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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

December 2, 2004
Date of Report
 (Date of earliest event reported)


RITA Medical Systems, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)

000-30959

94-3199149

(Commission File Number)

(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

 
967 N. Shoreline Blvd.
Mountain View, CA 94043
(Address of principal executive offices, with zip code)

(650) 314-3400
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)



     

 


Item 8.01. Other Events and Required FD Disclosure.

On December 2, 2004, RITA Medical Systems, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“RITA”), announced that eighteen month survival statistics of the RAPTURE lung cancer clinical trial were reported this week at the Radiological Society of North American 90th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting in Chicago. A copy of RITA’s press release announcing the results of this trial and other trial results is attached as Exhibit 99.1 hereto and incorporated by reference herein.

 
 
 
 

 

 
     




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.

                            RITA Medical Systems, Inc.



Date: December 2, 2004         By:   /s/ Donald Stewart                                      
Donald Stewart, Chief Financial Officer and
Vice President Finance and Administration



 
     

 



RITA MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC.

INDEX TO EXHIBITS


Exhibit Number
Description
 
     
99.1
Press Release of RITA Medical Systems, Inc. dated December 2, 2004.