The Company's purpose is to provide medical services, in particular in the fields of orthopedics, spinal surgery and pain therapy. It also promotes and supplies on its own account and/or on behalf of third parties any kind of product and/or service, in particular in the medical and health sector. The Company may open branches and subsidiaries in Switzerland and abroad and participate in other companies in Switzerland and abroad and carry out all operations that are directly or indirectly related to its purpose. The Company may acquire, encumber, sell and manage real estate in Switzerland and abroad; the Company may also provide financing on its own account or on behalf of others, as well as grant guarantees and sureties for subsidiaries and third parties.