**Exhibit 31.1**

**CERTIFICATION**

I,Michael Szycher, hereby certify that:

1.      I have reviewed this Annual Report on Form 10-KSB ofCardioTech International, Inc. (the “small business issuer”);

2.      Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untruestatement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to makethe statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statementswere made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3.      Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and otherfinancial information included in this report, fairly present in all materialrespects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of thesmall business issuer as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4.      The small business issuer’s other certifying officers and I areresponsible 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) and15d-15(f)) for the small business issuer and have:

a.      Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or causedsuch disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision,to ensure that material information relating to the small business issuer,including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others withinthose entities, particularly during the period in which this report is beingprepared;

b.      Designed such internal control over financial reporting, orcaused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under oursupervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability offinancial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for externalpurposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

c.      Evaluated the effectiveness of the small business issuer’sdisclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusionsabout the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of theend of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

d.      Disclosed in this report any change in the small businessissuer’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the smallbusiness issuer’s fourth fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or isreasonably likely to materially affect, the small business issuer’s internalcontrol over financial reporting; and

5.      The small business issuer’s other certifying officers and Ihave disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control overfinancial reporting, to the small business issuer’s auditors and the auditcommittee of the small business issuer’s board of directors (or personsperforming the equivalent functions):

a.      All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in thedesign or operation of internal controls over financial reporting which arereasonably likely to adversely affect the small business issuer’s ability torecord, process, summarize and report financial information; and

b.      Any fraud, whether or not material, thatinvolves management or other employees who have a significant role in the smallbusiness issuer’s internal control over financial reporting.

Date: June 29, 2005

| /s/  MICHAEL SZYCHER              |   |
|-----------------------------------|--------|
| Michael Szycher                   |   |
| Chairman, Chief Executive Officer |   |
| (Principal Executive Officer)     |   |

 

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