Exhibit 3.1b


                              ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT
                                       TO
                              AMENDED AND RESTATED
                            ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
                                       OF
                                PSS MEDICAL, INC.


1.   The name of the corporation is PSS MEDICAL, INC.

2.   Article  I of the  Amended  and  Restated  Articles  of  Incorporation,  as
     amended, of PSS MEDICAL, INC., a Florida corporation,  is hereby amended in
     its entirety to read as follows:

                                ARTICLE I - NAME

     "The name of this corporation is PSS WORLD MEDICAL, INC."

3.   The foregoing amendment did not require shareholder approval. The foregoing
     amendment  was duly  approved  and adopted by the Board of Directors of the
     corporation on November 7, 2001.

4.   The  foregoing  amendment  shall  become  effective  upon  filing  with the
     Secretary of State of the state of Florida.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned Director of the corporation has
executed these Articles of Amendment this 7th day of November, 2001.

                          PSS MEDICAL, INC.



                          By:     /s/ David A. Smith
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                          Print:   David A. Smith

                          Its:     Director