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                                                                 EXHIBIT 3.1(b)

                      CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT OF RESTATED
                          ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF
                       INTELLIGENT SURGICAL LASERS, INC.



                 Heinz R. Gisel and Edward M. Lake certify that:

         1.      They are the President and the Secretary, respectively, of
INTELLIGENT SURGICAL LASERS, INC., a California corporation.

         2.      Article III of the articles of incorporation of this
corporation is amended to read as follows:

                          "This corporation is authorized to issue two classes
                          of shares to be designated respectively Common Stock
                          and Preferred Stock.  The total number of shares of
                          Common Stock this corporation shall have authority to
                          issue is 35,000,000.  The total number of shares of
                          Preferred Stock this corporation shall have authority
                          to issue is 2,000,000.  The Board of Directors is
                          authorized to determine the number of shares of any
                          series of Preferred Stock, the designation of any
                          series of Preferred Stock, and the rights,
                          preferences, privileges and restrictions granted to
                          or imposed upon any such series of Preferred Stock.
                          Upon the amendment of this article to read as herein
                          set forth, each outstanding share of Common Stock is
                          consolidated and converted into .4 of a share.
                          Fractional shares otherwise issuable pursuant to such
                          conversion shall (after aggregating all shares into
                          which shares held by each holder could be converted)
                          be rounded to the nearest whole number and shall be
                          issued as a whole share."

         3.      The foregoing amendment of restated articles of incorporation
has been duly approved by the Board of Directors.

         4.      The foregoing amendment of restated articles of incorporation
has been duly approved by the required vote of the shareholders in accordance
with Section 902 of the Corporations Code.  The corporation has one class of
shares outstanding, which is entitled to vote with respect to the amendment
herein set forth.  The number of outstanding shares of the corporation at the
time of approval of this amendment (without giving effect to the .4 for-1
reverse split of the shares of Common Stock to be effected hereby) is 5,211,800
shares of Common Stock.  The number of shares voting in favor of the amendment
herein set forth equaled or exceeded the vote required.  The percentage vote
required for the approval of the amendment herein set forth was more than 50%.

         We further declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State
of California that the matters set forth in this Certificate are true and
correct of our own knowledge.






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Date:  November 8, 1993

                                       ________________________________________
                                       Heinz R. Gisel


                                       ________________________________________
                                       Edward M. Lake