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EXHIBIT 23.1
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
The Board of Directors and Stockholders
InnerDyne, Inc.
We consent to incorporation by reference in the registration statement on Form
S-8 of InnerDyne, Inc. of our reports dated January 20, 2000, relating to the
balance sheets of InnerDyne, Inc. as of December 31, 1999 and 1998 and the
related statements of operations, stockholders' equity and cash flows, for each
of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 1999, and related
schedules, which reports appear in the December 31, 1999 annual report on Form
10-K of InnerDyne, Inc.
KPMG LLP
Salt Lake City, Utah
October 3, 2000
