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 SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B></FONT></P>
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 <P ALIGN=CENTER><FONT SIZE=6><B>VASCULAR SOLUTIONS, INC.</B></FONT></P>
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 <P ALIGN=CENTER><FONT SIZE="2"> (Exact name of registrant as specified in
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 <P ALIGN=CENTER><FONT SIZE=2>of incorporation or organization)</FONT></P>
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 <P ALIGN=CENTER><FONT SIZE=3><B>6464 Sycamore Court<BR>
 Minneapolis, Minnesota 55369<BR></B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>(Address of registrant&#146;s principal executive offices,
 <BR>including zip code)</FONT></P>
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 <P ALIGN=CENTER><FONT SIZE=3><B>VASCULAR SOLUTIONS, INC. EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN</B></FONT></P>
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 <P ALIGN=CENTER><FONT SIZE=2>(Full title of the plan)</FONT></P>
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 <P ALIGN=CENTER><FONT SIZE=3><B>Howard Root <BR>
 Chief Executive Officer <BR>
 Vascular Solutions, Inc. <BR>
 6464 Sycamore Court<BR>
 Minneapolis, Minnesota 55369<BR>
 Tel: (763) 656-4300<BR></B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>(Name, address and telephone number,<BR> including area code, of agent for
 service)</FONT></P>
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 <P><FONT SIZE=2>Indicate by
 check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an
 accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company.
 See the definitions of &#147;large accelerated filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer&#148; and
 &#147;smaller reporting company&#148; in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.</FONT></P>
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 <P><FONT SIZE=2>Non-accelerated
 filer <FONT FACE=WINGDINGS>o</FONT></FONT></P>
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 be <BR>
 registered(1)(2)</B></FONT></P>
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 offering price per <BR>
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 maximum<BR>
 aggregate offering <BR>
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 <P ALIGN=CENTER><FONT SIZE=2><B>Amount of <BR>
 registration <BR>
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 <P style=margin-left:5px><FONT SIZE=2>Common
 Stock, <BR>
 par value $0.01 per share</FONT></P>
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 <P ALIGN=CENTER><FONT SIZE=2>600,000
 Shares</FONT></P>
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 <P ALIGN=CENTER><FONT SIZE=2>$9.67</FONT></P>
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 <P ALIGN=CENTER><FONT SIZE=2>$5,802,000</FONT></P>
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 <P><FONT SIZE=2>600,000
 shares of common stock of Vascular Solutions, Inc. that may be offered or
 sold pursuant to the Vascular Solutions, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan.</FONT></P>
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 <P><FONT SIZE=2>Pursuant to
 General Instruction E of the General Instructions to Form S-8, this
 Registration Statement incorporates by reference the registrant&#146;s
 Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration No. 333-54164), which
 relates to the issuance and sale from time to time of an aggregate of up to
 3,000,000 shares of the registrant&#146;s common stock pursuant to the Vascular
 Solutions, Inc. Stock Option and Stock Award Plan, and 1,000,000 shares of
 the registrant&#146;s common stock pursuant to the Vascular Solutions, Inc.
 Employee Stock Purchase Plan. This Registration Statement also incorporates
 by reference the registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form S-8
 (Registration No. 333-145719), which relates to the issuance and sale from
 time to time of an aggregate of up to 1,900,000 shares of the registrant&#146;s
 common stock pursuant to the Vascular Solutions, Inc. Stock Option and Stock
 Award Plan, and 700,000 shares of the registrant&#146;s common stock pursuant to
 the Vascular Solutions, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan. Pursuant to Rule
 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this registration statement
 shall also cover any additional shares of common stock that may be offered or
 issued to prevent dilution resulting from stock splits, stock dividends or
 similar transactions.</FONT></P>
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 <P><FONT SIZE=2>Estimated
 solely for purposes of determining the registration fee and calculated in
 accordance with Rule&nbsp;457(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, as
 amended, on the basis of the average of the high and low prices of Vascular
 Solutions, Inc.&#146;s common stock on April 21, 2010, as reported on the Nasdaq
 Global Market.</FONT></P>
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<P ALIGN=CENTER><FONT SIZE=2><B>STATEMENT OF
INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE</B></FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This
Registration Statement on Form S-8 registers the offer and sale of an
additional 600,000 shares of our common stock, par value $0.01 per share, for
issuance under the Vascular Solutions, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan. In
accordance with Instruction E to Form S-8, the contents of the prior Form S-8
Registration Statement File No. 333-54164 and Form S-8 Registration Statement
File No. 333-145719 are hereby incorporated by reference.</FONT></P>

<P ALIGN=CENTER><FONT SIZE=3><B>PART II</B></FONT></P>

<P ALIGN=CENTER><FONT SIZE=2><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN REGISTRATION
STATEMENT</B></FONT></P>

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 Dorsey &amp; Whitney LLP.</FONT></P>
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 Dorsey &amp; Whitney LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).</FONT></P>
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 <P><FONT SIZE=2>Consent of
 Baker Tilly Virchow Krause, LLP, independent registered public accounting
 firm, auditors for Vascular Solutions.</FONT></P>
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 <P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>24</FONT></P>
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 <P><FONT SIZE=1>&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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 <P><FONT SIZE=2>Power of
 Attorney (included on signature page).</FONT></P>
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<P ALIGN=CENTER><FONT SIZE=2>II-1</FONT></P>

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<P ALIGN=CENTER><FONT SIZE=3><B>SIGNATURES</B></FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for filing on Form&nbsp;S-8 and has duly caused this registration
statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the City of Minneapolis, State of Minnesota, on the 23rd day of
April, 2010.</FONT></P>

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 <P><FONT SIZE=2><B>VASCULAR SOLUTIONS, INC.</B></FONT></P>
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 <P><FONT SIZE=2>By:&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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 <P><FONT SIZE=2>/s/ Howard
 Root</FONT></P>
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 <P><FONT SIZE=1>&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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 <P><FONT SIZE=2>Howard Root</FONT></P>
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 <P><FONT SIZE=1>&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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 <P><FONT SIZE=2>Chief
 Executive Officer and Director</FONT></P>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;KNOW
ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below
hereby constitutes and appoints Howard Root and James Hennen, and each of them,
the undersigned&#146;s true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting
alone, with the powers of substitution and revocation, for the undersigned and
in the undersigned&#146;s name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign
a Registration Statement on Form S-8, and any and all amendments (including
post-effective amendments) thereto, relating to the offering of shares of
common stock of Vascular Solutions, Inc. pursuant to the Vascular Solutions,
Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan, and to file the same, with all exhibits
thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, granting unto such attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each
of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and
thing requisite or necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to
all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that such attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of
them, or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done
by virtue hereof.</FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this
registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities indicated on the 23rd day of April, 2010.</FONT></P>

<TABLE BORDER=0 ALIGN="CENTER" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 WIDTH="80% ">
 <TR STYLE="FONT-SIZE:1PX">
 <TD WIDTH="28%" VALIGN=TOP>
 <P>&nbsp;</P>
 </TD>
 <TD WIDTH="11%" VALIGN=TOP>
 <P>&nbsp;</P>
 </TD>
 <TD WIDTH="40%" VALIGN=TOP>
 <P>&nbsp;</P>
 </TD>
 </TR>
 <TR>
 <TD VALIGN=TOP>
 <P><FONT SIZE=2>Name</FONT></P>
 </TD>
 <TD VALIGN=TOP>
 <P><FONT SIZE=1>&nbsp;</FONT></P>
 </TD>
 <TD VALIGN=TOP>
 <P><FONT SIZE=2>Title</FONT></P>
 </TD>
 </TR>
 <TR>
 <TD VALIGN=TOP>
 <P><FONT SIZE=1>&nbsp;</FONT></P>
 </TD>
 <TD VALIGN=TOP>
 <P><FONT SIZE=1>&nbsp;</FONT></P>
 </TD>
 <TD VALIGN=TOP>
 <P><FONT SIZE=1>&nbsp;</FONT></P>
 </TD>
 </TR>
 <TR>
 <TD VALIGN=TOP STYLE='BORDER:NONE;BORDER-BOTTOM:  SOLID BLACK 1px'>
 <P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/
 Howard Root</FONT></P>
 </TD>
 <TD VALIGN=TOP>
 <P><FONT SIZE=1>&nbsp;</FONT></P>
 </TD>
 <TD VALIGN=TOP>
 <P><FONT SIZE=2>Chief
 Executive Officer and Director</FONT></P>
 </TD>
 </TR>
 <TR>
 <TD VALIGN=TOP STYLE='BORDER:NONE'>
 <P><FONT SIZE=2>Howard Root</FONT></P>
 </TD>
 <TD VALIGN=TOP>
 <P><FONT SIZE=1>&nbsp;</FONT></P>
 </TD>
 <TD VALIGN=TOP>
 <P><FONT SIZE=2>(<I>principal executive officer</I>)</FONT></P>
 </TD>
 </TR>
 <TR>
 <TD VALIGN=TOP>
 <P><FONT SIZE=1>&nbsp;</FONT></P>
 </TD>
 <TD VALIGN=TOP>
 <P><FONT SIZE=1>&nbsp;</FONT></P>
 </TD>
 <TD VALIGN=TOP>
 <P><FONT SIZE=1>&nbsp;</FONT></P>
 </TD>
 </TR>
 <TR>
 <TD VALIGN=TOP STYLE='BORDER:NONE;BORDER-BOTTOM:  SOLID BLACK 1px'>
 <P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/
 James Hennen</FONT></P>
 </TD>
 <TD VALIGN=TOP>
 <P><FONT SIZE=1>&nbsp;</FONT></P>
 </TD>
 <TD VALIGN=TOP>
 <P><FONT SIZE=2>Chief
 Financial Officer </FONT></P>
 </TD>
 </TR>
 <TR>
 <TD VALIGN=TOP STYLE='BORDER:NONE'>
 <P><FONT SIZE=2>James Hennen</FONT></P>
 </TD>
 <TD VALIGN=TOP>
 <P><FONT SIZE=1>&nbsp;</FONT></P>
 </TD>
 <TD VALIGN=TOP>
 <P><FONT SIZE=2>(<I>principal</I> <I>financial officer</I>)</FONT></P>
 </TD>
 </TR>
 <TR>
 <TD VALIGN=TOP>
 <P><FONT SIZE=1>&nbsp;</FONT></P>
 </TD>
 <TD VALIGN=TOP>
 <P><FONT SIZE=1>&nbsp;</FONT></P>
 </TD>
 <TD VALIGN=TOP>
 <P><FONT SIZE=1>&nbsp;</FONT></P>
 </TD>
 </TR>
 <TR>
 <TD VALIGN=TOP STYLE='BORDER:NONE;BORDER-BOTTOM:  SOLID BLACK 1px'>
 <P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/
 Timothy Slayton</FONT></P>
 </TD>
 <TD VALIGN=TOP>
 <P><FONT SIZE=1>&nbsp;</FONT></P>
 </TD>
 <TD VALIGN=TOP>
 <P><FONT SIZE=2>Controller (<I>principal accounting officer</I>)</FONT></P>
 </TD>
 </TR>
 <TR>
 <TD VALIGN=TOP STYLE='BORDER:NONE'>
 <P><FONT SIZE=2>Timothy
 Slayton</FONT></P>
 </TD>
 <TD VALIGN=TOP>
 <P><FONT SIZE=1>&nbsp;</FONT></P>
 </TD>
 <TD VALIGN=TOP>
 <P><FONT SIZE=1>&nbsp;</FONT></P>
 </TD>
 </TR>
 <TR>
 <TD VALIGN=TOP>
 <P><FONT SIZE=1>&nbsp;</FONT></P>
 </TD>
 <TD VALIGN=TOP>
 <P><FONT SIZE=1>&nbsp;</FONT></P>
 </TD>
 <TD VALIGN=TOP>
 <P><FONT SIZE=1>&nbsp;</FONT></P>
 </TD>
 </TR>
 <TR>
 <TD VALIGN=TOP STYLE='BORDER:NONE;BORDER-BOTTOM:  SOLID BLACK 1px'>
 <P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/
 Richard Nigon</FONT></P>
 </TD>
 <TD VALIGN=TOP>
 <P><FONT SIZE=1>&nbsp;</FONT></P>
 </TD>
 <TD VALIGN=TOP>
 <P><FONT SIZE=2>Director</FONT></P>
 </TD>
 </TR>
 <TR>
 <TD VALIGN=TOP STYLE='BORDER:NONE'>
 <P><FONT SIZE=2>Richard
 Nigon</FONT></P>
 </TD>
 <TD VALIGN=TOP>
 <P><FONT SIZE=1>&nbsp;</FONT></P>
 </TD>
 <TD VALIGN=TOP>
 <P><FONT SIZE=1>&nbsp;</FONT></P>
 </TD>
 </TR>
 <TR>
 <TD VALIGN=TOP>
 <P><FONT SIZE=1>&nbsp;</FONT></P>
 </TD>
 <TD VALIGN=TOP>
 <P><FONT SIZE=1>&nbsp;</FONT></P>
 </TD>
 <TD VALIGN=TOP>
 <P><FONT SIZE=1>&nbsp;</FONT></P>
 </TD>
 </TR>
 <TR>
 <TD VALIGN=TOP STYLE='BORDER:NONE;BORDER-BOTTOM:  SOLID BLACK 1px'>
 <P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/
 Michael Kopp</FONT></P>
 </TD>
 <TD VALIGN=TOP>
 <P><FONT SIZE=1>&nbsp;</FONT></P>
 </TD>
 <TD VALIGN=TOP>
 <P><FONT SIZE=2>Director</FONT></P>
 </TD>
 </TR>
 <TR>
 <TD VALIGN=TOP STYLE='BORDER:NONE'>
 <P><FONT SIZE=2>Michael Kopp</FONT></P>
 </TD>
 <TD VALIGN=TOP>
 <P><FONT SIZE=1>&nbsp;</FONT></P>
 </TD>
 <TD VALIGN=TOP>
 <P><FONT SIZE=1>&nbsp;</FONT></P>
 </TD>
 </TR>
 <TR>
 <TD VALIGN=TOP>
 <P><FONT SIZE=1>&nbsp;</FONT></P>
 </TD>
 <TD VALIGN=TOP>
 <P><FONT SIZE=1>&nbsp;</FONT></P>
 </TD>
 <TD VALIGN=TOP>
 <P><FONT SIZE=1>&nbsp;</FONT></P>
 </TD>
 </TR>
 <TR>
 <TD VALIGN=TOP STYLE='BORDER:NONE;BORDER-BOTTOM:  SOLID BLACK 1px'>
 <P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/
 Paul O&#146;Connell</FONT></P>
 </TD>
 <TD VALIGN=TOP>
 <P><FONT SIZE=1>&nbsp;</FONT></P>
 </TD>
 <TD VALIGN=TOP>
 <P><FONT SIZE=2>Director</FONT></P>
 </TD>
 </TR>
 <TR>
 <TD VALIGN=TOP STYLE='BORDER:NONE'>
 <P><FONT SIZE=2>Paul
 O&#146;Connell</FONT></P>
 </TD>
 <TD VALIGN=TOP>
 <P><FONT SIZE=1>&nbsp;</FONT></P>
 </TD>
 <TD VALIGN=TOP>
 <P><FONT SIZE=1>&nbsp;</FONT></P>
 </TD>
 </TR>
 <TR>
 <TD VALIGN=TOP>
 <P><FONT SIZE=1>&nbsp;</FONT></P>
 </TD>
 <TD VALIGN=TOP>
 <P><FONT SIZE=1>&nbsp;</FONT></P>
 </TD>
 <TD VALIGN=TOP>
 <P><FONT SIZE=1>&nbsp;</FONT></P>
 </TD>
 </TR>
 <TR>
 <TD VALIGN=TOP STYLE='BORDER:NONE;BORDER-BOTTOM:  SOLID BLACK 1px'>
 <P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/
 John Erb</FONT></P>
 </TD>
 <TD VALIGN=TOP>
 <P><FONT SIZE=1>&nbsp;</FONT></P>
 </TD>
 <TD VALIGN=TOP>
 <P><FONT SIZE=2>Director</FONT></P>
 </TD>
 </TR>
 <TR>
 <TD VALIGN=TOP STYLE='BORDER:NONE'>
 <P><FONT SIZE=2>John Erb</FONT></P>
 </TD>
 <TD VALIGN=TOP>
 <P><FONT SIZE=1>&nbsp;</FONT></P>
 </TD>
 <TD VALIGN=TOP>
 <P><FONT SIZE=1>&nbsp;</FONT></P>
 </TD>
 </TR>
 <TR>
 <TD VALIGN=TOP>
 <P><FONT SIZE=1>&nbsp;</FONT></P>
 </TD>
 <TD VALIGN=TOP>
 <P><FONT SIZE=1>&nbsp;</FONT></P>
 </TD>
 <TD VALIGN=TOP>
 <P><FONT SIZE=1>&nbsp;</FONT></P>
 </TD>
 </TR>
 <TR>
 <TD VALIGN=TOP STYLE='BORDER:NONE;BORDER-BOTTOM:  SOLID BLACK 1px'>
 <P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/
 Jorge Saucedo</FONT></P>
 </TD>
 <TD VALIGN=TOP>
 <P><FONT SIZE=1>&nbsp;</FONT></P>
 </TD>
 <TD VALIGN=TOP>
 <P><FONT SIZE=2>Director</FONT></P>
 </TD>
 </TR>
 <TR>
 <TD VALIGN=TOP STYLE='BORDER:NONE'>
 <P><FONT SIZE=2>Jorge
 Saucedo</FONT></P>
 </TD>
 <TD VALIGN=TOP>
 <P><FONT SIZE=1>&nbsp;</FONT></P>
 </TD>
 <TD VALIGN=TOP>
 <P><FONT SIZE=1>&nbsp;</FONT></P>
 </TD>
 </TR>
 <TR>
 <TD VALIGN=TOP>
 <P><FONT SIZE=1>&nbsp;</FONT></P>
 </TD>
 <TD VALIGN=TOP>
 <P><FONT SIZE=1>&nbsp;</FONT></P>
 </TD>
 <TD VALIGN=TOP>
 <P><FONT SIZE=1>&nbsp;</FONT></P>
 </TD>
 </TR>
 <TR>
 <TD VALIGN=TOP STYLE='BORDER:NONE;BORDER-BOTTOM:  SOLID BLACK 1px'>
 <P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/
 Charmaine Sutton</FONT></P>
 </TD>
 <TD VALIGN=TOP>
 <P><FONT SIZE=1>&nbsp;</FONT></P>
 </TD>
 <TD VALIGN=TOP>
 <P><FONT SIZE=2>Director</FONT></P>
 </TD>
 </TR>
 <TR>
 <TD VALIGN=TOP STYLE='BORDER:NONE'>
 <P><FONT SIZE=2>Charmaine
 Sutton</FONT></P>
 </TD>
 <TD VALIGN=TOP>
 <P><FONT SIZE=1>&nbsp;</FONT></P>
 </TD>
 <TD VALIGN=TOP>
 <P><FONT SIZE=1>&nbsp;</FONT></P>
 </TD>
 </TR>
</TABLE>
<P ALIGN=CENTER><FONT SIZE=2>II-2</FONT></P>

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<P ALIGN=CENTER><FONT SIZE=3><B>EXHIBIT INDEX</B></FONT></P>

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 <TR STYLE="FONT-SIZE:1PX">
 <TD WIDTH="13%" VALIGN=TOP>
 <P>&nbsp;</P>
 </TD>
 <TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN=TOP>
 <P>&nbsp;</P>
 </TD>
 <TD WIDTH="82%" VALIGN=TOP>
 <P>&nbsp;</P>
 </TD>
 </TR>
 <TR>
 <TD VALIGN=BOTTOM STYLE='BORDER:NONE;BORDER-BOTTOM:  SOLID BLACK 1px'>
 <P ALIGN=CENTER><FONT SIZE=2><B>Exhibit<BR>
 Number</B></FONT></P>
 </TD>
 <TD VALIGN=BOTTOM>
 <P ALIGN=CENTER><FONT SIZE=1>&nbsp;</FONT></P>
 </TD>
 <TD VALIGN=BOTTOM STYLE='BORDER:NONE;BORDER-BOTTOM:  SOLID BLACK 1px'>
 <P ALIGN=CENTER><FONT SIZE=2><B>Description</B></FONT></P>
 </TD>
 </TR>
 <TR>
 <TD VALIGN=TOP STYLE='BORDER:NONE'>
 <P ALIGN=CENTER><FONT SIZE=1>&nbsp;</FONT></P>
 </TD>
 <TD VALIGN=TOP>
 <P><FONT SIZE=1>&nbsp;</FONT></P>
 </TD>
 <TD VALIGN=TOP STYLE='BORDER:NONE'>
 <P><FONT SIZE=1>&nbsp;</FONT></P>
 </TD>
 </TR>
 <TR>
 <TD VALIGN=TOP>
 <P ALIGN=CENTER><FONT SIZE=2>5.1</FONT></P>
 </TD>
 <TD VALIGN=TOP>
 <P><FONT SIZE=1>&nbsp;</FONT></P>
 </TD>
 <TD VALIGN=TOP>
 <P><FONT SIZE=2>Opinion of
 Dorsey &amp; Whitney LLP.</FONT></P>
 </TD>
 </TR>
 <TR>
 <TD VALIGN=TOP>
 <P ALIGN=CENTER><FONT SIZE=1>&nbsp;</FONT></P>
 </TD>
 <TD VALIGN=TOP>
 <P><FONT SIZE=1>&nbsp;</FONT></P>
 </TD>
 <TD VALIGN=TOP>
 <P><FONT SIZE=1>&nbsp;</FONT></P>
 </TD>
 </TR>
 <TR>
 <TD VALIGN=TOP>
 <P ALIGN=CENTER><FONT SIZE=2>23.1</FONT></P>
 </TD>
 <TD VALIGN=TOP>
 <P><FONT SIZE=1>&nbsp;</FONT></P>
 </TD>
 <TD VALIGN=TOP>
 <P><FONT SIZE=2>Consent of
 Dorsey &amp; Whitney LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).</FONT></P>
 </TD>
 </TR>
 <TR>
 <TD VALIGN=TOP>
 <P ALIGN=CENTER><FONT SIZE=1>&nbsp;</FONT></P>
 </TD>
 <TD VALIGN=TOP>
 <P><FONT SIZE=1>&nbsp;</FONT></P>
 </TD>
 <TD VALIGN=TOP>
 <P><FONT SIZE=1>&nbsp;</FONT></P>
 </TD>
 </TR>
 <TR>
 <TD VALIGN=TOP>
 <P ALIGN=CENTER><FONT SIZE=2>23.2</FONT></P>
 </TD>
 <TD VALIGN=TOP>
 <P><FONT SIZE=1>&nbsp;</FONT></P>
 </TD>
 <TD VALIGN=TOP>
 <P><FONT SIZE=2>Consent of
 Baker Tilly Virchow Krause, LLP, independent registered public accounting
 firm, auditors for Vascular Solutions.</FONT></P>
 </TD>
 </TR>
 <TR>
 <TD VALIGN=TOP>
 <P ALIGN=CENTER><FONT SIZE=1>&nbsp;</FONT></P>
 </TD>
 <TD VALIGN=TOP>
 <P><FONT SIZE=1>&nbsp;</FONT></P>
 </TD>
 <TD VALIGN=TOP>
 <P><FONT SIZE=1>&nbsp;</FONT></P>
 </TD>
 </TR>
 <TR>
 <TD VALIGN=TOP>
 <P ALIGN=CENTER><FONT SIZE=2>24</FONT></P>
 </TD>
 <TD VALIGN=TOP>
 <P><FONT SIZE=1>&nbsp;</FONT></P>
 </TD>
 <TD VALIGN=TOP>
 <P><FONT SIZE=2>Power of
 Attorney (included on signature page).</FONT></P>
 </TD>
 </TR>
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Registration No. 333-______
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 23,
 2010
UNITED
 STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
VASCULAR SOLUTIONS, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in
its charter)
Minnesota
41-1859679
(State or other jurisdiction
(I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation or organization)
Identification No.)
6464 Sycamore Court
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55369
(Address of registrant's principal executive offices,
including zip code)
VASCULAR SOLUTIONS, INC. EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN
(Full title of the plan)
Howard Root
Chief Executive Officer
Vascular Solutions, Inc.
6464 Sycamore Court
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55369
Tel: (763) 656-4300
(Name, address and telephone number,
including area code, of agent for
 service)
Indicate by
 check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an
 accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company.
 See the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer" and
 "smaller reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large
 accelerated filer
o
Accelerated
 filer
þ
Non-accelerated
 filer
o
(Do not
 check if a smaller reporting company)
Smaller
 reporting company
o
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of securities
to be registered
Amount to
be
registered(1)(2)
Proposed maximum
offering price per
share(3)
Proposed
maximum
aggregate offering
price(3)
Amount of
registration
fee
Common
 Stock,
par value $0.01 per share
600,000
 Shares
$9.67
$5,802,000
$414
(1)
600,000
 shares of common stock of Vascular Solutions, Inc. that may be offered or
 sold pursuant to the Vascular Solutions, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
(2)
Pursuant to
 General Instruction E of the General Instructions to Form S-8, this
 Registration Statement incorporates by reference the registrant's
 Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration No. 333-54164), which
 relates to the issuance and sale from time to time of an aggregate of up to
 3,000,000 shares of the registrant's common stock pursuant to the Vascular
 Solutions, Inc. Stock Option and Stock Award Plan, and 1,000,000 shares of
 the registrant's common stock pursuant to the Vascular Solutions, Inc.
 Employee Stock Purchase Plan. This Registration Statement also incorporates
 by reference the registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-8
 (Registration No. 333-145719), which relates to the issuance and sale from
 time to time of an aggregate of up to 1,900,000 shares of the registrant's
 common stock pursuant to the Vascular Solutions, Inc. Stock Option and Stock
 Award Plan, and 700,000 shares of the registrant's common stock pursuant to
 the Vascular Solutions, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan. Pursuant to Rule
 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this registration statement
 shall also cover any additional shares of common stock that may be offered or
 issued to prevent dilution resulting from stock splits, stock dividends or
 similar transactions.
(3)
Estimated
 solely for purposes of determining the registration fee and calculated in
 accordance with Rule 457(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, as
 amended, on the basis of the average of the high and low prices of Vascular
 Solutions, Inc.'s common stock on April 21, 2010, as reported on the Nasdaq
 Global Market.
STATEMENT OF
INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
This
Registration Statement on Form S-8 registers the offer and sale of an
additional 600,000 shares of our common stock, par value $0.01 per share, for
issuance under the Vascular Solutions, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan. In
accordance with Instruction E to Form S-8, the contents of the prior Form S-8
Registration Statement File No. 333-54164 and Form S-8 Registration Statement
File No. 333-145719 are hereby incorporated by reference.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN REGISTRATION
STATEMENT
Item 8.
Exhibits.
5.1
Opinion of
 Dorsey & Whitney LLP.
23.1
Consent of
 Dorsey & Whitney LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).
23.2
Consent of
 Baker Tilly Virchow Krause, LLP, independent registered public accounting
 firm, auditors for Vascular Solutions.
24
Power of
 Attorney (included on signature page).
II-1
SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this registration
statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the City of Minneapolis, State of Minnesota, on the 23rd day of
April, 2010.
VASCULAR SOLUTIONS, INC.
By:
/s/ Howard
 Root
Howard Root
Chief
 Executive Officer and Director
KNOW
ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below
hereby constitutes and appoints Howard Root and James Hennen, and each of them,
the undersigned's true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting
alone, with the powers of substitution and revocation, for the undersigned and
in the undersigned's name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign
a Registration Statement on Form S-8, and any and all amendments (including
post-effective amendments) thereto, relating to the offering of shares of
common stock of Vascular Solutions, Inc. pursuant to the Vascular Solutions,
Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan, and to file the same, with all exhibits
thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, granting unto such attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each
of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and
thing requisite or necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to
all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that such attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of
them, or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done
by virtue hereof.
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this
registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities indicated on the 23rd day of April, 2010.
Name
Title
/s/
 Howard Root
Chief
 Executive Officer and Director
Howard Root
(
principal executive officer
)
/s/
 James Hennen
Chief
 Financial Officer
James Hennen
(
principal
financial officer
)
/s/
 Timothy Slayton
Controller (
principal accounting officer
)
Timothy
 Slayton
/s/
 Richard Nigon
Director
Richard
 Nigon
/s/
 Michael Kopp
Director
Michael Kopp
/s/
 Paul O'Connell
Director
Paul
 O'Connell
/s/
 John Erb
Director
John Erb
/s/
 Jorge Saucedo
Director
Jorge
 Saucedo
/s/
 Charmaine Sutton
Director
Charmaine
 Sutton
II-2
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
Number
Description
5.1
Opinion of
 Dorsey & Whitney LLP.
23.1
Consent of
 Dorsey & Whitney LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).
23.2
Consent of
 Baker Tilly Virchow Krause, LLP, independent registered public accounting
 firm, auditors for Vascular Solutions.
24
Power of
 Attorney (included on signature page).