EXHIBIT 21


                       Subsidiaries of CONMED Corporation




      Name                                                State of Incorporation
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Aspen Laboratories, Inc.                                        Colorado  
                                                                          
                                                                          
Consolidated Medical Equipment International, Inc.              New York  
                                                                          
                                                                          
CONMED Andover Medical, Inc.                                    New York  
                                                                          
                                                                          
Birtcher Medical Systems, Inc.                                  California
                                                                          
                                                                          
NDM, Inc.                                                       New York