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        <issuerName>KYPHON INC</issuerName>
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            <rptOwnerName>INVESTOR AB</rptOwnerName>
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            <rptOwnerCity>STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState></rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode></rptOwnerZipCode>
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id="F5"/></natureOfOwnership></ownershipNature></nonDerivativeTransaction></nonDerivativeTable><footnotes><footnote id="F1">These shares of the Issuer's common stock, $0.001 par value per share (&quot;Shares&quot;), were sold for the account of Investor Growth Capital Limited, a Guernsey company (&quot;IGC&quot;).  IGC is an indirectly wholly-owned subsidiary of the Reporting Person.</footnote><footnote id="F2">These Shares were sold for the account of Investor Group, L.P., a Guernsey company (&quot;IG&quot;).  The Reporting Person is the ultimate general partner of IG.</footnote><footnote id="F3">Following the reported transactions, the Reporting Person may be deemed to be the beneficial owner of 4,006,248 Shares.  Of this amount, (i) 2,804,373 Shares are held for the account of IGC, and (ii) 1,201,875 Shares are held for the account of IG.   </footnote><footnote id="F4">The Reporting Person may be deemed to be a member of a &quot;group&quot; pursuant to Section 13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &quot;Act&quot;), that, combined, has beneficial ownership of more than 10% of the Issuer's outstanding Shares.  The filing of this statement shall not be deemed an admission that the Reporting Person is a member of any such &quot;group&quot; or that the Reporting Person is the beneficial owner of any Shares or other securities owned by any other person.</footnote><footnote id="F5">The filing of this statement shall not be deemed an admission that the Reporting Person is the beneficial owner of any securities not held directly for its account for purposes of Section 16 of the Act, or otherwise.</footnote></footnotes><remarks/><ownerSignature><signatureName>Henry Gooss for Investor AB</signatureName><signatureDate>2003-11-26</signatureDate></ownerSignature><ownerSignature><signatureName>Michael Oporto for Investor AB</signatureName><signatureDate>2003-11-26</signatureDate></ownerSignature></ownershipDocument>

