EXHIBIT 31.1
Certification of Chief Executive Officer
Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
I, Robert G. Dutcher, certify that:
1. I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Possis Medical,
Inc. (Possis Medical);
2. Based on my knowledge, this quarterly report does not contain any
untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact
necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances
under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to
the period covered by this quarterly report;
3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial
information included in this quarterly report, fairly present in all
material respects the financial condition, results of operations and
cash flows of Possis Medical as of, and for, the periods presented in
this quarterly report;
4. Possis Medical's other certifying officer and I are responsible for
establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as
defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal
control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules
13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for Possis Medical and we have:
a. Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such
disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our
supervision, to ensure that material information relating to
Possis Medical, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made
known to us by others within those entities, particularly during
the period in which this quarterly report is being prepared;
b. Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or
caused such internal control over financial reporting to be
designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance
regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the
preparation of financial statements for external purposes in
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;
c. Evaluated the effectiveness of Possis Medical's disclosure
controls and procedures and presented in this report our
conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls
and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this
report based on such evaluation; and
d. Disclosed in this report any change in Possis Medical's internal
control over financial reporting that occurred during Possis
Medical's most recent fiscal quarter (Possis Medical's fourth
fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has
materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially
affect, Possis Medical's internal control over financial
reporting; and
5. Possis Medical's other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based
on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial
reporting, to Possis Medical's auditors and the audit committee of
Possis Medical's board of directors (or persons performing the
equivalent function):
a. All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the
design or operation of internal control over financial reporting
which are reasonably likely to adversely affect Possis Medical's
ability to record, process, summarize and report financial
information; and
b. Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or
other employees who have a significant role in Possis Medical's
internal control over financial reporting.
Date: June 9, 2006 By: /s/ Robert G. Dutcher
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ROBERT G. DUTCHER
Chairman, President and Chief Executive
Officer
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