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                                                                    Exhibit 31.1

                            CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
                             18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350
                             AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
                  SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

                  I, Tyram H. Pettit, President and Chief Executive Officer of
microHelix, Inc., certify that:

                  1.       I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-QSB
of microHelix, Inc.;

                  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;

                  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;

                  4.       The registrant's other certifying officers 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)) for the registrant
and have:

                           (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;

                           (b) 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

                           (c) 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

                  5.       The registrant's other certifying officers and I have
disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation, to the registrant's auditors and
the audit committee of registrant's board of directors (or persons performing
the equivalent functions):

                           (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

                           (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.

Date: April 29, 2004

                                        /s/ Tyram H. Pettit
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                                        Tyram H. Pettit, President
                                        and Chief Executive Officer