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joimax® -­‐ the 1 st US TESSYS® User Meeting in Denver, Colorado, USA
heralds 10-­‐year anniversary celebrations
At the same time joimax® Inc., the US subsidiary celebrates its fifth anniversary,
exhibits at the AANS and for the first time awards the Parviz Kambin prize in the frame
of the second international TESSYS®-­‐User Meeting in Denver, USA.
Karlsruhe, April 6, 2011. joimax® GmbH holds the 2nd International TESSYS® User
Meeting in Denver, USA on April 9 th and 10 th . At this event, the Karlsruhe based medical
device company starts the celebration activities on the occasion of its 10th anniversary in
Germany and its 5 th year of existence worldwide – a special occasion in combination with
the AANS Annual Scientific Meeting (American Association of Neurological Surgeons)
from April 9 th – 13 th , 2011.
„We are particularly proud to announce the first ever Parviz Kambin Award“, says
Wolfgang Ries, founder and CEO of joimax® GmbH. „With this award we value the
neurosurgeon Dr. Parviz Kambin’s research and work as an important pioneer in the field
of minimally invasive spinal surgery. The TESSYS® procedure uses what is known as the
Kambin-­‐triangle as its point of access to the spinal canal.“
The User Meeting offers an optimal platform for TESSYS® users, surgeons, scientists and
sales partners to share their experience with the method, further technologies and case
studies as well as learn and test new products and techniques such as the iLESSYS®
System, now being launched.
On April 9 th , joimax® starts its celebrations with an advanced cadaver workshop which
focuses on endoscopic spinal stenosis treatment with TESSYS® Stenosis, the Shrill®
Shaver Drill System and now iLESSYS® method as well. The iLESSYS® method enables the
surgeon to fully endoscopically remove transforaminally difficult-­‐to-­‐reach herniated discs
and also stenoses via an interlaminar approach.
The joimax®founder Wolfgang Ries will also give an overview of the history of the
company reflecting the past five and ten years of the company and will also provide an
outlook on future products and systems.
The scientific program of the event will include a variety of technical lectures,
presentations and discussions on the TESSYS® method including reports on first
experiences with the Shrill® System and iLESSYS®.