CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT

                                          OF

                             CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

                                          OF

                             AMERICAN ELECTROMEDICS CORP.
                           (PURSUANT TO SECTION 242 OF THE
                          DELAWARE GENERAL CORPORATION LAW)

                    AMERICAN ELECTROMEDICS CORP, a corporation organized
          and existing under and by virtue of the General Corporation Law
          of the State of Delaware (the "Corporation"), DOES HEREBY
          CERTIFY:


                    FIRST:  The Board of Directors of the Corporation duly
               adopted resolutions at a special meeting of the Board of
               Directors held in accordance with Section 141 of the General
               Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the "DGCL"),
               setting forth a proposed amendment (the "Amendment") to the
               Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation, declaring
               the Amendment to be advisable and calling for submission of
               the Amendment to the stockholders of the Corporation
               pursuant to Section 242(b)(1) of the DGCL, and stating that
               the Amendments would be effective only after approval
               thereof by the Holders of a majority of the outstanding
               shares of stock of the Corporation entitled to vote thereon.

                    SECOND:  The Certificate of Incorporation of the
               Corporation is hereby amended by adding to the end of
               Article 4 the following language:

                    "Shares of Preferred Stock may be issued from time to
          time in series, and the Board of Directors of the Corporation is
          hereby authorized, subject to the limitations provided by law, to
          establish and designate one or more series of the Preferred
          Stock, to fix the number of shares constituting each series, and
          to fix the designations, powers, preferences and relative,
          participating, optional or other special rights, and
          qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof, of each
          series and the variations and the relative rights, preferences
          and limitations as between series, and to increase and to
          decrease the number of shares constituting each series.  The
          authority of the Board of Directors of the Corporation with
          respect to each series shall include, but shall not be limited
          to, the authority to determine the following:

                            1.  The designation of such series.

                            2.  The number of shares initially constituting
          such series.

                            3.  The increase, and the decrease to a number
          not less than the number of the outstanding shares of such
          series, of the number of shares constituting such series
          theretofore fixed.

                            4.  The rate or rates, and the conditions upon
          and the times at which dividends on the shares of such series
          shall be paid, the preference or relation which such dividends
          shall bear to the dividends payable on any other class or classes
          or on any other series of stock of the Corporation, and whether
          or not such dividends shall be cumulative, and, if such dividends
          shall be cumulative, the date or dates from and after which they
          shall accumulate.

                            5.  Whether or not the shares of such series
          shall be redeemable, and, if such shares shall be redeemable, the
          terms and conditions of such redemption, including, but not
          limited to, the date or dates upon or after which such shares
          shall be redeemable and the amount per share which shall be
          payable upon such redemption, which amount may vary under
          different conditions and at different redemption dates.

                            6.  The rights to which the holders of the
          shares of such series shall be entitled upon the voluntary or
          involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of, or upon
          any distribution of the assets of, the Corporation, which rights
          may be different in the case of a voluntary liquidation,
          dissolution or winding up than in the case of such an involuntary
          event.

                            7.  Whether or not the shares of such series
          shall have voting rights, in addition to the voting rights
          provided by law, and, if such shares shall have such voting
          rights, the terms and conditions thereof, including, but not
          limited to, the right of the holders of such shares to vote as a
          separate class either alone or with the holders of shares of one
          or more other series of Preferred Stock and the right to have
          more than one vote per share.

                            8.  Whether or not a sinking fund or a purchase
          fund shall be provided for the redemption or purchase of the
          shares of such series, and, if such a sinking fund or purchase
          fund shall be provided, the terms and conditions thereof.

                            9.  Whether or not the shares of such series
          shall be convertible into, or exchangeable for, shares of any
          other class or classes or any other series of the same or any
          other class or classes of stock of the corporation, and, if
          provision be made for conversion or exchange, the terms and
          conditions of conversion or exchange, including, but not limited
          to, any provision for the adjustment of the conversion or
          exchange rate or the conversion or exchange price.

                           10.  Any other relative rights, preferences and
          limitations."

                         THIRD:  The Amendment has been duly adopted by the
               stockholders of the Corporation, at an annual meeting of
               stockholders of the Corporation held on April 25, 1990 in
               accordance with Section 211 of the DGCL.

                         FOURTH:  The Amendment was duly adopted in
               accordance with the applicable provisions of Sections 242
               and 141 of the General Corporation Law of the DGCL.

                         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, American Electromedics Corp
          has caused this Certificate to be signed by its President as of
          the 4th day of May, 1998.


                                /s/ Michael T. Pieniazek
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                                Michael T. Pieniazek
                                President