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                                   EXHIBIT 21

                           Subsidiaries of the Company



1.   Arrow International Export Corporation, a U.S. Virgin Islands corporation.
2.   Arrow International Investment Corp., a Delaware corporation.
3.   Arrow Medical Products, Ltd., a Pennsylvania corporation, qualified to do
     business in Canada.
4.   Kontron Instruments, Inc., a California corporation.
5.   Arrow-Japan K.K. (Arrow-Japan, Ltd., English translation), a company
     organized under the laws of Japan.
6.   Arrow Deutschland Gmbh, a limited liability corporation organized under the
     laws of Germany.
7.   Arrow France S.A., a corporation organized under the laws of France.
8.   Arrow Africa (Pty) Ltd., a corporation organized under the laws of South
     Africa.
9.   AMH (Arrow Medical Holdings) B.V., a corporation organized under the laws
     of the Netherlands.
10.  Arrow Holland Medical Products B.V., a corporation organized under the laws
     of the Netherlands.
11.  Arrow Iberia, S.A., a corporation organized under the laws of Spain.
12.  Arrow Hellas Commercial A.E., a corporation organized under the laws of
     Greece.
13.  Arrow Internacional de Mexico S.A. de C.V., a corporation organized under
     the laws of Mexico.
14.  Arrow Internacional de Chihuahua, S.A. de C.V., a corporation organized
     under the laws of Mexico.
15.  Arrow International CR, A.S., a corporation organized under the laws of the
     Czech Republic.
16.  Therex Limited Partnership, a Delaware limited partnership.
17.  Arrow Infusion, Inc., a Massachusetts corporation.
18.  Arrow-Therex Corporation, a Delaware corporation.
19.  Arrow Interventional, Inc., a Delaware corporation.
20.  Arrow Slovensko s.r.o., a corporation organized under the laws of Slovakia
21.  Medical Parameters, Inc., a Massachusetts corporation
22.  Sometec, S.A.S.
23.  Sometec, Inc.
24.  Sometec Holdings, S.A.S.
25.  Arrow Med Tech LLC
26.  Arrow Italy S.r.l
27.  The Stepic Medical Distribution Corporation


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