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SEC Comment Letter for COMPEX TECHNOLOGIES INC (CIK 0000064578) — May 24, 2005

COMPEX TECHNOLOGIES INC (CIK 0000064578)
Date: May 24, 2005 · CIK: 0000064578 · Accession: 0000000000-05-025551

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File numbers found in text: 000-09407

Referenced dates: March 23, 2005

Date
May 24, 2005
Author
Gary Todd
Form
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Company
COMPEX TECHNOLOGIES INC (CIK 0000064578)

Letter

May 24, 2005 Via U.S. Mail and Facsimile to (651) 638-0477 Scott P. Youngstrom Chief Financial Officer Compex Technologies, Inc. 1811 Old Highway 8 New Brighton, MN 55112

Re: Compex Technologies, Inc. Form 10-K for Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 2004 Filed September 28, 2004 Forms 10-Q for Fiscal Quarters ended September 30, 2004, and December 31, 2004 File No. 000-09407

Dear Mr. Youngstrom,

We have reviewed your response letter dated March 23, 2005 and have the following additional comments. We have limited our review to only your financial statements and related disclosures and do not intend to expand our review to other portions of your documents. In some of our comments, we may ask you to provide us with information so we may better understand your disclosure. After reviewing this information, we may raise additional comments.

Please understand that the purpose of our review process is to assist you in your compliance with the applicable disclosure requirements and to enhance the overall disclosure in your filings. We look forward to working with you in these respects. We welcome any questions you may have about our comments or on any other aspect of our review. Feel free to call us at the telephone numbers listed at the end of this letter.

Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 2004

1. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies - Page 34

Revenue Recognition and Provisions for Credit Allowances and Returns - Page 34

1. Refer to your response to previous Comment 3. For the sales of medical products in the United States, you disclose that you establish a reserve for sales allowances, product returns and rental credits at the of time revenue recognition. However, you indicated that "for patient returns of products after purchase, the amount previously recorded as revenue in a prior period is provided for by reducing gross revenue in the current period." Tell us why returns are not applied against the reserve established at sale. Clarify the basis for the accounting supplementally.

2. For international sales of products to heath care providers you identify that revenue is recognized at the time of shipment or upon notification from a health care provider that the equipment has been prescribed and provided to the patient. Tell us more about the arrangements with the health care providers. Do you have consignment contracts with them? How do you determine whether to recognize revenue upon shipment to the provider or upon prescription to the patient? Please also clarify the disclosure in future filings.

* * * *

As appropriate, please respond to these comments within 10 business days or tell us when you will provide us with a response. Please furnish a cover letter that keys your responses to our comments and provides any requested information. Please file your cover letter on EDGAR. Please understand that we may have additional comments after reviewing your responses to our comments.

You may contact Kevin Kuhar, Staff Accountant at (202) 551- or me at (202) 551-3605 regarding comments on the financial statements and related matters. In this regard, do not hesitate to contact Angela Crane, Branch Chief, at (202) 551-3554.

Sincerely,
Gary Todd
Reviewing Accountant
Mr. Scott P. Youngstrom
Compex Technologies, Inc.
May 24, 2005
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Mail Stop 6010

      May 24, 2005

Via U.S. Mail and Facsimile to (651) 638-0477

Scott P. Youngstrom
Chief Financial Officer
Compex Technologies, Inc.
1811 Old Highway 8
New Brighton, MN 55112

	Re:	Compex Technologies, Inc.
		Form 10-K for Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 2004
		Filed September 28, 2004
Forms 10-Q for Fiscal Quarters ended September 30, 2004, and
December
31, 2004
      File No. 000-09407

Dear Mr. Youngstrom,

      We have reviewed your response letter dated March 23, 2005
and
have the following additional comments.  We have limited our
review
to only your financial statements and related disclosures and do
not
intend to expand our review to other portions of your documents.
In
some of our comments, we may ask you to provide us with
information
so we may better understand your disclosure.  After reviewing this
information, we may raise additional comments.

      Please understand that the purpose of our review process is
to
assist you in your compliance with the applicable disclosure
requirements and to enhance the overall disclosure in your
filings.
We look forward to working with you in these respects.  We welcome
any questions you may have about our comments or on any other
aspect
of our review.  Feel free to call us at the telephone numbers
listed
at the end of this letter.

Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 2004

1. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies - Page 34

Revenue Recognition and Provisions for Credit Allowances and
Returns
- Page 34

1. Refer to your response to previous Comment 3.  For the sales of
medical products in the United States, you disclose that you
establish a reserve for sales allowances, product returns and
rental
credits at the of time revenue recognition.  However, you
indicated
that "for patient returns of products after purchase, the amount
previously recorded as revenue in a prior period is provided for
by
reducing gross revenue in the current period."  Tell us why
returns
are not applied against the reserve established at sale.  Clarify
the
basis for the accounting supplementally.

2. For international sales of products to heath care providers you
identify that revenue is recognized at the time of shipment or
upon
notification from a health care provider that the equipment has
been
prescribed and provided to the patient. Tell us more about the
arrangements with the health care providers. Do you have
consignment
contracts with them? How do you determine whether to recognize
revenue upon shipment to the provider or upon prescription to the
patient? Please also clarify the disclosure in future filings.

*	*	*	*

	As appropriate, please respond to these comments within 10
business days or tell us when you will provide us with a response.
Please furnish a cover letter that keys your responses to our
comments and provides any requested information. Please file your
cover letter on EDGAR.  Please understand that we may have
additional
comments after reviewing your responses to our comments.

	You may contact Kevin Kuhar, Staff Accountant at (202) 551-
3662
or me at (202) 551-3605 regarding comments on the financial
statements and related matters.  In this regard, do not hesitate
to
contact Angela Crane, Branch Chief, at (202) 551-3554.

      								  Sincerely,

								  Gary Todd
								  Reviewing Accountant
Mr. Scott P. Youngstrom
Compex Technologies, Inc.
May 24, 2005
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