The purpose of the company is the development, production and distribution of medical instruments and devices in the medical field and in related fields. The company may establish subsidiaries and branches in Switzerland and abroad and participate in other companies in Switzerland and abroad. The company may acquire, hold and sell commercially and commercially used real estate and intellectual property rights. The company may also carry out all commercial, financial and other activities that are directly or indirectly related to the purpose of the company. Furthermore, the company may grant direct or indirect financing to its direct and indirect subsidiaries as well as to third parties, including its direct or indirect shareholders and their direct or indirect subsidiaries, and provide security for its own liabilities and those of other companies (including its direct or indirect subsidiaries and third parties, including its direct or indirect shareholders and their direct or indirect subsidiaries) of any kind, including by way of pledges on or fiduciary transfers of the company's assets or guarantees of any kind, whether remunerated or not. In addition, it may operate a liquidity adjustment/concentration of net liquidity (cash/pooling) with the aforementioned companies or join such a system, including periodic account settlement (zero balancing). This also applies to preferential conditions without interest, excluding the company's profit motive and assuming cluster risks.