EXHIBIT 32.2

            Section 1350 Certification of the Chief Financial Officer

In connection with the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
August 31, 2005 of Arrow International, Inc., a Pennsylvania corporation (the
"Company"), as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date
hereof (the "Report"), I, Frederick J. Hirt, the Senior Vice President of
Finance and Chief Financial Officer of the Company, hereby certify pursuant to
18 U.S.C. ss.1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act
of 2002, to my knowledge and upon a review of the Report, that:

    (1) the Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or
        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 as of the dates and for periods presented as required by such
        Report.

This certification is based upon, among other things, my responsibilities as
Chief Financial Officer of the Company, my own due diligence and representations
made by certain other members of the Company's senior management.

Date: November 14, 2005                         /s/ Frederick J. Hirt
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                                                Frederick J. Hirt
                                                Chief Financial Officer and
                                                Senior Vice President of Finance
                                                (Principal Financial Officer)


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