The Company's purpose is the development, manufacture, marketing, and distribution of innovative medical devices, as well as all related activities in the field of medical technologies and health. The Company may, as a secondary purpose, both in Switzerland and abroad: create branches or subsidiaries, participate in other companies that have a direct or indirect relationship with its purpose, acquire or establish them, in general, carry out any financial, commercial, or industrial activity that promotes its development and that is directly or indirectly related to its purpose, handle these operations for itself or on behalf of third parties, as a representative, agent, or commissioner, or have them executed on its behalf by third parties, and grant loans or guarantees to partners, affiliated companies, or third parties.