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	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			ADVANCED NEUROMODULATION SYSTEMS INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000351721
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	SURGICAL & MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS & APPARATUS [3841]
		IRS NUMBER:				751646002
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			TX
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

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		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-10521
		FILM NUMBER:		031027870

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		6501 WINDCREST DRIVE SUITE 100
		CITY:			PLANO
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			75024
		BUSINESS PHONE:		9723098000

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		STREET 1:		6501 WINDCREST DRIVE SUITE 100
		CITY:			PLANO
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			75024

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	QUEST MEDICAL INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19920703
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<P align="center"><FONT size="4"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center"><FONT size="3"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B>
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<P align="center"><FONT size="3"><B>CURRENT REPORT<BR>
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE<BR>
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934</B>
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>Date of report (Date of earliest event reported):<BR>
November&nbsp;28, 2003 (November&nbsp;28, 2003)</B>
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<P align="center"><FONT size="6"><B>ADVANCED NEUROMODULATION<BR>
SYSTEMS, INC.</B>
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2">Incorporated pursuant to the Laws of the State of Texas
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2">Commission file number 0-10521
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2">Internal Revenue Service &#151; Employer Identification No.&nbsp;75-1646002
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2">6501 Windcrest Drive, Plano, Texas 75024
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2">(972)&nbsp;309-8000
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">Item&nbsp;5. Other Events
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<P align="left" style="margin-left:3%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;On August&nbsp;29, 2003, Christopher G. Chavez, President and Chief
Executive Officer of Advanced Neuromodulation Systems, Inc. (ANS),
entered into a &#147;Preset Diversification Program&#148; (PDP), a stock
disposition plan intended to qualify for the safe harbor offered by Rule
10b5-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, with an
effective date of November&nbsp;28, 2003. Under Mr.&nbsp;Chavez&#146;s PDP, he
authorized his broker to sell up to 102,500 shares of ANS common stock
(30,000 shares owned outright by Mr.&nbsp;Chavez and 72,500 shares which Mr.
Chavez will obtain by exercising certain stock options).
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<P align="left" style="margin-left:3%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;On August&nbsp;28, 2003, James P. Calhoun, Vice President &#151; Human
Resources, also entered into a PDP, also with an effective date of
November&nbsp;28, 2003. Under Mr.&nbsp;Calhoun&#146;s PDP, he authorized his broker to
sell up to 36,222 shares of ANS common stock (7,722 shares owned outright
by Mr.&nbsp;Calhoun and 28,500 shares which Mr.&nbsp;Calhoun will obtain by
exercising certain stock options).
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<P align="left" style="margin-left:3%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Mr.&nbsp;Chavez and Mr.&nbsp;Calhoun have informed the Company that any shares
sold pursuant to their respective PDPs will be sold pursuant to Rule&nbsp;144,
and that each of them will publicly disclose any sales in accordance with
their obligations under Rule&nbsp;16a-3. Mr.&nbsp;Chavez and Mr.&nbsp;Calhoun have
informed the Company that the purpose of their PDPs is to assist them in
the diversification of their respective portfolios. Each of Mr.&nbsp;Chavez
and Mr.&nbsp;Calhoun represented to the Company that he had no knowledge of
any material nonpublic information regarding the Company when he adopted
his respective written PDP plan.
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">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.
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