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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 27, 1997.
Registration No. 333-00064
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO
FORM S-3
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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AVECOR CARDIOVASCULAR INC.
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
MINNESOTA 41-1695729
(State or other jurisdiction (I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation or organization) Identification No.)
7611 NORTHLAND DRIVE
MINNEAPOLIS, MN 55428
(612) 391-9000
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including
area code, of registrant's principal executive offices)
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GREGORY J. MELSEN
7611 NORTHLAND DRIVE
MINNEAPOLIS, MN 55428
(612) 391-9000
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone
number, including area code, of agent for service)
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Copies to:
Bruce A. Machmeier, Esq.
Oppenheimer Wolff & Donnelly
3400 Plaza VII
45 South Seventh Street
Minneapolis, MN 55402
(612) 607-7300
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AVECOR Cardiovascular Inc. (the "Company") registered for public sale the
resale of up to 90,000 shares (the "Offered Shares") of the Company's common
stock, par value $.01 per share (the "Common Stock"), on behalf of certain
selling shareholders pursuant to its Registration Statement on Form S-3, File
No. 333-00064 (including all amendments and supplements thereto, the
"Registration Statement"), as originally filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on January 5, 1996. Pursuant to this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1
to the Registration Statement, AVECOR hereby deregisters the remaining 5,100
Offered Shares that were not sold under the Registration Statement.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Amendment to the
Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the City of Minneapolis and State of Minnesota, on June 27,
1997.
AVECOR CARDIOVASCULAR INC.
By: /s/ Anthony Badolato
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Anthony Badolato
Chief Executive Officer
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Amendment
to the Registration Statement has been signed on June 27, 1997 by the following
persons in the capacities indicated.
/s/ Anthony Badolato Chief Executive Officer
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Anthony Badolato (Principal Executive
Officer) and Director
/s/ Gregory J. Melsen Vice President -- Finance,
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Gregory J. Melsen Treasurer and Chief
Financial Officer (Principal
Financial and Accounting Officer)
* Director
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David W. Stassen
* Director
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Edward E. Strickland
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J. Gordon Wright Director
* By /s/ Anthony Badolato
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Anthony Badolato
Attorney-in-fact
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