September 16, 1996
VIA EDGAR TRANSMISSION
Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Re: Cardiopulmonary Corp.
CIK: 0001014538
Registration No. 333-04315
Ladies and Gentlemen:
On behalf of Cardiopulmonary Corp. (the "Company"), we hereby
withdraw the registration statement on Form 8-A filed with the
Commission by EDGAR on July 18, 1996. The Company expects to file
a substantially similar registration statement prior to the date of
any request for acceleration of the effective date of the
above-referenced registration statement on Form S-1.
If you have any questions regarding this matter, please
telephone the undersigned at (212) 318-3103 or Robert E. L.
deButts, Jr. of this office at (212) 318-3020.
Very truly yours,
Charles S. Lee
CSL/gr
cc: Jeffrey Epstein, Esq.