SEC Form 4

FORM 4		UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0287 Estimated average burden hours per response: 0.5
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* HARRISON DONALD C (Last) (First) (Middle) 2800 PATTON ROAD (Street) ST. PAUL MN 55113 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol EnteroMedics Inc [ ETRM ]	5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) X Director 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 02/05/2009
	4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)	6. 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 (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Common Stock	02/05/2009		P		10,600	A	$1.2429(4)	27,927	D
Common Stock								712,544	I	Charter Life Sciences, L.P.(2)

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares
Warrants (right to buy)	$0.4333							(1)	11/13/2010	Common Stock	1,015		1,015	D
Warrants (right to buy)	$0.46							(1)	12/12/2010	Common Stock	16,484		16,484	I	Charter Life Sciences, L.P.(2)
Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$8							(3)	03/25/2018	Common Stock	25,000		25,000	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. Immediately exercisable.

2. The reporting person is managing partner of Charter Life Sciences, L.P. The reporting person disclaims beneficial ownership of these shares except to the extent of his proportionate pecuniary interest therein.

3. Vests as to 25% immediately and then 1/36th per month thereafter. The vesting stops when reporting person ceases to be a director, if that occurs before the grant is fully vested.

4. The price reported is the weighted average purchase price for the transactions reported. The prices paid ranged from $1.10 to $1.30. The reporting person will provide to the issuer, a security holder of the issuer, or the SEC staff, upon request, full information regarding the number of shares [purchased/sold] at each price within the range.

	/s/ Mark B. Knudson, Attorney-in-Fact	02/06/2009
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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