EXHIBIT 99.1

                    CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
            PURSUANT TO SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

          In connection with the Quarterly Report of Form 10-Q of Kensey Nash
Corporation (the "Company") for the three months ended September 30, 2002 as
filed with the Securities and exchange Commission on the date hereof (the
"Report"), I, Joseph W. Kaufmann, Chief Executive Officer of the Company,
certify, pursuant to section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

          (1)  the Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a)
               or section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

          (2)  the information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all
               material respects, the financial condition and results of
               operations of the Company.



               Dated: November 14, 2002           /s/ Joseph W. Kaufmann
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                                                  Joseph W. Kaufmann
                                                  Chief Executive Officer