Exhibit
31.1

CERTIFICATIONS

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|I,
  Richard P. Rainey, certify that:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
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|1.          I
  have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-QSB of AVAX Technologies,
  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 quarterly
  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 small
  business issuer as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;                                                           
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|4.          The
  small business issuer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)) and internal control over
  financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and
  15d-15(f)) for the small business issuer 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 small business issuer, 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)          Reserved.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
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|                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  | (c)          evaluated
  the effectiveness of the small business issuer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 small business issuers internal control
  over financial reporting that occurred during the small business issuers
  most recent fiscal quarter (the small business issuers fourth fiscal quarter
  in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is
  reasonably likely to materially affect, the small business issuers internal
  control over financial reporting; and
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|5.          The
  small business issuers other certifying officers and I have disclosed, based
  on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting,
  to the small business issuers auditors and the audit committee of the small
  business issuer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 small business issuer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 small business issuers internal control
  over financial reporting.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    

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|Date: August 14, 2007                
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|/s/ Richard
  P. Rainey              
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|Richard P. Rainey                    
|President and Chief Executive Officer
|(Principal Executive Officer)        

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