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UNITED STATES

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: June 14, 2011

(Date of earliest event reported)

 

 

ENTEROMEDICS INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

Commission File Number: 1-33818

 

Delaware   48-1293684

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

2800 Patton Road, St. Paul, Minnesota 55113

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

(651) 634-3003

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

 

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:

 

¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

¨ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 


Item 8.01 Other Events.

On June 14, 2011, EnteroMedics Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release to announce that updated weight loss data from clinical studies of the Company’s VBLOC® vagal blocking therapy delivered via the Maestro® Rechargeable (RC) System will be presented at the 28th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgeons being held June 13-17 in Orlando, Florida. The Company also announced long-term, updated obesity, diabetes and hypertension clinical results from its VBLOC-DM2 ENABLE and EMPOWER Studies of the Maestro® System. A copy of the press release is filed as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

 

Exhibit
No.

  

Description

99.1    Press release dated June 14, 2011.


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 hereunto duly authorized.

 

ENTEROMEDICS INC.
By:  

/s/ Greg S. Lea

  Greg S. Lea
 

Senior Vice President and Chief

Financial Officer

Date: June 14, 2011


EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit
No.

  

Description

99.1    Press release dated June 14, 2011.