Exhibit 32.1

CERTIFICATIONS

PURSUANT TO SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

Pursuant to section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (subsections (a) and (b) of section 1350, chapter 63 of title 18, United States Code), each of the undersigned officers of CONMED Corporation, a New York corporation (the “Corporation”), does hereby certify that:

The Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008 (the “Form 10-K”) of the Corporation fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and information contained in the Form 10-K fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Corporation.

Date:  February 24, 2009	/s/Joseph J. Corasanti
	Joseph J. Corasanti
	President and
	Chief Executive Officer
Date: February 24, 2009	/s/Robert D. Shallish, Jr.
	Robert D. Shallish, Jr.
	Vice President-Finance and
	Chief Financial Officer