**Exhibit 31.1**

 

**CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO**

**SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002**

 
| I, Richard C. Carlson, certify that:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
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| 1.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            | I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on  Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2008 of ProUroCare  Medical Inc.; |
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| 2.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            | Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain  any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact  necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under  which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period  covered by this report; |
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| 3.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            | Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and  other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all  material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows  of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report; |
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| 4.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            | The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are  responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and  procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and  15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in  Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and  have: |
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|                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          | (a) | designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or  caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our  supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant,  including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within  those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being  prepared; |
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|                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          | (b) | designed such internal control over financial  reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be  designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the  reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial  statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted  accounting principles; |
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|                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          | (c) | evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s  disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions  about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the  end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and |
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|                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          | (d) | disclosed in this report any change in the  registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during  the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or  is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control  over financial reporting; and |
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| 5.     The  registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most  recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the  registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of  directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions): |
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|                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          | (a) | all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses  in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which  are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record,  process, summarize and report financial information; and |
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|                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          | (b) | any fraud, whether or not material, that involves  management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s  internal control over financial reporting. |
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| Date:  October 22, 2008 |   /s/  Richard C. Carlson  |
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|                         | Name:  Richard  C. Carlson |
|                         | Title: Chief  Executive Officer |

 

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