SEC Form 4

FORM 4		UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0287 Estimated average burden hours per response: 0.5
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* ZAK S ARIEH (Last) (First) (Middle) 14 PHILIPS PARKWAY (Street) MONTVALE, NEW JERSEY X1 07645 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol DATASCOPE CORP [ DSCP ]	5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) Director 10% Owner X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below) VP Reg & Corp Council
	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 09/23/2004
	4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)	6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) X Form filed by One Reporting Person Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Common Stock par value $.01 per share	09/23/2004		M		10,000	A	$21.063	10,000	D
Common Stock par value $.01 pere share	09/23/2004		S		10,000	D	$38.18	2,400	D(1)
Common Stock(2)								1,067	I	By 401(k) Plan

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares
Exercise of Stock Option (right to buy)	$21.063	09/23/2004		M			10,000	09/19/1996	09/18/2005	Common Stock	10,000	(3)	0	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. 400 of these shares owned jointly with my mother, Mirian Zak

2. Represents shares in the Datascope Corp. 401(k) Savings and Supplemental Retirement Plan (the "401(k)Plan". The information herein is based on a Plan statement dated as of June 30, 2004. There was no change in share ownership.

3. See column 2 for exercise price

Remarks:

	S. Arieh Zak	09/24/2004
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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