SEC Form 4

FORM 4		UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0287 Estimated average burden hours per response: 0.5
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* KOHRS DOUGLAS W (Last) (First) (Middle) 7444 SHANNON DRIVE (Street) EDINA MN 55439 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol ev3 Inc. [ EVVV ]	5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) X Director 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 06/16/2005
	4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)	6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) X Form filed by One Reporting Person Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Common stock, par value $0.01 per share	06/16/2005(1)		P		20,000	A	$14	20,000	D

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares
Options to purchase common stock(2)	$8.82							03/01/2005(3)	03/01/2015	Common stock, par value $0.01 per share	10,833		10,833	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. The shares were purchased at the initial public offering price directly from the underwriters in the directed share program in connection with ev3 Inc.'s initial public offering.

2. The reporting person is a director of ev3 Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company") and wholly owned subsidiary of ev3 LLC, a Delaware limited liability company ("ev3 LLC"). Pursuant to an Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of April 4, 2005, by and between the Company and ev3 LLC, prior to the consummation of the initial public offering (the "IPO") of shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share ("Common Stock"), of the Company, ev3 LLC will be merged with and into the Company (the "Merger"), with the Company surviving the Merger. In connection with the Merger, the reporting person's options to purchase membership interests in ev3 LLC will be converted into options to purchase the specified number of shares of Common Stock, after giving effect to a one for six reverse stock split that will occur following the Merger.

3. These options vested and became exercisable as to 1/4 of the shares on March 1, 2005 and 1/4 of the shares vest and become exercisable annually thereafter for 3 years.

	/s/ Douglas W. Kohrs	06/16/2005
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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