Surgical and medical apparatus and instruments including such apparatus and instruments for grasping, cutting, penetrating and stretching; forceps, hooks, retractors, parenteral devices such as needles, needle holders, suture instruments; probes, dissectors, trocars, suction tubes, scalpel handles, scalpels, knives, scissors, algesimeters, speculas, clamps, anuscopes, applicators, hammers, clips, biopsy tips, dilators, ligators and ligator sets, base plates, battery handles, amniotomes, inflating bellows, spreaders, loupes, shears, curettes, suspension apparatus, connecting cables, spatulas, blade breakers and holders, blades, bougies, dishes, bowls, dilators, probes, depressors, calipers, catheters and catheter introducers, clippers, directors, drills, fibre optic light instruments such as cables, sources and carriers, saws, laser guard shields, mirrors, head lights and mirrors; dental and veterinary apparatus and instruments, artificial limbs, eyes and teeth; orthopaedic articles; suture materials; containers, racks and cases for the aforementioned goods