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<LEGEND>

     This Schedule  contains summary  financial  information  extracted from the
Form 10-K of Gish  Biomedical,  Inc.  for the year  ended  June 30,  1999 and is
qualified in its entirety by reference to such financial statements.

</LEGEND>
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