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                                                                  Exhibit 21

1.         Canyon Products Corporation, an Ohio corporation and wholly owned 
           subsidiary.*

2.         Invacare (UK) Ltd., an English  corporation and wholly owned 
           subsidiary,  except for one share  registered in the name of Mr. 
           Kevin Crumpler as nominee for Invacare Holdings Corporation.

3.         Invacare Canada Inc., an Ontario corporation and wholly owned 
           subsidiary.

4.         Invacare Deutschland GmbH, a German corporation and wholly owned 
           subsidiary.

5.         Invacare Holdings Corporation, an Ohio corporation and wholly owned 
           subsidiary.

6.         Invacare International Corporation, an Ohio corporation and wholly
           owned subsidiary.

7.         Invacare Respiratory Corporation, an Ohio corporation and wholly 
           owned subsidiary.

8.         Invacare Trading company, Inc., a United States Territory of the
           Virgin Islands corporation and wholly owned subsidiary.

9.         Invamex, S.A. de C.V., a Mexican corporation and wholly owned
           subsidiary.

10.        Invacare Credit Corporation, an Ohio corporation and wholly owned 
           subsidiary.

11.        Invatection Insurance company, a Vermont corporation and wholly 
           owned subsidiary.

12.        Mobilife Corporation, a Missouri corporation and wholly owned 
           subsidiary.

13.        Mobilite Corporation, a Florida corporation and wholly owned 
           subsidiary.

14.        Option 5 Inc., a Quebec corporation and wholly owned subsidiary.

15.        Poirier Groupe Invacare, a French corporation and wholly owned 
           subsidiary.

16.        POK - Rollstuhle GmbH, a German corporation and wholly owned 
           subsidiary.

17.        Dynamic Controls Ltd., a New Zealand corporation and wholly owned
           subsidiary.

18.        Quantrix Consultants Ltd., a New Zealand corporation and wholly 
           owned subsidiary.

19.        Controls Dynamic Ltd., an English corporation and wholly owned 
           subsidiary.

20.        Geomarine Systems Inc., a New York corporation and wholly owned 
           subsidiary.

21.        Sci Des Hautes Roches, a French partnership and wholly owned 
           subsidiary.

22.        Sci Des Roches, a French partnership and wholly owned subsidiary.

23.        Mobilite Building Corporation, a Florida corporation and wholly 
           owned subsidiary.

24.        Rehadap, S.A., a Spanish corporation and wholly owned subsidiary.

25.        Genus Medical, Inc., a New York corporation and wholly owned 
           subsidiary.

                                       

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26.        Beram, AB, a Swedish corporation and wholly owned subsidiary.

27.        Invacare Florida, a Delaware corporation and wholly owned subsidiary.

28.        Patient Solutions, Inc., a Delaware corporation and wholly owned 
           subsidiary.

29.        Medical  Equipment Repair Services, Inc., a Florida corporation and 
           wholly owned subsidiary.

30.        Invacare New Zealand Limited, a New Zealand corporation and wholly 
           owned subsidiary.

31.        Bencraft Limited, an English corporation and wholly owned subsidiary.

32.        Kuschall Design AG, a Switzerland corporation and wholly owned 
           subsidiary.

33.        Healthtech, Inc., a Missouri corporation and wholly owned 
           subsidiary.

34.        Frohock Stewart, Inc., a Massachusetts corporation and wholly owned 
           subsidiary

35.        Fabriorto Lda, a Portugal company and wholly owned subsidiary.

36.        Production Research Corporation, a Maryland corporation and wholly 
           owned subsidiary.
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*     "Wholly owned subsidiary" refers to indirect, as well as direct, wholly 
       owned subsidiaries.