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                                                       NEWS RELEASE

Contact:  Jack Brown, President
          (800) 938-0531
          (714) 756-5485

                                                       FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

           GISH BIOMEDICAL COMPLETES ACQUISITION OF CREATIVE MEDICAL
     --Innovative Infusion Pump Expands Gish Into Home Health Care Market--

     Irvine, California --April 23, 1996 -- Gish Biomedical, Inc. (Nasdaq: GISH)
today announced it completed the acquisition of Creative Medical Development,
Inc. (OTC:CMDI) of Nevada City, California, in a transaction that expands Gish's
operations into the home health care market with an innovative multi-therapy
infusion pump that complements Gish's line of catheters. Gish acquired
substantially all of the assets of Creative Medical for approximately 240,000
shares of Gish common stock valued at $2.0 million, plus $600,000 in cash.

     "The acquisition of Creative Medical provides Gish with not only another
state-of-the-art product, the EZ Flow 480/TM/ infusion pump, but adds a
significant new dimension to our company in the rapidly growing home health care
market," stated Jack W. Brown, chairman and president of Gish.  "It reflects our
strategy of logically extending an established name and product line into
selected specialty areas."

     The microprocessor-based EZ Flow 480/TM/ is being sold under the Gish name
through Creative Medical's distributors and through Gish's direct sales force in
selected markets nationwide.  In contrast to single-use infusion pumps, the EZ
Flow 480/TM/ can accommodate a range of therapies, including continuous,
intermittent, total parenteral nutrition and patient controlled analgesia.  The
product's multiple protocol translates into more efficient in-service training
for home health care providers and more effective inventory management.

     The EZ Flow 480's/TM/ menu driven software features multi-view programming
screens, lending itself to simple operation.  Enhanced by the device's automatic
calculation software, infusion rate and dosage intervals are automatically
verified, practically eliminating dosing calculation errors.  The EZ Flow
480/TM/ simply performs complex dosage requirements such as tapered TPN
administration, time delayed antibiotic therapy, and PCA with continuous basal
infusion.

     Gish Biomedical, Inc. designs and manufactures disposable physician-
preference products for various surgical specialties.  The company offers
premier devices for use in cardiovascular and orthopedic surgery and oncology,
in addition to the new line of ambulatory infusion pumps.

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