EXHIBIT 23.1


                          INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT


         We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration
Statement of Datascope Corp. on Form S-8 of our report dated July 22, 2002,
appearing in the Annual Report on Form 10-K of Datascope Corp. for the year
ended June 30, 2002.


DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP

New York, New York
May 29, 2003