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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000096943-18-000168
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	CORRESP
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
FILED AS OF DATE:		20180913

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	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			TELEFLEX INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000096943
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	SURGICAL & MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS & APPARATUS [3841]
		IRS NUMBER:				231147939
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

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		FORM TYPE:		CORRESP

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		550 E SWEDESFORD RD
		STREET 2:		SUITE 400
		CITY:			WAYNE
		STATE:			PA
		ZIP:			19087
		BUSINESS PHONE:		610-225-6800

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		550 E SWEDESFORD RD
		STREET 2:		SUITE 400
		CITY:			WAYNE
		STATE:			PA
		ZIP:			19087
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<div><a name="sd06d6225bfc8409ea625273323bedb18"></a></div><div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div></div><div><br></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;"><img src="teleflexlogoa05.jpg" alt="teleflexlogoa05.jpg" style="height:40px;width:245px;"></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><div style="padding-left:0px;text-indent:0px;line-height:normal;padding-top:10px;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;text-align:left;"><tr><td colspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td style="width:47%;"></td><td style="width:53%;"></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="padding-top:8px;padding-left:14px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Liam J. Kelly</font></div><div style="padding-top:1px;padding-left:14px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">President and Chief Executive Officer</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="text-align:right;padding-left:14px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Teleflex Incorporated </font></div><div style="text-align:right;padding-left:14px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">550 E. Swedesford Rd. </font></div><div style="text-align:right;padding-left:14px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Suite 400</font></div><div style="text-align:right;padding-left:14px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Wayne, PA 19087 USA</font></div><div style="padding-top:8px;text-align:right;padding-left:14px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Phone: 610-225-6100</font></div><div style="padding-top:1px;text-align:right;padding-left:14px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Fax: 610-225-8780</font></div><div style="padding-top:0px;text-align:right;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="padding-top:5px;text-align:right;text-indent:14px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">www.teleflex.com</font></div></td></tr></table></div></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:5px;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">September 13, 2018</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:0px;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Cecilia Blye, Chief</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Accounting Branch Chief</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Office of Global Security Risk</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Division of Corporation Finance</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Securities and Exchange Commission 100 F Street, N.E.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Washington, D.C. 20549</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><div style="padding-left:0px;text-indent:0px;line-height:normal;padding-top:10px;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;text-align:left;"><tr><td colspan="3"></td></tr><tr><td style="width:6%;"></td><td style="width:53%;"></td><td style="width:41%;"></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Re:</font></div></td><td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Teleflex Incorporated</font></div><div style="font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2017 </font></div><div style="font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Filed February 22, 2018</font></div><div style="font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">File No. 001-05353</font></div></td></tr></table></div></div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Dear Ms. Blye:</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">This letter responds to your August 30, 2018 letter to the undersigned, which sets forth a comment of the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission regarding our Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017, filed on February 22, 2018. For your convenience, we have included the staff&#8217;s comment in italics before our response.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;text-decoration:underline;">General</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#32;</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:24px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;padding-left:0px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">1.</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">It appears from your website that your products are available in North Korea, Sudan and Syria. North Korea, Sudan and Syria are designated by the State Department as state sponsors of terrorism and are subject to U.S. economic sanctions and/or export controls. You do not include disclosure in the Form 10-K about contacts with those countries. Please describe to us the nature and extent of any past, current and anticipated contacts with North Korea, Sudan and Syria, whether through subsidiaries, distributors or other direct or indirect arrangements. You should describe any products, technology or services you have provided to North Korea, Sudan and Syria directly or indirectly, and any agreements, commercial arrangements or other contacts with the governments of those countries or entities they control.</font></div></td></tr></table><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:1px;text-align:left;padding-left:38px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;padding-left:24px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Response</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">: </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;padding-left:38px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;padding-left:24px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Teleflex has no known past, current or anticipated future contacts with North Korea, Sudan or Syria, whether through subsidiaries, distributors or other direct or indirect arrangements.  In this regard, to its knowledge, Teleflex has not directly or indirectly provided any products, technology or services to North Korea, Syria or Sudan and has not had any agreements, commercial arrangements, or other contacts with the governments of those countries or entities controlled by such governments.  Teleflex also has no offices, other assets or employees in any of those countries.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;padding-left:38px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;padding-left:24px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Teleflex conducts its business in compliance with all applicable U.S. sanctions and export control laws and regulations, including those relating to sanctioned countries designated by the U.S. State Department as state sponsors of terrorism.  In addition, Teleflex maintains policies and procedures designed to facilitate compliance. </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;padding-left:38px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;padding-left:24px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">After receiving the Commission&#8217;s comment, we conducted a review of the Company&#8217;s website and discovered that references to North Korea, Syria and Sudan had been erroneously included in regional menus providing access to one of the product catalogs included on our website.  Similarly, erroneous references to North Korea, Syria and Sudan were </font></div><div><br></div><div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div></div><div><br></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;padding-left:24px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">discovered in generic pull-down country menus included on certain pages of the Company&#8217;s website relating to requests for product and other information.  As noted above, Teleflex does not directly or indirectly provide any products, technologies or services to North Korea, Sudan or Syria.  As such, our website has been corrected to remove those references to North Korea, Syria and Sudan, and we are not aware of any other such erroneous references to those countries on our website.  Moreover, we have implemented certain process improvements that are designed to prevent similar errors from occurring in the future.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;padding-left:38px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">If you have any questions or additional comments, please contact the undersigned at (610) 225-6808. </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Sincerely,</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">/s/ Liam J. 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Kelly</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">President and Chief Executive Officer</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">cc:&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Pradip Bhaumik, Special Counsel</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div><br></div><div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div></div>	</body>
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