SEC Form 3

FORM 3

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* LeMaitre George W (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O LEMAITRE VASCULAR, INC. 63 SECOND AVENUE (Street) BURLINGTON MA 01803 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 10/18/2006	3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol LEMAITRE VASCULAR INC [ LMAT ]
		4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) X Director X 10% Owner X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below) Chairman, President and CEO	5. 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 Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 4)	2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4)	3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Common Stock	122,031	I	See Footnote(1)
Common Stock	3,847,513	D

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

Explanation of Responses:

1. These shares are owned by LeMaitre Family LLC. A trust for the benefit of the Reporting Person holds a 20% membership interest in LeMaitre Family LLC. LeMaitre Family LLC is 100% owned by Peter Boland, as trustee for various trusts formed for the benefit of the children of George D. LeMaitre, a member of the Issuer's Board of Directors, and Cornelia W. LeMaitre, the Issuer's Vice President of Human Resources and a member of the Issuer's Board of Directors. LeMaitre Family LLC currently holds 610,154 shares of the Issuer's Common Stock. The Reporting Person disclaims beneficial ownership of such securities except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein, if any, and the reporting herein of such securities shall not be construed as an admission of beneficial ownership thereof for purposes of Section 16 or for any other purpose.

Remarks:

Exhibit Index Exhibit 24 - Power of Attorney

	/s/ Aaron M. Grossman Attorney-in-Fact	10/18/2006
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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                      POWER OF ATTORNEY

     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the person whose
signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints
Aaron M. Grossman and Christopher Martin, and any one of
them acting singly, the true and lawful attorneys-in-fact
and agents, with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, for the undersigned and in the undersigned's
name, place and stead, in any and all capacities (until
revoked in writing) to sign any and all instruments,
certificates and documents required to be executed on behalf
of the undersigned as an individual or on behalf of the
undersigned's holding company, as the case may be, pursuant
to sections 13 and 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), and any and all
regulations promulgated thereunder, and to file the same,
with all exhibits thereto, and any other documents in
connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, and with any other entity when and if such is
mandated by the Exchange Act or by the By-laws of the
National Association of Securities Dealers, granting unto
said attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority
to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and
necessary fully to all intents and purposes as the
undersigned might or could do in person thereby ratifying
and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents,
or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause
to be done by virtue hereof.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Power of Attorney has been
signed as of the 18 day of October, 2006.


				/s/ George W. LeMaitre