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.

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.

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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.

37.Inva Acquisition Corporation, re-named Suburban Ostomy Supply Company, Inc.
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*        "Wholly owned subsidiary" refers to indirect, as well as direct, 
         wholly owned subsidiaries.