UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
FORM
8-K
CURRENT
REPORT PURSUANT
TO
SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE
SECURITIES
EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date
of
report (Date of earliest event reported): July
16, 2007
INTEGRATED
SURGICAL SYSTEMS, INC.
(Exact
name of Registrant as specified in its Charter)
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Delaware
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1-12471
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68-0232575
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(State
or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
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(Commission
File
Number)
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(IRS
Employer
Identification
No.)
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1433
N. Market Blvd., Suite 1, Sacramento, California
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95834
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(Address
of principal executive offices)
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(Zip
Code)
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Registrant’s
telephone number, including area code (916)
285-9943
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N/A
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(Former
name or former address, if changes since last
report)
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Check
the
appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously
satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following
provisions:
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communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17
CFR
230.425)
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Soliciting
material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
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Pre-commencement
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CFR
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Item
5.02.
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Departure
of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment
of
Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
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Ramesh
C.
Trivedi resigned as
President, Chief Executive Officer, Director and Chairman of the Board of
Directors of the Registrant.
On
July
18, 2007, Peter B. Mills, 52, was appointed Chief Executive Officer and
President of the registrant. Mr. Mills will continue as a director of the
Registrant.
Mr.
Mills
was
appointed to serve as a Director of the Company in September 2006. Mr. Mills
also serves as Vice President of Sales at Speck Design, a leading product design
firm with offices in Palo Alto, California and Shanghai, China. He has spent
15
years selling sophisticated industrial robotics and automation systems with
Adept Technology, the leading U.S. manufacturer of industrial robots, and
Hewlett-Packard Company. He has also served as the Vice President of Sales
at
Softchain, an enterprise supply chain software company acquired in 2001. Mr.
Mills has significant experience with respect to the design and manufacturing
needs of a variety of industries including medical devices, disk drives,
consumer products, food packaging, printers, computers and networking, and
semiconductor equipment. He has extensive international business experience
in
Japan, Singapore, and Korea. Mr. Mills earned an MBA from Harvard Business
School and a B.A. in engineering, cum laude, from Dartmouth
College.
SIGNATURES
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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Integrated
Surgical Systems, Inc.
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(Registrant)
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Dated:
July 19, 2007
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By:
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___________________
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Name:
Peter B. Mills
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Title:
Chief Executive Officer
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