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<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001209191-06-016888.txt : 20060310
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<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20060310152312
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001209191-06-016888
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20060308
FILED AS OF DATE:		20060310
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20060310

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			INVACARE CORP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000742112
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	ORTHOPEDIC, PROSTHETIC & SURGICAL APPLIANCES & SUPPLIES [3842]
		IRS NUMBER:				952680965
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			OH
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		ONE INVACARE WAY
		STREET 2:		P O BOX 4028
		CITY:			ELYRIA
		STATE:			OH
		ZIP:			44036
		BUSINESS PHONE:		4403296000

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			EVANS WHITNEY
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001225253

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-15103
		FILM NUMBER:		06679148

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		BUSINESS PHONE:		4403296000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		4480 GROVE ST
		CITY:			SONOMA
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			95476
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">The reporting person was granted options to purchase Common Shares (with tandem tax withholding rights) under the Invacare Corporation 2003 Performance Plan in reliance upon an exemption provided under Rule 16b-3.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">The reporting person holds previously reported options to buy 23,360 Common Shares (with tandem tax withholding rights) under the Invacare Corporation 1994 Performance Plan and the Invacare Corporation 2003 Performance Plan, granted in reliance upon the exemption provided by Rule 16b-3, all of which are currently exercisable.  All options were granted between March 2, 1999 and March 2, 2005, at exercise prices between $16.03 to $47.01 per share, will expire between March 2, 2009 and March 2, 2015 and became exercisable between December 31, 1999 and December 21, 2005.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks></remarks>

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        <signatureName>/s/ Whitney C. Evans, by Douglas A. Neary, his attorney-in-fact pursuant to Power of Attorney dated August 24, 2004 on file with the Commission.</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2006-03-10</signatureDate>
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