EXHIBIT 2(b) ALARIS Medical, Inc. hereby agrees to furnish to the Securities and Exchange Commission, upon its request, the schedules and exhibits to the Agreement and Plan of Merger dated June 24, 1998 by and among ALARIS Medical, Inc., ALARIS...

                                                             EXHIBIT 2(b)

ALARIS Medical, Inc. hereby agrees to furnish to the Securities and Exchange
Commission, upon its request, the schedules and exhibits to the Agreement and
Plan of Merger dated June 24, 1998 by and among ALARIS Medical, Inc., ALARIS
Medical Systems, Inc., Xx. Xxxxxxx and Xxx. Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Instromedix, Inc.
and the shareholders of Instromedix, Inc. filed as Exhibit 2(a) to ALARIS
Medical, Inc.'s Form 8-K dated July 30, 1998.

                                          ALARIS MEDICAL, INC.



Date:    July 29, 1998                    By:  /s/Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
                                               Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
                                               President and CEO