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FORM 4                                            Expires:      January 31, 2005
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                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,
       Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or
               Section  30(f) of the  Investment  Company  Act of 1940
[ ]   Check  this box if no longer  subject of  Section  16.  Form 4 or Form 5
      obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*

   Momsen                             Robert                        R.
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   (Last)                            (First)                     (Middle)

2710 Sand Hill Road; Second Floor
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                                     (Street)

   Menlo Park                         CA                             94025
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    (City)                          (State)                          (Zip)
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2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol

   TheraSense, Inc. (THER)
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3. I.R.S. Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an entity (Voluntary)


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4. Statement for Month/Date/Year

April 29, 2003
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5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year)


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6. Relationship  of Reporting  Person(s) to Issuer  (Check all  applicable)

   [X] Director                          [X] 10% Owner
   [ ] Officer (give title below)        [ ] Other (specify below)


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7. Individual or Joint/Group  Filing (Check  applicable  line)
   [X] Form filed by One Reporting Person
   [ ] Form filed by More Than one Reporting Person
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Form 4 (continued)
           Table I -- Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of,
                             or Beneficially Owned


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                                          |             |             |                  | Amount   |          |
                                          |             |             |                  | of       |          |
                                          |             |             |   Securities     | Secur-   |          | Nature
                                          |             |             |   Acquired (A)   | ities    | Owner-   | of
                                          |             |             |   or Disposed    | Bene-    | ship     | Indirect
                                          |             |             |   of (D) (Instr. | ficially | Form:    | Bene-
                                          |             | Transaction |   3, 4 and 5)    | Owned at | Direct   | ficial
                                          |             | Code        | ---------------- | End      | (D) or   | Owner-
                                          | Transaction | (Instr. 8)  |       |(A)|      | of Month | Indirect | ship
Title of Security                         | Date        | ----------- | Amount|or |Price | (Instr.  | (I)      | (Instr.
(Instr. 3)                                | (mm/dd/yy)  | Code  |  V  |       |(D)|      | 3 and 4) | (Instr.4)|  4)
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Common Stock                                -              -             -      -   -      3,237,103     I       By:
InterWest Partners VI, LP (1)
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Common Stock                                -              -             -      -   -        101,494     I       By:
InterWest Investors VI, LP (1)
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Common Stock                                -              -             -      -   -        100,306     I       By:
InterWest Partners V, LP (2)
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Common Stock                                -              -             -      -   -         27,647     I       By:
The Momsen Living Trust U/A/D 1-5-95 (3)
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Common Stock                                4-29-2003      P             75,000  A  $7.04    175,000     I       By:
InterWest Venture Mgmt Co.
PSRP FBO Robert R. Momsen
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Common Stock                                -              -             -      -   -          1,000     I       By:
Robert Momsen Custodian
FBO Paige Momsen under CA uniform
TFR to Minor
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Common Stock                                -              -             -      -   -          1,000     I       By:
Robert Momsen Custodian
FBO Nick Momsen under CA uniform
TFR to Minor
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Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially
          owned directly or indirectly.

* If the Form is  filed  by more  than one  Reporting  Person,  see  Instruction
  4(b)(v).

PERSONS WHO RESPOND TO THE COLLECTION OF INFORMATION  CONTAINED IN THIS FORM ARE
NOT REQUIRED TO RESPOND  UNLESS THE FORM DISPLAYS A CURRENTLY  VALID OMB CONTROL
NUMBER.
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Form 4 (continued)

Table II -- Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
         (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)


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                     |       |        |       |Number   |                 |             |       | Number  |Owner-|
                     |       |        |       |of       |                 |             |       | of      |ship  |
                     |       |        |       |Deriv-   |                 |Title and    |       | Deriv-  |of    |
                     |Conver-|        |       |ative    |                 |Amount of    |       | ative   |Deriv-|
                     |sion   |        |       |Secur-   |                 |Underlying   |       | Secur-  |ative |Nature
                     |of     |        |       |ities    |                 |Securities   |       | ities   |Secur-|of
                     |Exer-  |        |       |Acquired |Date             |(Instr. 3    |Price  | Bene-   |ity:  |In-
                     |cise   |        |Trans- |(A) or   |Exercisable and  |and 4)       |of     | ficially|Direct|direct
                     |Price  |Trans-  |action |Disposed |Expiration Date  |-------------|Deriv- | Owned   |(D) or|Bene-
                     |of     |action  |Code   |of(D)    |(Month/Day/Year) |      |Amount|ative  | at End  |In-   |ficial
Title of             |Deriv- |Date    |(Instr.|(Instr.3,|-----------------|      |or    |Secur- | of      |direct|Owner-
Derivative           |ative  |(Month/ |8)     |4 and 5) |Date    | Expira-|      |Number|ity    | Month   |(I)   |ship
Security             |Secur- |Day/    |------ |-------- |Exer-   | tion   |      |of    |(Instr.| (Instr. |(Instr|(Instr.
(Instr. 3)           |ity    |Year)   |Code|V |(A) | (D)|cisable | Date   |Title |Shares|5)     | 4)      |4)    |4)
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NQ option
(right to buy)        $5.00    -        -   -   -     -    -        9/29/10 Common 30,000   -      30,000    D
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NQ option
(right to buy)       $21.25    -        -   -   -     -    -        4/19/12 Common  5,000   -       5,000    D
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Explanation of Responses:

(1)   InterWest  Management  Partners  VI, LLC has sole  voting  and  investment
      control over the shares held by InterWest  Partners VI, L.P. and InterWest
      Investors  VI,  L.P.  The  reporting  person  is a  managing  director  of
      InterWest  Management  Partners VI, LLC, and shares voting and  investment
      control of the shares held by the fund.  The  reporting  person  disclaims
      beneficial ownership of these shares except to the extent of his pecuniary
      interest  therein.  The  filing of this  statement  shall not be deemed an
      admission that, for purposes of Section 16 of the Securities  Exchange Act
      of 1934, or otherwise, the reporting person is the beneficial owner of all
      of the equity securities covered by this statement.

(2)   InterWest  Management  Partners  V, L.P.  has sole  voting and  investment
      control over the shares held by InterWest  Partners V, L.P. The  reporting
      person is a general partner of InterWest  Management Partners V, L.P., and
      shares voting and  investment  control of the shares held by the fund. The
      reporting person disclaims  beneficial ownership of these shares except to
      the extent of his pecuniary interest therein. The filing of this statement
      shall not be deemed an admission  that,  for purposes of Section 16 of the
      Securities Exchange Act of 1934, or otherwise, the reporting person is the
      beneficial  owner  of  all  of  the  equity  securities  covered  by  this
      statement.

(3)   The shares are held in the name of The Momsen Living Trust U/A/D 1-5-95 of
      which Robert Momsen is the Trustee.

 /s/ Robert R. Momsen                            4-30-03
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**Signature of Reporting Person                   Date

**     Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal
       Criminal Violations.

       See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).

Note:  File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed.
       If space provided is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedures.

Potential persons who are to respond to the collection of information  contained
in this form are not  required to respond  unless the form  displays a currently
valid OMB Number.
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