FORM 3
U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES
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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
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
Daniel E. Straus
Caprius, Inc.
46 Jonspin Road
Wilmington, MA 01887
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2. Date of Event Requiring Statement
(Month/Day/Year)
11/10/1997
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3. IRS or Social Security Number of Reporting Person (Voluntary)
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4. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Caprius, Inc. (CAPR)
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5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
X Director 10% Owner
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Officer Other (specify below)
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title
below)
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6. If Amendment, Date of
Original (Month/Day/Year)
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7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
X Form filed by One Reporting Person
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____ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
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TABLE 1 NON-DERIVATIVE SECURITIES BENEFICIALLY OWNED
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Title of Security 2. Amounts of 3. Ownership 4. Nature of
(Instr. 4) Securities Form: Direct (D) Indirect
Beneficially or Indirect (I) Beneficial
Owned (Instr. 5) Ownership
(instr. 4) (Instr. 5)
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Common Stock, par -0-
value $.01 per
share
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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
5(b)(v).
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TABLE II DERIVATIVE SECURITIES BENEFICIALLY OWNED (E.G., PUTS,
CALLS, WARRANTS, OPTIONS, CONVERTIBLE SECURITIES)
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1. Title of 2. Date Exer- 3. Title and Amount of
Derivative cisable and Securities Underlying
Security Expiration Derivative Security
(Instr. 4) Date (Instr. 4)
(Month/Day/
Year)
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Date Expira- Amount
Exer- tion Title of
cisable Date Number
of
Shares
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4. Conver- 5. Ownership 6. Nature of
sion or Form of Indirect
Exercise Derivative Beneficial
Price of Security: Ownership
Deri- Direct (Instr. 5)
vative (D) or
Security Indirect
(I)
(Instr. 5)
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Explanation of Responses:
/s/ Daniel E. Straus 11/18/1997
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**Signature of Reporting Person Date
Daniel E. Straus
** 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 procedure.
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