EXHIBITS 5.1 and 23.2

April 12, 2000
Board of Directors
Surgical Safety Products, Inc.
2018 Oak Terrace
Sarasota, FL 34231

Gentlemen:

At your request,  we have examined the Registration  Statement on Form S-8 to be
filed by you with the Securities  and Exchange  Commission on or about April 13,
2000, in connection with the  registration  under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended,  of 657,500  shares of your common stock under the Company's 1999 Stock
Option Plan ("1999 Revised ESOP") which covers  employees,  directors,  officers
and  consultants,  $.001  par  value  (exclusive  of any  securities  associated
therewith, the "Stock") to be sold by you pursuant to the Company's 1999 Revised
ESOP.

As your counsel,  we have examined the proceedings  relating to and action taken
by you in connection with the adoption of the 1999 Revised ESOP.

It is our understanding  that this plan was adopted by the Board of Directors in
January 1999 and required  shareholder approval by January 2000 in order for the
Company to issue  "ISO's" as defined in the 1999 Revised ESOP. It is further our
understanding that the Company did not issue any ISO options,  but issued all of
the  options  under this plan as  "NSO's"  as  defined  in the plan.  Therefore,
although shareholder approval was not requested by the Company for this plan, it
is our  opinion  that the Company was  authorized  to issue NSO options  without
shareholder approval.

Further,  it is our opinion  that the 657,500  shares of your common stock under
the  Company's  1999  Revised  ESOP that may be issued  and sold by the  Company
pursuant to each such plan,  when issued and sold in the manner  provide in such
plan, will be validly issued, fully-paid and non-assessable.

We  consent  to the  use of  this  opinion  as an  exhibit  to the  Registration
Statement  and  further  consent  to all  references  to us in the  Registration
Statement and any  amendments  thereto.  In providing  this  consent,  we do not
thereby  admit that we are  within the  category  of  persons  whose  consent is
required  under  Section  7 of the  Securities  Act of 1933,  or the  rules  and
regulations of the Commission thereunder.

Very truly yours,


/s/ Mintmire & Associates
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MINTMIRE & ASSOCIATES