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* LAVIOLETTE PAUL A (Last) (First) (Middle) ONE BOSTON PLACE 201 WASHINGTON STREET, SUITE 3900 (Street) BOSTON MA 02108 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 09/03/2013	3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol SafeStitch Medical, Inc. [ SFES.OB ]
		4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) X Director 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)	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)

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
Stock Option (right to buy)	09/03/2013(1)	07/21/2021	Common Stock	28,832	0.07	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. Option vests and the shares become exercisable according to the following schedule: 1/4 on July 21, 2012 and 1/48 each full calendar month thereafter.

	Thomas B. Rosedale (pursuant to power of attorney)	09/11/2013
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY


	This statement confirms that the undersigned has authorized and designated each
of Suzanne Hamel and Thomas B. Rosedale his attorneys-in-fact to (i) prepare, execute
and file on behalf of the undersigned Form ID or any other necessary documents or forms
in order to obtain access codes (including, without limitation, CIK and CCC codes) for
the undersigned to permit filing on EDGAR, and (ii) prepare, execute and file on behalf
of the undersigned all Forms 3, 4 and 5 (including any amendments thereto) that the
undersigned may be required to file with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
as a result of the undersigned's ownership of or transactions in securities of a public
reporting company or by virtue of the undersigned holding board of director or executive
officer positions with a public reporting company.  The authority of such attorneys under
this Power of Attorney shall continue until the undersigned is no longer required to file
Forms 3, 4 and 5 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, unless earlier
revoked in writing.  The undersigned acknowledges that such attorneys are not assuming
any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with the requirements of Section 16 of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or any of the undersigned's liabilities
for failure to comply with such requirements.


Date: August 22, 2013	 			_/s/ Paul LaViolette___________
							Name: Paul LaViolette