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.   Arrow-Japan K.K. (Arrow-Japan, Ltd., English translation), a company
     organized under the laws of Japan.

5.   Arrow Deutschland Gmbh, a limited liability corporation organized under the
     laws of Germany.

6.   Arrow France S.A., a corporation organized under the laws of France.

7.   Arrow Africa (Pty) Ltd., a corporation organized under the laws of South
     Africa.

8.   AMH (Arrow Medical Holdings) B.V., a corporation organized under the laws
     of the Netherlands.

9.   Arrow Holland Medical Products B.V., a corporation organized under the laws
     of the Netherlands.

10.  Arrow Iberia, S.A., a corporation organized under the laws of Spain.

11.  Arrow Hellas Commercial A.E., a corporation organized under the laws of
     Greece.

12.  Arrow Internacional de Mexico S.A. de C.V., a corporation organized under
     the laws of Mexico.

13.  Arrow Internacional de Chihuahua, S.A. de C.V., a corporation organized
     under the laws of Mexico.

14.  Arrow International CR, A.S., a corporation organized under the laws of the
     Czech Republic.

15.  Arrow Interventional, Inc., a Delaware corporation.

16.  Arrow Slovensko s.r.o., a corporation organized under the laws of Slovakia

17.  Medical Parameters, Inc., a Massachusetts corporation

18.  Sometec, S.A.S.

19.  Sometec, Inc.

20.  Sometec Holdings, S.A.S.

21.  Arrow Med Tech LLC

22.  Arrow Italy S.r.l

23.  The Stepic Medical Distribution Corporation



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