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<LEGEND>
This  schedule  contains  summary  financial   information  extracted  from  the
Consolidated  Statement of Financial Condition at September 27, 1996 (Unaudited)
and the Consolidated Statement of Operations for the Three and Nine Months Ended
September 27, 1996, and September 29, 1995 (Unaudited) and is qualified  in  its
entirety by reference to such financial statements.
</LEGEND>
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<NAME>                        MiniMed Inc.
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