1. Name and Address of Reporting Person
Collins, Jr., Arthur D.
Medtronic, Inc.
710 Medtronic Pkwy
Minneapolis, MN 55432-
2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Medtronic, Inc. (MDT)
3. IRS or Social Security Number of Reporting Person (Voluntary)
4. Statement for Month/Year
8/2002
5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Day/Year)
6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable)
(X) Director ( ) 10% Owner
(X) Officer (give title below) ( ) Other (specify below)
Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board
7. 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 |2. Trans- |3. Trans- |4. Securities Acquired (A) |5. Amount of |6. Owner- |7. Nature |
| | action | action | or Disposed of (D) | Securities | ship | of In- |
| | Date | Code | | Beneficially | Form: | direct |
| | | | | Owned at | Direct | Bene- |
| | (Month/ | | | End of | (D) or | ficial |
| | Day/ +-------+-----+-----------+------+----------+ Month | Indirect| Owner- |
| | Year) |Code |V |Amount |A/D |Price | | (I) | ship |
+---------------------------------+----------+-------+-----+-----------+------+----------+----------------+-----------+------------+
Common Stock 08/10/2002 M 6516.85 A $0.0000 D
Common Stock 08/10/2002 F -6516.85 D $41.4000 454411.876 D
Common Stock 0 I By Profit
Sharing Plan
Common Stock 24808.039 I By 401(k)
Plan
Common Stock 4203.713 I By ESOP
TABLE II -- Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
+-------------+--------+----------+---------+-----------+---------------------+----------------+----------+--------+-------+-------+
|1. |2. |3. |4. |5. |6. |7. |8. |9. |10. |11. |
| | | | | | | | |Number |Owner- | |
| | | | | | | | |of |ship | |
| | | | | | | | |Deriv- |Form of| |
| | | | | | |Title and Amount| |ative |Deriv- | |
| | | | | | |of Underlying | |Secur- |ative |Nature |
| |Conver- | | |Number of | |Securities | |ities |Secur- |of |
| |sion or | | |Derivative |Date Exercisable +-------+--------+ |Benefi- |ity: |In- |
| |Exercise| | |Securities |and Expiration Date | |Amount | |cially |Direct |direct |
| |Price of|Transac- |Transac- |Acquired(A)|(Month/Day/Year) | |or | |Owned |(D) or |Bene- |
|Title of |Deriv- |tion Date |tion Code|Disposed(D)+----------+----------+ |Number |Price of |at End |In- |ficial |
|Derivative |ative |(Month/ +------+--+-----+-----+Date Exer-|Expira- | |of |Derivative|of |direct |Owner- |
|Security |Security|Day/Year) |Code |V |(A) |(D) |cisable |tion Date |Title |Shares |Security |Month |(I) |ship |
+-------------+--------+----------+------+--+-----+-----+----------+----------+-------+--------+----------+--------+-------+-------+
Right to $0 08/10/2002 M 6516. Common 6516.85 $0.0000 300567.9 D
Receive Stock 85 Stock 2
Explanation of Responses:
Based on a plan statement as of July 31, 2002.
On August 10, 2002, the right to receive stock under this award vested and the
executive is now entitled to receive 300,567.92 shares and dividend equivalents
upon his retirement from the company. The remaining 6516.85 units were
converted to shares and withheld from this award to cover FICA and related
Federal and State taxes due at vesting.
SIGNATURE OF REPORTING PERSON
/s/ Carol E. Malkinson, Attorney-in-fact
_____________________
Arthur D. Collins, Jr.
DATE
09/10/2002