EXHIBIT 23.1

            CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

We consent to the reference to our firm under the caption "Experts" in Amendment
No. 2 to the Registration Statement (Form S-3 No. 333-129521) and related
Prospectus of ATS Medical, Inc. for the registration of $22,400,000 6%
Convertible Senior Notes due 2025, warrants to purchase 1,344,000 shares of its
common stock and 7,011,200 shares of its common stock issuable upon conversion
of the Notes and cash exercise of the warrants and to the incorporation by
reference therein of our report dated March 6, 2006, except for Note 2, as to
which the date is July 13, 2006, with respect to the consolidated financial
statements and schedules of ATS Medical, Inc., and our report dated March 6,
2006, except for the effects of the material weakness described in the sixth
paragraph of management's report, as to which the date is July 13, 2006, with
respect to ATS Medical Inc. management's revised assessment of the effectiveness
of internal control over financial reporting, and the effectiveness of internal
control over financial reporting of ATS Medical Inc. included in the Annual
Report (Form 10-K/A) for the year ended December 31, 2005 filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission.


                                        /s/ ERNST & YOUNG LLP

Minneapolis, Minnesota
October 13, 2006