TELEFLEX INC — Director's Dealing 2004

May 3, 2004

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: TELEFLEX INC (TFX)
CIK: 0000096943
Period of Report: 2004-04-30

Reporting Person: SCHWARTZ JOAN W (Assoc.Gen'l Counsel)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2004-04-30	Common Stock	A	25.6874	$0.00	Acquired	218.8581	Indirect

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2004-04-30	Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$45.50	A	3000.	Acquired	2014-04-30	Common Stock (3000.)	Direct

Footnotes

F1: Total number of shares of Common Stock held by Reporting
Person indirectly by VIP Trustee is based on a plan
statement dated as of April 30, 2004.

F2: Exercisable for one-third of the shares on each of April
30, 2005, 2006 and 2007.