Irvine, CA and Karlsruhe, Germany – November 28^th, 2016 – joimax^®, the global acting German developer and marketer of technologies and training methods for endoscopic minimally invasive spinal surgery, again exhibited at Chinese Orthopedic Association (COA), which has taken place from Nov 17^th to 20^th, 2016 at China National Convention Center in Beijing, China. During the exhibition, the new NASS – joimax^® MISS Training Centre has been inaugurated.

The 18^th Chinese Orthopedic Association Annual Meeting and the 11^th International Congress of Chinese Orthopedic Association (COA) this year has again taken place in Beijing and was visited by around 35,000 surgeons gathering for the latest research results and up to date information on technology and clinical progression in orthopedics including Spine Surgery. joimax^® had a major presence with a large booth showing its endoscopic minimally invasive product range. Furthermore on the two major meeting days 30 lectures of well-known experts were given at its booth.

Moreover, joimax^® also presented its latest product, the newly launched Intracs^® Interaoperative Navigation Tracking & Control System for the first time in China.

During the COA the new NASS-joimax^® MISS Training Centre in China has been inaugurated on Friday Nov. 18^th, 2016. The ceremony has taken place at the joimax^® booth together with leaders from the Peking University Third Hospital and members of the NASS Board of Directors. The Chinese market is a very important one for joimax^®: Chinese surgeons are highly interested in adopting and deepening their knowledge in endoscopic minimally invasive techniques. joimax^® is playing a major role in advanced training and is a driving power in the field of continuing education.

“With the launch of TESSYS^® IseeU^TM, which has been newly designed especially for the Chinese market, joimax^® offers an even more simplified access under facilitated orientation”, says Wolfgang Ries, CEO and founder of joimax^®. “The existing TESSYS^® trays can furthermore be upgraded with the TESSYS^® ISeeU^TM supplements” he continues.

Karlsruhe (GER) — Founded 2001 in Germany, joimax^®, the leading manufacturer of medical devices for endoscopic minimally invasive spine surgery, celebrates its 20^th anniversary this year. In tandem with this milestone, the company expanded their educational program, ESPINEA^®, furthering their global reach.

Despite COVID-19, ESPINEA^® (Endoscopic Spine Academy) training programs, which are held in cooperation with the Royal College of Surgeons Edinburgh (RCSEd) and joimax^®, were conducted all over the world in 2020, and continue to roll out in 2021. Due to travel restrictions, the programs were adapted to webinars, and remote support and training, totaling 60 sessions last year. By pivoting to online learning, approximately 3000 surgeons were reached in 2020, and 700 surgeons so far in 2021. ESPINEA^® was founded by joimax® CEO and Founder Wolfgang Ries in 2019, and was accredited by the RCSEd last year. 

“Our goal is to be globally present online, as well as to provide direct local support,” says Ries. “Regardless of lockdowns in many countries, under the ESPINEA^® platform, more than 120 surgeons were trained in onsite workshops this quarter, with 70 in the USA and Mexico, 35 in Europe, 15 in Asia, and many more through the joimax^® CME-program partnership in China.

ESPINEA^® Board Member Alastair Gibson, FRCSEd states: “These efforts demonstrate that joimax^® and ESPINEA^® can achieve anything together. I’m proud to be part of this impressive blend of online, on-site, and remote events, enabling a strong ESPINEA^® community.”

Oberwallis / Switzerland, 24.07.09. The first intervertebral disc operation using the joimax^® TESSYS^® method for the endoscopic removal of herniated discs was recently performed in the Oberwallis Spitalzentrum in Brig, Switzerland. Dr. med. Uwe Schwarz, Chief Physician of orthopaedic surgery, carried out the two and a half hour long procedure to remove a lumbar disc herniation together with spine specialist and joimax^® Senior Faculty Member Dr. Florian Maria Alfen from Würzburg (pictured left). The patient was able to leave the hospital on the same day.

Karlsruhe – Since 2004 more than 100,000 patients in 30 countries (up to August 2014) have undergone surgery with the TESSYS® method and its later developments. The latest studies reveal a shorter recovery time, a quicker return to work and normal quality of life, and an associated reduction in the impact on welfare systems.

joimax® looks back on 10 years of successful application of the TESSYS® procedure for minimally invasive endoscopic removal of herniated discs – a particularly gentle surgical technique using the naturally occurring transforaminal opening to the spinal canal. TESSYS® was the first product that joimax® launched onto the market and it helped the company make its breakthrough. Since then, joimax® has greatly diversified its product portfolio for 360° surgery in virtually all areas of the spinal column, including endoscopic and percutaneous stabilization.

Karlsruhe, Germany – March 7th, 2018 – joimax^®, the German based market leader of technologies and training methods for endoscopic minimally invasive spinal surgery presents its newest combined 4K resolution camera and LED light source system, Camsource^® LED and its fully integrated documentation and command system, Vitegra^® Docu and Command. Both systems are introduced for the first time at the Annual Meeting of the American Association of Orthopedic Surgeons (AAOS), currently taking place in New Orleans, LA where joimax^® is represented at booth no. 4020.

The Vitegra^® Docu and Command system opens a new era of documentation, control and hospital integration. The device comes with numerous flexible control options including a wireless tablet PC, live video streaming and a live voice commenting option, in-surgery image and video review function, voice control capabilities and easy data export solutions. The Vitegra^® offers with its command mode to control all other devices that are part of the joimax^® endoscopic tower. An optimized monitoring of the endoscopic devices during the surgical procedures by live review and control of all important device parameters is also provided. An initial, limited market launch is planned for Q2/2018 within European and U.S. markets.

“Our new 4K LED Visualization Systems are the next important components of our steadily growing endoscopic product portfolio. These developments demonstrate our continued leading position in the fast-growing endoscopic spine surgery market worldwide,” states Wolfgang Ries, Founder and CEO of joimax^®.

joimax® demonstrating its innovative minimally invasive endoscopic spine surgery solutions at Global Spine Congress 2023

Prague, Czech Republic | June 2023 – During this years Global Spine Congress (GSC) joimax^® CEO & Founder, Wolfgang Ries, talked to the GSC Chairman, Jeffery Wang, MD, PhD about the latest innovations by joimax^®.

Click the link below to see the full interview! 

https://youtu.be/vTiTHGuHFCs

Karlsruhe/Heidelberg, 20 June 2011. After the success of the User Meeting in scope of the AANS Annual Scientific Meeting in Denver, Colorado in April, joimax^® invited customers and users of their systems to attend the User Meeting in Heidelberg.

The meeting provided an ideal discussion forum for the TESSYS^® users, orthopedic and neurosurgeons with scientific lectures, experience reports and an extensive practical session at the Institute for Anatomy and Cell Biology of the Heidelberg University. joimax^® placed the focus on their new products with the shaver/drill system SHRILL^® and the iLESSYS^® instrument kits, that represent the consistent further development of the well-known and proven joimax^® platform for endoscopic spine surgery. Dr. med. Carl Hans Fu?rstenberg, Senior Consultant and Deputy Head of Spinal Cord Injury and Head of Operative Spinal Cord Injury Department of Orthopaedics, Trauma Surgery and Spinal Cord Injury at the University Hospital Heidelberg, was impressed with the, now comprehensive, access technique: „The circle has been literally closed now. With TESSYS^® and iLESSYS^® we have the 360 degrees access to the spinal canal.“ „With the complement of iLESSYS^® for interlaminar access, the complete range of endoscopic access techniques to the spinal canal is now available, providing us a lot more options to help patients efficiently and fast “, stated University Lecturer Dr. Sandro Eustacchio from the Neurosurgery Department of the University Hospital in Graz, Austria, who has been practicing the interlaminar access method for quite a while and demonstrated it to the audience.

Another core theme was the application of the shaver/drill system SHRILL^®, impressively presented by Dr. med. Guntram Krzok, Friedrichroda, who cannot imagine specifically stenosis therapy without this „fantastic instrument“ any more, as he stated. According to his experience, this instrument perfectly completes the indication array of endoscopic spinal surgery.

All participants praised the format of the meeting with being the right mix of theory and practice as well as the ideal forum for an extensive exchange of experiences between the experts. During the relevant congresses and exhibitions of the second half of 2011, joimax^® will present and launch further product novelties starting at EuroSpine in Milan, Italy, and SMISS in Las Vegas in October, NASS in Chicago in November and later at the 6th German Spine Congress to be held in Hamburg in December 2011.

Chicago, Illinois – October 14, 2015 (BUSINESS WIRE) – joimax^®, the global German developer and marketer of technologies and training methods for minimally invasive endoscopic spinal surgery, launches its two newest products – the EndoLIF^® On-Cage and iLESSYS^® Delta interlaminar system, during the 30th annual North American Spine Society (NASS) meeting in Chicago.

“With the new EndoLIF^® program, combined with the TESSYS^® technology, and now the iLESSYS^® Delta, joimax^® offers complete endoscopic solutions for spinal decompression, stabilization and fusion.”

The EndoLIF^® On-Cage is a 3D-printed titanium alloy, manufactured utilizing a special electron beam melting (EBM) technology. The cage displays a porous surface with a diamond cell structure, which provides an optimal base for cell proliferation and bone growth. Two large implant graft windows, which are filled with autogenous bone, allow for bridging bone to further support fusion. The EndoLIF^® On-Cage implant allows surgeons to utilize a mini-open or an inter-muscular approach, similar to a mini-transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (TLIF) approach, into the intervertebral disc space facilitating endoscopic-assisted fusion.

SAVANNAH, GA – joimax^®, a leading developer and marketer of complete systems for endoscopic minimally invasive spinal surgery, and Red One Medical, a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business, announced their partnership today. The partnership enables both companies to continue their missions to improve patient care and surgical outcomes with leading edge medical technology and devices.

Matt Cronin, senior VP of sales and marketing for joimax^®, is a U.S. Navy veteran and hailed this partnership: “This is a pivotal moment for joimax^® and our long history. We are honored to be a part of improving health care for our many veterans and our brave U.S. military personnel, as well as for their dependents. Our working together with Red One Medical will make endoscopic spine surgery more accessible to this patient population, where a quicker return to both duty and a more active life, is so important.”

About Red One Medical

Red One Medical is a CVE-certified Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) located in Savannah, GA. Wholly owned and operated by a combat veteran, Red One Medical is a leading medical device distributor and wholesaler serving the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) medical centers and Department of Defense (DoD) hospitals. Red One Medical donates a portion of profits to leading charities as part of its mission to support veterans, military families and their communities. To learn more, visit http://www.redonemedical.com/