Centerpulse Ltd.(NYSE: CEP, Swiss Stock Market: CEPN) announced today that it has closed the sale of Vascutek Ltd. to Terumo Corporation of Japan. On November 7, 2002, Centerpulse also announced the closing of the sale of IntraTherapeutics, Inc. to ev3 Inc., a portfolio company of private equity firms Warburg Pincus LLC and The Vertical Group. The closing of these transactions represents Centerpulse's successful exit from the vascular devices market. Centerpulse had previously announced the sale