Surgical, medical, dental and veterinary apparatus and instruments for use in spinal surgery, vascular surgery, general surgery, orthopedic surgery, for use in diagnosis and therapy of cancer and neurodegenerative, genetic and vascular diseases, in the nature of dilation catheters, implantable prosthesis, ports, and stents; artificial limbs, eyes and teeth; orthopedic articles, namely, ortheses and artificial limbs; suture materials