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<SEC-DOCUMENT>0000950123-96-006746.txt : 19961120
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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000950123-96-006746
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-A12B
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		19961118
SROS:			NONE

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			INTEGRATED SURGICAL SYSTEMS INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000894871
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	SURGICAL & MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS & APPARATUS [3841]
		IRS NUMBER:				680232575
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-A12B
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-12471
		FILM NUMBER:		96668505

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		829 WEST STADIUM LANE
		CITY:			SACRAMENTO
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			95834
		BUSINESS PHONE:		9166463487

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		829 WEST STADIUM LANE
		CITY:			SACRAMENTO
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			95834
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<SEQUENCE>1
<DESCRIPTION>FORM 8-A
<TEXT>

<PAGE>   1
 
    As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 18, 1996
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                      SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                            Washington, D.C. 20549
                     
                            ------------------------
 
                                    FORM 8-A

               FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES
                    PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR (g) OF THE
                        SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
 
                       INTEGRATED SURGICAL SYSTEMS, INC.
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             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
<TABLE>
<S>                                   <C>
               Delaware                             68-0232575
      --------------------------       -----------------------------------
      (State of incorporation or       (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
            organization)

        829 West Stadium Lane                       
            Sacramento, CA                            95834
      --------------------------       -----------------------------------      
   (Address of principal executive                  (Zip Code)
               offices)
</TABLE>
 
       Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
 
<TABLE>
<S>                                             <C>
      Title of each class                  Name of each exchange on which
      to be so registered                  each class is to be registered
     ---------------------                 -------------------------------
 Common Stock, par value $.01          The Pacific Stock Exchange Incorporated      
Common Stock Purchase Warrants         The Pacific Stock Exchange Incorporated
</TABLE>
 
                                                  
       Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:
 

                        
                                     NONE
                         -----------------------------
                                (Title of Class)

                                     NONE
                         ------------------------------
                                (Title of Class)


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<PAGE>   2
 
1.  Description of Registrant's
    Securities to Be Registered.
    ---------------------------

     The description of the Registrant's Common Stock, par value $.01 per
share, and Redeemable Common Stock Purchase Warrants under the caption
"Description of Securities" in the Registrant's Prospectus to be filed pursuant
to Rule 424 (b) under the Securities Act of 1993, as amended, which relates to
the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form SB-2 (File No. 333-9207), shall
be deemed to have been incorporated by reference into this Registration
Statement on Form 8-A.
 
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<CAPTION>
                                                      Incorporated by    Exhibit
Item 2.          Exhibits.                              Reference To       No.
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<C>             <S>                                   <C>                <C>
   1.           Specimen of security to be
                registered hereunder.

                1.1  Specimen Certificate                   (1)            4.3
                       of Common Stock

                1.2  Specimen Redeemable                    (1)            4.4
                       Common Stock Purchase
                       Warrant

   2.           Constituent Instruments Defining
                Rights to Holders of Registered
                Securities.

                2.1  Registrant's Certificate               (1)            3.1
                       of Incorporation, as amended

                2.2  Registrant's By-Laws                   (1)            3.2
</TABLE>
 
- ---------------
(1) The Registrant's Registration Statement on Form SB-2 (File No. 333-9207), as
amended.
 
                                        2
<PAGE>   3
 
                                   SIGNATURE
 
     Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this Registration Statement or amendment
to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
 
                                   INTEGRATED SURGICAL SYSTEMS, INC.
 
                                   By: s/ Ramesh C. Trivedi
                                   ---------------------------------------------
                                          Ramesh C. Trivedi
                                          Chief Executive Officer
                                          and President
 
Dated: November 18, 1996
 
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