EXHIBIT 23.1



     CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS



     We consent to the inclusion and incorporation by reference in this
     registration statement on Form S-3 of our report dated December 16, 1994,
     except for the last paragraph of Note 6, as to which the date is January 2,
     1995, on our audits of the consolidated financial statements of Bio-
     Vascular, Inc. as of October 31, 1993 and 1994, and for the years then
     ended and on our audit of the financial statements of Vital Images,
     Incorporated for the year ended December 31, 1992 and the combination of
     such financial statements with those of Bio-Vascular, Inc. for the year
     ended October 31, 1992, after restatement for the 1994 pooling-of-interest.
     We also consent to the reference to our Firm under the captions "Selected
     Consolidated Financial Data" and "Experts."



                                             COOPERS & LYBRAND L.L.P.

    

     Minneapolis, Minnesota
     August 28, 1995