August 30, 2018

Via E-mail
Liam J. Kelly
President and Chief Executive Officer
Teleflex Incorporated
550 East Swedesford Road, Suite 400
Wayne, Pennsylvania 19087

       Re:     Teleflex Incorporated
               Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2017
               Filed February 22, 2018
               File No. 1-05353

Dear Mr. Kelly:

        We have limited our review of your filing to your contacts with
countries that have been
identified as state sponsors of terrorism, and we have the following comment.
Our review with
respect to this issue does not preclude further review by the Assistant
Director group with respect
to other issues. At this juncture, we are asking you to provide us with
information so we may
better understand your disclosure.

       Please respond to this letter within ten business days by providing the
requested
information, or by advising us when you will provide the requested response. If
you do not
believe our comment applies to your facts and circumstances, please tell us why
in your
response.

       After reviewing the information you provide in response to this comment,
we may have
additional comments.

General

   1. It appears from your website that your products are available in North
Korea, Sudan and
      Syria. North Korea, Sudan and Syria are designated by the State
Department as state
      sponsors of terrorism and are subject to U.S. economic sanctions and/or
export controls.
      You do not include disclosure in the Form 10-K about contacts with those
countries.
      Please describe to us the nature and extent of any past, current and
anticipated contacts
      with North Korea, Sudan and Syria, whether through subsidiaries,
distributors or other
      direct or indirect arrangements. You should describe any products,
technology or
      services you have provided to North Korea, Sudan and Syria directly or
indirectly, and
      any agreements, commercial arrangements or other contacts with the
governments of
      those countries or entities they control.
 Liam J. Kelly
Teleflex Incorporated
August 30, 2018
Page 2


        We remind you that the company and its management are responsible for
the accuracy
and adequacy of their disclosures, notwithstanding any review, comments, action
or absence of
action by the staff.

        Please contact Pradip Bhaumik, Special Counsel, at (202) 551-3333 or me
at (202) 551-
3470 if you have any questions about the comment or our review.

                                                          Sincerely,

                                                          /s/ Cecilia Blye

                                                          Cecilia Blye, Chief
                                                          Office of Global
Security Risk


cc:    Amanda Ravitz
       Assistant Director
       Division of Corporation Finance