1. Name and Address of Reporting Person
   Brody, M.D., Ph.D., William R.
   The Johns Hopkins University
   3400 N Charles, 242 Garland Hl
   Baltimore, MD 21218
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 R1
5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Day/Year)
   09/03/2002
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     |
+---------------------------------+----------+-------+-----+-----------+------+----------+----------------+-----------+------------+
                                                                                            
Common Stock                                                                              6000             D
Common Stock                                                                              4932             I           Brody Family
                                                                                                                       Trust





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         5829        08/31/2002 08/31/2012 Common  5829     $0.0000    5829     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         747.4                             Common  747.464  $0.0000    747.464  D
Receive Stock                                64                        Stock
                                             

Explanation of Responses:


This amendment is to correct the amount of deferred units granted on 8/31/02.
The amount originally reported was higher than what was granted to the Director.

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
____________________________
William R. Brody, M.D., Ph.D.

DATE
09/19/2002