Exhibit 32.1

                                 CERTIFICATIONS
            PURSUANT TO SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

      Pursuant to section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (subsections (a)
and (b) of section 1350,  chapter 63 of title 18,  United States Code),  each of
the undersigned  officers of CONMED  Corporation,  a New York  corporation  (the
"Corporation"), does hereby certify that:

      The Annual  Report on Form 10-K for the year ended  December 31, 2004 (the
"Form 10-K") of the Corporation  fully complies with the requirements of section
13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and information  contained
in the Form 10-K  fairly  presents,  in all  material  respects,  the  financial
condition and results of operations of the Corporation.


Date:  March 15, 2005      /s/ Eugene R. Corasanti
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                           Eugene R. Corasanti
                           Chairman of the Board and
                           Chief Executive Officer


Date:  March 15, 2005      /s/ Robert D. Shallish, Jr.
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                           Robert D. Shallish, Jr.
                           Vice President-Finance and
                           Chief Financial Officer