SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

Current Report
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): October 3, 2007

SYNOVIS LIFE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

State of Incorporation: Minnesota
Commission File No.: 0-13907
I.R.S. Employer Identification No.: 41-1526554

Address of principal executive offices:
2575 University Ave. W.
St. Paul, Minnesota 55114

Telephone Number: (651) 796-7300

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

	Item 5.03. Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws
	Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
SIGNATURE
Amended and Restated Bylaws

Item 5.03. Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws

Amendment to Amended and Restated Bylaws

     Effective October 3, 2007, the Board of Directors of Synovis Life Technologies, Inc. adopted amendments to the company’s Amended and Restated Bylaws. These amendments provide for the issuance of uncertificated shares, thereby facilitating the company’s participation in the Direct Registration System. The Direct Registration System allows investors to have securities registered in their names without the issuance of physical certificates, and to electronically transfer securities to broker-dealers in order to effect transactions without the risks and delays associated with transferring physical certificates.

     Pursuant to these amendments, Article VI of the Bylaws was replaced in its entirety by the following:

ARTICLE VI
CERTIFICATES FOR SHARES AND THEIR TRANSFER

     6.1 Form. The shares of the corporation stock may be certificated or non-certificated, as provided under the Minnesota Business Corporation Act, and shall be entered in the books of the corporation and registered as they are issued.

     Any certificates representing shares of stock shall be in such form as the Board of Directors shall prescribe, certifying the number and class of shares of the stock of the corporation owned by the shareholder. Any certificates issued to any shareholder of the corporation shall be signed manually or by facsimile by, or in the name of, the corporation by the chief executive officer, the chief financial officer, or any other officer of the corporation. In case any officer or officers who have signed, or whose facsimile signature or signatures have been used on, any such certificate or certificates shall cease to be such officer or officers of the corporation whether because of death, resignation or otherwise before such certificate or certificates have been delivered by the corporation, such certificate or certificates may nevertheless be issued and delivered as though the person or persons who signed such certificate or certificates or whose facsimile signature or signatures have been used thereon had not ceased to be such officer or officers of the corporation.

     Within a reasonable time after the issuance or transfer of uncertificated stock, the corporation shall send to the registered owner thereof a written notice that shall set forth the name of the corporation, that the corporation is organized under the laws of the State of Minnesota, the name of the shareholder, the number and class (and the designation of the series, if any) of the shares represented, and any restrictions on the transfer or registration of such shares of stock imposed by the corporation’s Articles of Incorporation, these Bylaws, any agreement among shareholders or any agreement between shareholders and the corporation.

     6.2 Transfer of Certificated Stock. Upon surrender to the corporation or the transfer agent of the corporation of a certificate for shares duly endorsed or accompanied by proper evidence of succession, assignation or authority to transfer, it shall be the duty of the corporation to issue a new certificate or evidence of the issuance of uncertificated shares to the shareholder entitled thereto, cancel the old certificate and record the transaction upon the corporation’s books. Upon the surrender of any certificate for transfer of stock, such certificate shall at once be conspicuously marked on its face “Cancelled” and filed with the permanent stock records of the corporation.

     6.3 Transfer of Uncertificated Stock. Upon the receipt of proper transfer instructions from the registered owner of uncertificated shares, such uncertificated shares shall be cancelled, issuance of new equivalent uncertificated shares or certificated shares shall be made to the shareholder entitled thereto, and the transaction shall be recorded upon the books of the corporation. If the corporation has a transfer agent or registrar acting on its behalf, the signature of any officer or representative thereof may be in facsimile.

     6.4 Transfer Agent. The Board of Directors may appoint a transfer agent and one or more co-transfer agents and registrar and one or more co-registrars and may make or authorize such agent to make all such rules and regulations deemed expedient concerning the issue, transfer and registration of shares of stock.

     6.5 Lost, Stolen or Destroyed Certificates. The Board of Directors may direct a (i) new certificate or certificates or (ii) uncertificated shares to be issued in place of any certificate or certificates theretofore issued by the corporation alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the person claiming the certificate of stock to be lost, stolen or destroyed. When authorizing such issue of (i) a new certificate or certificates or (ii) uncertificated shares, the Board of Directors may, in its discretion and as a condition precedent to the issuance thereof, require the owner of such lost, stolen or destroyed certificate or certificates, or the owner’s legal representative, to give the corporation a bond in such sum as it may direct as indemnity against any claim that may be made against the corporation with respect to the certificate alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed.

     Prior to the amendments, Article VI of the Bylaws had provided as follows:

ARTICLE SIX
SHARES AND THEIR TRANSFER

     6.1 Certificate of Stock. Every owner of stock of the corporation shall be entitled to a certificate, in such form as the Board of Directors may prescribe, certifying the number of shares of stock of the corporation owned by him. The certificates for such stock shall be numbered (separately for each class) in the order in which they are issued and shall, unless otherwise determined by the Board, be signed by the chief executive officer, the chief financial officer, or any other officer of the corporation. A signature upon a certificate may be a facsimile. Certificates on which a facsimile signature of a former officer, transfer agent or registrar appears may be issued with the same effect as if such person were such officer, transfer agent or registrar on the date of issue.

     6.2 Stock Record. As used in these Bylaws, the term “shareholder” shall mean the person, firm or corporation in whose name outstanding shares of capital stock of the corporation are currently registered on the stock record books of the corporation. The corporation shall keep, at its principal executive office or at another place or places within the United States determined by the Board, a share register not more than one year old containing the names and addresses of the shareholders and the number and classes of shares held by each shareholder. The corporation shall also keep at its principal executive office at or another place or places within the United States determined by the Board, a record of the dates on which certificates representing shares were issued. Every certificate surrendered to the corporation for exchange or transfer shall be cancelled and no new certificate or certificates shall be issued in exchange for any existing certificate until such existing certificate shall have been so cancelled (except as provided for in Section 6.4 of this Article Six).

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     6.3 Transfer of Shares. Transfer of shares on the books of the corporation may be authorized only by the shareholder named in the certificate (or his legal representative or duly authorized attorney-in-fact) and upon surrender for cancellation of the certificate or certificates for such shares. The shareholder in whose name shares of stock stand on the books of the corporation shall be deemed the owner thereof for all purposes as regards the corporation; provided, that when any transfer of shares shall be made as collateral security and not absolutely, such fact, if known to the corporation or to the transfer agent, shall be so expressed in the entry of transfer; and provided, further, that the Board of Directors may establish a procedure whereby a shareholder may certify that all of a portion of the shares registered in the name of the shareholder are held for the account of one or more beneficial owners.

     6.4 Lost Certificate. Any shareholder claiming a certificate of stock to be lost or destroyed shall make an affidavit or affirmation of that fact in such form as the Board of Directors may require, and shall, if the directors so require, give the corporation a bond of indemnity in form and with one or more sureties satisfactory to the Board of at least double the value, as determined by the Board, of the stock represented by such certificate in order to indemnify the corporation against any claim that may be made against it on account of the alleged loss or destruction of such certificate, whereupon a new certificate may be issued in the same tenor and for the same number of shares as the one alleged to have been destroyed or lost.

     A complete copy of the Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company, reflecting the amendments described above, is attached as Exhibit 3.1 to this Form 8-K.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

     (d) Exhibits.

Exhibit No.	Description
3.1	Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company (filed herewith).

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SIGNATURE

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

	SYNOVIS LIFE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Dated: October 5, 2007	By /s/ Brett. A. Reynolds
	Brett A. Reynolds
	Vice President of Finance, Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary

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SYNOVIS LIFE TECHONOLGIES, INC.

FORM 8-K

INDEX TO EXHIBITS

Exhibit No.	Description
3.1	Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company (filed herewith).

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