1. Name and Address of Reporting Person
   Chellgren, Paul W.
   Ashland, Inc.
   50 E RiverCenter Blvd
   Covington, KY 41012-0391
2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
   Medtronic, Inc. (MDT)
3. IRS or Social Security Number of Reporting Person (Voluntary)
4. Statement for Month/Year
   8/2002
5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Day/Year)
6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable)
   ( ) Director                   ( ) 10% Owner
   ( ) Officer (give title below) (X) Other (specify below)
   Former Director
7. 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             |2. Trans- |3. Trans-    |4. Securities Acquired (A)   |5. Amount of    |6. Owner-  |7. Nature   |
|                                 |   action |   action    |   or Disposed of (D)        |   Securities   |   ship    |   of In-   |
|                                 |   Date   |   Code      |                             |   Beneficially |   Form:   |   direct   |
|                                 |          |             |                             |   Owned at     |   Direct  |   Bene-    |
|                                 |  (Month/ |             |                             |   End of       |   (D) or  |   ficial   |
|                                 |   Day/   +-------+-----+-----------+------+----------+   Month        |   Indirect|   Owner-   |
|                                 |   Year)  |Code   |V    |Amount     |A/D   |Price     |                |   (I)     |   ship     |
+---------------------------------+----------+-------+-----+-----------+------+----------+----------------+-----------+------------+
                                                                                            
Common Stock                       08/23/2002 M             696.749     A      $0.0000                     D
Common Stock                       08/23/2002 M             567.922     A      $0.0000                     D
Common Stock                       08/23/2002 M             670.533     A      $0.0000                     D
Common Stock                       08/23/2002 M             15.936      A      $0.0000                     D
Common Stock                       08/23/2002 M             725.86      A      $0.0000    4677             D





TABLE II -- Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

+-------------+--------+----------+---------+-----------+---------------------+----------------+----------+--------+-------+-------+
|1.           |2.      |3.        |4.       |5.         |6.                   |7.              |8.        |9.      |10.    |11.    |
|             |        |          |         |           |                     |                |          |Number  |Owner- |       |
|             |        |          |         |           |                     |                |          |of      |ship   |       |
|             |        |          |         |           |                     |                |          |Deriv-  |Form of|       |
|             |        |          |         |           |                     |Title and Amount|          |ative   |Deriv- |       |
|             |        |          |         |           |                     |of Underlying   |          |Secur-  |ative  |Nature |
|             |Conver- |          |         |Number of  |                     |Securities      |          |ities   |Secur- |of     |
|             |sion or |          |         |Derivative |Date Exercisable     +-------+--------+          |Benefi- |ity:   |In-    |
|             |Exercise|          |         |Securities |and Expiration Date  |       |Amount  |          |cially  |Direct |direct |
|             |Price of|Transac-  |Transac- |Acquired(A)|(Month/Day/Year)     |       |or      |          |Owned   |(D) or |Bene-  |
|Title of     |Deriv-  |tion Date |tion Code|Disposed(D)+----------+----------+       |Number  |Price of  |at End  |In-    |ficial |
|Derivative   |ative   |(Month/   +------+--+-----+-----+Date Exer-|Expira-   |       |of      |Derivative|of      |direct |Owner- |
|Security     |Security|Day/Year) |Code  |V |(A)  |(D)  |cisable   |tion Date |Title  |Shares  |Security  |Month   |(I)    |ship   |
+-------------+--------+----------+------+--+-----+-----+----------+----------+-------+--------+----------+--------+-------+-------+
                                                                                  
Right to       $0   08/23/2002 M               567.9                       Common  567.922  $0.0000    0        D
Receive Stock                                      22                  Stock
Right to       $0   08/23/2002 M               670.5                       Common  670.533  $0.0000    0        D
Receive Stock                                      33                  Stock
Right to       $0   08/23/2002 A         15.48                             Common  15.489   $0.0000             D
Receive Stock                                9                         Stock
Right to       $0   08/23/2002 M               15.48                       Common  15.489   $0.0000    0        D
Receive Stock                                      9                   Stock
Right to       $0   08/23/2002 M               696.7               Common  696.749  $0.0000             D
Receive Stock                                      49                          Stock
Right to       $0   08/23/2002 M               725.8               Common  725.86   $0.0000    0        D
Receive Stock                                      6                           Stock

Explanation of Responses:


Deferred units credited under the Medtronic, Inc. Outside Director's
Compensation Plan to be paid in Medtronic common stock upon the director's
resignation or retirement.



SIGNATURE OF REPORTING PERSON
/s/ Carol E. Malkinson, Attorney-in-fact
_________________
Paul W. Chellgren

DATE
09/06/2002