
shock wave therapy (TPST) is a highly<br />
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The participants at the presentation saw<br />
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Wave " for themselves and were convinced<br />
of the options it opens up. Everyone<br />
at the meeting was sure that the<br />
WellWave has a high sales potential in<br />
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Peter Vallon sold <strong>10</strong>0 "Well Wave"<br />
F. l. t. r.: James Gill, Peter Vallon, Ron Haselhorst and Ed Troike<br />
systems to our subsidiary. A successful<br />
product with a future, in the USA as well.<br />
Peter Vallon<br />
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Editorial articles: Alfons Notheis, Jérôme Ammann, Stefan Gillé, Stefan Heffner, Susanne Huber, Axel Keller, Thomas Kinzle, Reiner Klostermann, Peter Maywald, Niels Schmidt, Peter Vallon.<br />
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