Surgical, medical, dental and veterinary instruments and apparatus for placing or for preparing the placement of implants in body tissue; artificial limbs and eyes; orthopedic articles, namely, orthopedic joint implants and artificial joints; suture materials, namely sutures; prostheses, namely, hip joint prostheses and hip joint shafts as well as prostheses for the knee, hip, elbow, shoulder, hand and finger, endoprostheses, in particular shafts and spherical heads; implants consisting of ar...