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 December 31, 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: February 14, 2003                         /s/ Joseph W. Kaufmann
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                                                 Joseph W. Kaufmann
                                                 Chief Executive Officer



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