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                                                                   EXHIBIT 23.1




                      CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS




We consent to the inclusion in this amended registration statement on Form 10/A
of our report dated March 18, 1995, except as to the information presented in
the second paragraph of Note E for which the date is May 9, 1996, on our audit
of the consolidated financial statements of CardioTech International, Inc. as of
March 31, 1994 and 1995 and for each of the three years in the period ended 
March 31, 1995.




                                                   Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P.

Boston, Massachusetts
May 9, 1996