EXHIBIT 2

                          ARTICLES OF CORRECTION TO THE

                      RESTATED ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF

                           UTAH MEDICAL PRODUCTS, INC.

         Pursuant to the  provisions of Section  16-10a-1007 of the Utah Revised
Business   Corporation   Act  ("Act"),   Utah  Medical   Products,   Inc.   (the
"Corporation") filed Articles of Restatement of the Articles of Incorporation on
June 2, 1994, which were  supplemented by a Letter of Correction filed on August
24,  1994.  Pursuant to the  provisions  of Section  16-10a-124  of the Act, the
assistant  secretary  and  treasurer  of the  Corporation,  desiring  to correct
typographical errors in the Articles of Restatement of Articles of Incorporation
of the  Corporation,  does hereby sign,  verify,  and deliver to the Division of
Corporations  and  Commercial  Code of the State of Utah this  correction to the
Articles of Incorporation for the Corporation.

         Section  (c)  of  Article  XI of the  Articles  of  Restatement  of the
Articles of Incorporation  included one subsection that was incorrectly numbered
as  subsection  (iii) and included an extraneous  cross-reference  to subsection
(ii) in the erroneously-numbered  subsection. The Articles of Restatement of the
Articles of Incorporation should be corrected as follows:

                                   ARTICLE XI
                       FAIR PRICE ON BUSINESS COMBINATIONS

         .  .  .  .

         (c)      For the purpose of this Article XI:

         .  .  .  .

                           (ii)     An Interested Shareholder shall be deemed to
                  have acquired a share of the capital stock of the  Corporation
                  at the  time  when  such  Interested  Shareholder  became  the
                  Beneficial  Owner  thereof.  With  respect to shares  owned by
                  Affiliates or Associates of an Interested Shareholder or other
                  person  whose   ownership  is   attributed  to  an  Interested
                  Shareholder,  such Interested  Shareholder  shall be deemed to
                  have purchased such shares at the higher of (A) the price paid
                  upon the acquisition thereof by the Affiliate,  Associate,  or
                  other person who owns such shares,  or (B) the Market Price of
                  the  shares  in  question  at the  time  when  the  Interested
                  Shareholder became the Beneficial Owner thereof.

         Except  as set  forth  above,  the  Articles  of  Incorporation  of the
Corporation  shall not  otherwise  be  changed,  amended,  or  modified by these
Articles of Correction.

         The undersigned,  acting in the capacity as assistant  secretary of the
Corporation,  has executed the foregoing  Articles of Correction to the Articles
of Incorporation  and affirms and acknowledges,  under penalty of perjury,  that
the facts contained herein are true.

         DATED this 20th day of September, 2004.



                                                     /s/ Paul O. Richins
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                                                     Paul O. Richins
                                                     Assistant Secretary