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**EXHIBIT      31.1**

**Rule        13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification of the Chief Executive        Officer**

| 1.   | I                have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly                period                ended February 28, 2007 of Arrow International,                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 (the registrant's fourth fiscal quarter in the case                  of an                  annual report) 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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|   |   /s/                Carl G. Anderson,                Jr.                                                          Carl                G. Anderson, Jr. Chairman                and Chief Executive Officer(Principal                Executive Officer) |
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