
 
                       Consent of Independent Auditors 
  
  
  
We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement   
(Form S-8 No. 33-89772) pertaining to the SCIMED Life Systems, Inc.   
Retirement Savings and Profit Sharing Plan of our report dated June 7,   
1996, with respect to the financial statements and schedules of the SCIMED   
Life Systems, Inc. Retirement Savings and Profit Sharing Plan included in   
this Annual Report (Form 11-K) for the year ended December 31, 1995.  
  
  
Ernst & Young LLP  

Minneapolis, Minnesota  
June 26, 1996  



