EXHIBIT 23.6

                     CONSENT OF PERSON TO BECOME A DIRECTOR

    I  hereby consent to being named in  this Registration Statement as a person
who may become a director of Nellcor Incorporated.

   
                                          /s/ BURTON A. DOLE, JR.
    

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                                          Burton A. Dole, Jr.

Dated: July 10, 1995