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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 26, 2011

 

 

ATRICURE, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

 

 

 

 

Delaware   000-51470   34-1940305

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

6217 Centre Park Drive

West Chester, OH

  45069
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (513) 755-4100

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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

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Item 8.01. Other Events.

On October 26, 2011, AtriCure, Inc. issued a press release announcing that the Circulatory System Devices Panel of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration recommended that the FDA approve AtriCure’s Synergy Ablation System for the treatment of atrial fibrillation.

A copy of the press release is filed as Exhibit 99.1 to this Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.


SIGNATURES

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.

 

    ATRICURE, INC.
Dated: October 27, 2011     By:   /s/ Julie A. Piton
      Julie A. Piton
     

Vice President, Finance and Administration and

Chief Financial Officer