Arrow International, Inc. Announces Dividend For Third Fiscal Quarter

READING, Pa., May 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Arrow International, Inc. announced today that its Board of Directors approved payment of a dividend of $0.17 per share on its outstanding common stock, payable on June 12, 2006 to shareholders of record on May 30, 2006. This is the fifty- sixth consecutive quarterly dividend paid by the Company since its initial public offering on June 9, 1992.

Arrow International, Inc. develops, manufactures and markets a broad range of clinically advanced, disposable catheters and related products for critical and cardiac care. The Company's products are used primarily by anesthesiologists, critical care specialists, surgeons, emergency and trauma physicians, cardiologists, interventional radiologists, electrophysiologists, and other health care providers.

Arrow International's news releases and other company information can be found on the World Wide Web at http://www.arrowintl.com.

The Company's common stock trades on The Nasdaq Stock Market(R) under the symbol ARRO.

Arrow International, Inc.

CONTACT: Frederick J. Hirt, CFO of Arrow International, +1-610-478-3117

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