1. Name and Address of Reporting Person
Jackson, Ph.D., Shirley Ann
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
110 8th St Troy Building
Troy, NY 12180
United States
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
09/01/2002
5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Day/Year)
6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable)
(X) Director ( ) 10% Owner
( ) Officer (give title below) ( ) Other (specify below)
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 |
+---------------------------------+----------+-------+-----+-----------+------+----------+----------------+-----------+------------+
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 |
+-------------+--------+----------+------+--+-----+-----+----------+----------+-------+--------+----------+--------+-------+-------+
Stock Options $41.18 08/31/2002 A 2915 08/31/2002 08/31/2012 Common 2915 $0.0000 2915 D
(Right to buy) Stock
Stock Options $41.18 09/01/2002 A 1458 09/01/2002 09/01/2012 Common 1458 $0.0000 1458 D
(Right to buy) Stock
Right to $0 08/31/2002 A 733.8 Common 733.855 $0.0000 733.855 D
Receive Stock 55 Stock
Explanation of Responses:
Deferred units credited under the Medtronic, Inc. Outside Director's
Compensation Plan to be paid in Medtronic common stock upon the director's
resignation or retirement.
SIGNATURE OF REPORTING PERSON
/s/Carol E. Malkinson, Attorney-in-fact
__________________________
Shirley Ann Jackson, Ph.D.
DATE
09/04/2002