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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001140361-24-027326
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	SC 13D/A
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20240523
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20240523
GROUP MEMBERS:		JACK W. SCHULER LIVING TRUST

SUBJECT COMPANY:	

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			BIODESIX INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001439725
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	SERVICES-MEDICAL LABORATORIES [8071]
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	08 Industrial Applications and Services
		IRS NUMBER:				203986492
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		SC 13D/A
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	005-91818
		FILM NUMBER:		24980326

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		2970 WILDERNESS PLACE
		STREET 2:		SUITE 100
		CITY:			BOULDER
		STATE:			CO
		ZIP:			80301
		BUSINESS PHONE:		303-417-0500

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		2970 WILDERNESS PLACE
		STREET 2:		SUITE 100
		CITY:			BOULDER
		STATE:			CO
		ZIP:			80301

FILED BY:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			SCHULER JACK W
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001021412
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		SC 13D/A

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		100 N. FIELD DRIVE
		STREET 2:		SUITE 360
		CITY:			LAKE FOREST
		STATE:			IL
		ZIP:			60045
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      <div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14pt; font-weight: bold;">UNITED STATES</div>
      <div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14pt; font-weight: bold;">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</div>
      <div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">Washington, D.C. 20549</div>
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      <div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18pt; font-weight: bold;">SCHEDULE 13D</div>
      <div style="text-align: center; color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934</div>
      <div style="text-align: center; color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">(Amendment No. 6)*</div>
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      <div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 24pt; font-weight: bold;"><u>Biodesix, Inc.</u></div>
      <div style="text-align: center; color: #000000;"><u>(Name of Issuer)</u></div>
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      <div style="text-align: center; color: #000000; font-weight: bold;"><u>Common Stock, Par Value $0.001 Per Share</u></div>
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      <div style="text-align: center; color: #000000; font-weight: bold;"><u>09075X108</u></div>
      <div style="text-align: center; color: #000000;">(CUSIP Number)</div>
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      <div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">Jack W. Schuler</div>
      <div style="text-align: center; color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">100 Tri-State International, Suite 125</div>
      <div style="text-align: center; color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">Lincolnshire, Illinois 60069</div>
      <div style="text-align: center; color: #000000; font-weight: bold;"><u>(224) 880-1210</u></div>
      <div style="text-align: center; color: #000000;">(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person</div>
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      <div style="text-align: center; color: #000000; font-weight: bold;"><u>May 21, 2024</u></div>
      <div style="text-align: center; color: #000000;">(Date of Event which Requires Filing of this Statement)</div>
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      <div style="text-align: justify; color: #000000;">If the filing person has previously filed a statement on Schedule 13G to report the acquisition that is the subject of this Schedule 13D, and is filing this schedule because of &#167;&#167;240.13d-1(e),
        240.13d-1(f) or 240.13d-1(g), check the following box. &#9744;</div>
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      <div style="text-align: justify; color: #000000;">Note: Schedules filed in paper format shall include a signed original and five copies of the schedule, including all exhibits. See Rule 13d-7 for other parties to whom copies are to be sent.</div>
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      <div style="text-align: justify; color: #000000;">The information required in the remainder of this cover page shall not be deemed to be &#8220;filed&#8221; for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (&#8220;Act&#8221;) or otherwise subject to the
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                  <div style="color: #000000;">CUSIP No: 09075X108</div>
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                  <div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">SCHEDULE 13D</div>
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                <div style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-ALIGN: left">NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS</div>
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                <div style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-ALIGN: left">CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP</div>
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                <div style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-ALIGN: left">SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER</div>
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                <div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left">&#160;</div>
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              <td style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 1pt solid; VERTICAL-ALIGN: top; WIDTH: 5.01%">
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                  <div style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">352,010 (1)</div>
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                <div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left">&#160;</div>
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                <div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left">&#160;</div>
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                <div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left">&#160;</div>
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                <div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left">&#160;</div>
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                <div style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-ALIGN: left">SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER</div>
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                <div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left">&#160;</div>
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                <div style="text-align: left; color: #000000;">30,794,682</div>
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              <td style="VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; WIDTH: 2.59%">
                <div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left">&#160;</div>
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              <td style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 1pt solid; VERTICAL-ALIGN: top; WIDTH: 5.01%">
                <div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left">&#160;</div>
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                <div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left">&#160;</div>
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              <td style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 1pt solid; VERTICAL-ALIGN: top; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid; WIDTH: 5.01%">
                <div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left">&#160;</div>
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              <td style="VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1pt solid; WIDTH: 86.4%" colspan="3">
                <div style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-ALIGN: left">AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON</div>
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                <div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left">&#160;</div>
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              <td style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 1pt solid; VERTICAL-ALIGN: top; WIDTH: 5.01%">
                <div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left">&#160;</div>
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                  <div style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">31,146,692 (1)</div>
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              <td style="VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; WIDTH: 2.59%">
                <div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left">&#160;</div>
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              <td style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 1pt solid; VERTICAL-ALIGN: top; WIDTH: 5.01%">
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                <div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left">&#160;</div>
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                <div style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-ALIGN: left">CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)</div>
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                <div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left">&#160;</div>
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                <div style="FONT-FAMILY: ''Times New Roman''; TEXT-ALIGN: left">&#9744;</div>
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                <div style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-ALIGN: left">PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)</div>
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                <div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left">&#160;</div>
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                <div style="text-align: left; color: #000000;">21.4% (2)</div>
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                <div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left">&#160;</div>
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                <div style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-ALIGN: left">TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)</div>
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                <div style="text-align: left; color: #000000;">IN</div>
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                <div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left">&#160;</div>
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                <div style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">This amount includes 352,010 Shares (as defined herein) that the Reporting Person has the right to acquire within 60 days of the date of this filing.</div>
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              <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">This percentage is based on a total of 114,685,783 Shares outstanding as of May 1, 2024, as reported in the Issuer&#8217;s quarterly report on Form 10-Q filed with the SEC (as defined herein) on May 8, 2024, plus
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                  <div style="color: #000000;">CUSIP No: 09075X108</div>
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                  <div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">SCHEDULE 13D</div>
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                <div style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-ALIGN: left">NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS</div>
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                <div style="text-align: left; color: #000000;">Jack W. Schuler Living Trust</div>
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                <div style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-ALIGN: left">CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP</div>
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                <div style="FONT-FAMILY: ''Times New Roman''; TEXT-ALIGN: left">&#9744;</div>
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                <div style="FONT-FAMILY: ''Times New Roman''; TEXT-ALIGN: left">&#9744;</div>
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                <div style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-ALIGN: left">SEC USE ONLY</div>
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                <div style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-ALIGN: left">SOURCE OF FUNDS (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)</div>
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                <div style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-ALIGN: left">CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEM 2(D) OR 2(E)</div>
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                <div style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-ALIGN: left">SOLE VOTING POWER</div>
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              <td style="VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; WIDTH: 2.59%">
                <div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left">&#160;</div>
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              <td style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 1pt solid; VERTICAL-ALIGN: top; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid; WIDTH: 5.01%">
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                <div style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-ALIGN: left">SHARED VOTING POWER</div>
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              <td style="VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; WIDTH: 2.59%">
                <div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left">&#160;</div>
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                <div style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-ALIGN: left">SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER</div>
              </td>
              <td style="VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; WIDTH: 2.59%">
                <div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left">&#160;</div>
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              <td style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 1pt solid; VERTICAL-ALIGN: top; WIDTH: 5.01%">
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              <td style="VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; WIDTH: 2.59%">
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              <td style="VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1pt solid; WIDTH: 76.38%">
                <div style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-ALIGN: left">SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER</div>
              </td>
              <td style="VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; WIDTH: 2.59%">
                <div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left">&#160;</div>
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                <div style="text-align: left; color: #000000;">30,794,682</div>
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              <td style="VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; WIDTH: 2.59%">
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              <td style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 1pt solid; VERTICAL-ALIGN: top; WIDTH: 5.01%">
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                <div style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-ALIGN: left">AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON</div>
              </td>
              <td style="VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; WIDTH: 2.59%">
                <div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left">&#160;</div>
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                <div style="text-align: left; color: #000000;">30,794,682</div>
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              <td style="VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; WIDTH: 2.59%">
                <div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left">&#160;</div>
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                <div style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-ALIGN: center">12</div>
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                <div style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-ALIGN: left">CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)</div>
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              <td style="VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; WIDTH: 2.59%">
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                <div style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-ALIGN: left">PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)</div>
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              <td style="VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; WIDTH: 2.59%">
                <div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left">&#160;</div>
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                <div style="text-align: left; color: #000000;">21.2% (1)</div>
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                <div style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-ALIGN: left">TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)</div>
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                <div style="text-align: left; color: #000000;">OO</div>
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            <td style="width: 18pt; vertical-align: top; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">1.</td>
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              <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">This percentage is based on a total of 114,685,783 Shares outstanding as of May 1, 2024, as reported in the Issuer&#8217;s quarterly report on Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on May 8, 2024, plus an aggregate
                30,434,280 Shares issued upon conversion of Series A Preferred Stock on May 23, 2024 following the approval of the Conversion Proposal.</div>
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                  <div style="color: #000000;">CUSIP No: 09075X108</div>
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                  <div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">SCHEDULE 13D</div>
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                  <div style="text-align: right; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Page <font class="BRPFPageNumber">4</font> of 6 Pages</div>
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            <td style="width: 72pt; vertical-align: top; color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">Item 1.</td>
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      <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 72pt; color: #000000; font-style: italic;"> <br>
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      <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 72pt; color: #000000; font-style: italic;">Item 1 of the Schedule 13D is hereby amended and supplemented as follows:</div>
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      <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 72pt; color: #000000;">This Amendment No. 6 to Schedule 13D (&#8220;Amendment No. 6&#8221;) is being filed by the undersigned, pursuant to &#167;240.13d-2(a), to amend and supplement the Schedule 13D filed with the U.S.
        Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#8220;SEC&#8221;) on November 9, 2020, (the &#8220;Initial Schedule 13D&#8221;), as amended on January 28, 2022, on April 11, 2022, on November 23, 2022, on August 11, 2023, and on April 9, 2024 (collectively, the &#8220;Schedule 13D&#8221;),
        with respect to the common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the &#8220;Shares&#8221;), of Biodesix, Inc. (the &#8220;Issuer&#8221; or the &#8220;Company&#8221;), whose principal executive offices are located at 919 West Dillon Rd., Louisville, Colorado 80027.</div>
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      <div style="margin-left: 72pt; color: #000000; font-style: italic;">Item 3 of the Schedule 13D is hereby amended and supplemented as follows:</div>
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      <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 72pt; color: #000000;">On May 21, 2024, the Conversion Proposal (as defined in Amendment No. 5) was approved by the Company&#8217;s stockholders at its 2024 annual meeting of stockholders. Following such
        approval of the Conversion Proposal, each share of Series A Preferred Stock automatically converted into 40 Shares on May 23, 2024, with 30,434,280 Shares being issued upon conversion of an aggregate 760,857 shares of Series A Preferred Stock then
        outstanding.</div>
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      <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 72pt; color: #000000;">In connection with the foregoing, the 2,174 shares of Series A Preferred Stock directly held by the Trust automatically converted into 86,960 Shares on May 23, 2024.</div>
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      <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 72pt; color: #000000;">Also on May 21, 2024, in connection with Mr. Schuler&#8217;s service on the Issuer&#8217;s Board, Mr. Schuler was awarded for no additional consideration:</div>
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            <td style="width: 36pt; vertical-align: top; color: #000000;">(i)</td>
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                <div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">46,686 RSUs, each one of which represents a contingent right to receive one Share, which will vest in full on March 31, 2025, generally subject to Mr. Schuler&#8217;s continued service on
                  the Issuer&#8217;s Board. The Shares underlying these RSUs will be issued to Mr. Schuler following Mr. Schuler&#8217;s separation from service to the Issuer. In the event Mr. Schuler&#8217;s continued service on the Board terminates other than for cause,
                  these RSUs will vest on a prorated basis based on the number of full months of service Mr. Schuler completed during the applicable vesting period. Accordingly, within 60 days of the date of this filing, a total of 11,672 of these RSUs
                  could vest on a prorated basis if Mr. Schuler&#8217;s continued service were to terminate other than for cause; the remaining 35,014 RSUs that would not vest within 60 days of the date of this filing have been omitted from Mr. Schuler&#8217;s
                  beneficial ownership as reported herein.</div>
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            <td style="width: 36pt; vertical-align: top; color: #000000;">(ii)</td>
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                <div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">a stock option representing the right to acquire 37,050 Shares at an exercise price of $1.57, which will vest in full on March 31, 2025, generally subject to Mr. Schuler&#8217;s continued
                  service on the Issuer&#8217;s Board. In the event Mr. Schuler&#8217;s continued service on the Board terminates other than for cause, these options will vest on a prorated basis based on the number of full months of service Mr. Schuler completed
                  during the applicable vesting period. Accordingly, within 60 days of the date of this filing, options representing the right to acquire 9,263 Shares could vest on a prorated basis if Mr. Schuler&#8217;s continued service were to terminate other
                  than for cause; the remaining options representing the right to acquire 27,787 Shares that would not vest within 60 days of the date of this filing have been omitted from Mr. Schuler&#8217;s beneficial ownership as reported herein.</div>
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      <div style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 72pt; color: #000000; font-style: italic;">Item 4 of the Schedule 13D is hereby amended and supplemented as follows:</div>
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      <div style="text-indent: 36pt; margin-left: 36pt; color: #000000;">The response to Item 3 of this Amendment No. 6 is incorporated by reference herein.</div>
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                  <div style="color: #000000;">CUSIP No: 09075X108</div>
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                  <div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">SCHEDULE 13D</div>
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                  <div style="text-align: right; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Page <font class="BRPFPageNumber">5</font> of 6 Pages</div>
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                <td style="width: 72pt; vertical-align: top; color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">Item 5.</td>
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        <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: italic; margin-left: 72pt;">Item 5(a) - (c) of the Schedule 13D is hereby amended and supplemented as follows:</div>
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        <div style="text-indent: 72pt; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">(a, b) As of the date hereof, Mr. Schuler may be deemed to beneficially own, in the aggregate, 31,146,692 Shares, which represents approximately 21.4% of
          the Shares outstanding.</div>
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        <div style="text-indent: 72pt; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">Mr. Schuler&#8217;s beneficial ownership consists of (i) 55,365 Shares that Mr. Schuler has the right to acquire upon exercise of options exercisable within 60
          days of the date of this filing, (ii) 296,645 Shares that Mr. Schuler has the right to acquire upon settlement of vested RSUs within 60 days of the date of this filing, and (iii) 30,794,682 Shares held by the Trust, representing approximately
          21.2% of the Shares outstanding.</div>
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        <div style="text-indent: 72pt; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">The foregoing beneficial ownership percentages are based on a total of (i) 114,685,783 Shares outstanding as of May 1, 2024, as reported in the Issuer&#8217;s
          quarterly report on Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on May 8, 2024, (ii) an aggregate 30,434,280 Shares issued upon conversion of Series A Preferred Stock on May 23, 2024 following the approval of the Conversion Proposal, and, for purposes of
          calculating Mr. Schuler&#8217;s beneficial ownership percentage, (iii) 352,010 Shares that Mr. Schuler has the right to acquire within 60 days of the date of this filing.</div>
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      <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 72pt; color: #000000;">As sole trustee of the Trust, Mr. Schuler shares with the Trust the power to vote or direct the vote, and the power to dispose or direct the disposition of, the 30,794,682 Shares
        beneficially owned by the Trust.</div>
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      <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 72pt; color: #000000;">(c) The response to Item 3 of this Amendment No. 6 is incorporated by reference herein. Except as set forth in this Amendment No. 6, no transactions in the Shares have been effected
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                  <div style="color: #000000;">CUSIP No: 09075X108</div>
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                  <div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">SCHEDULE 13D</div>
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      <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt; color: #000000;">After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.</div>
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              <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">Jack W. Schuler</div>
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              <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><u>/s/ Jack W. Schuler</u></div>
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              <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Title: Trustee</div>
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