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Exhibit 24.1
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature
appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Howard Root and Jerry Johnson, and
each of them, his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full powers
of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in
any and all capacities, to sign any and all (i) amendments (including
post-effective amendments) and additions to a Registration Statement on Form S-1
for Vascular Solutions, Inc. and (ii) registration statements, and any and all
amendments thereto (including post-effective amendments), relating to the
offering contemplated pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents
in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and hereby
grants to such attorneys-in-fact and agents and each of them full power and
authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite or necessary
to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he
might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them or his or their substitute or
substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Power
of Attorney has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on
the dates indicated.
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Signature Title Date
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/s/ Howard Root Chief Executive Officer April 13, 2000
------------------------------------ and Director
Howard Root (principal executive officer)
/s/ Jerry Johnson Chief Financial Officer April 13, 2000
------------------------------------ (principal financial officer and
Jerry Johnson principal accounting officer)
/s/ Gary Gershony Director April 13, 2000
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Gary Gershony
/s/ Gerard Langeler Director April 13, 2000
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Gerard Langeler
/s/ Stephen Brandt Director April 13, 2000
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Stephen Brandt
/s/ James Jacoby, Jr. Director April 13, 2000
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James Jacoby, Jr.
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