Ownership Submission
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, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
  Stumpp Patricia A.
 2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
09/01/2009		 3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
INVACARE CORP [IVC]
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
ONE INVACARE WAY		 4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
_____ Director _____ 10% Owner
__X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
Senior VP, Human Resources
 5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)
(Street)

ELYRIA, OH 44036		 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
_X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
(City)
(State)
(Zip)
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)

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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 of Derivative Security: 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
Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)   (1) 08/24/2010 Common Shares 487 $ 25.125 D  
Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)   (1) 10/31/2011 Common Shares 1,400 $ 33.5 D  
Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)   (1) 10/22/2012 Common Shares 2,000 $ 30.91 D  
Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)   (1) 08/20/2013 Common Shares 3,000 $ 37.7 D  
Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)   (1) 10/22/2014 Common Shares 2,300 $ 43.9 D  
Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)   (1) 09/08/2015 Common Shares 2,600 $ 41.87 D  
Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)   (2) 08/23/2016 Common Shares 3,100 $ 22.66 D  
Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)   (3) 08/22/2017 Common Shares 3,200 $ 23.71 D  
Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)   (4) 08/21/2018 Common Shares 4,700 $ 25.79 D  

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
Director 10% Owner Officer Other
Stumpp Patricia A.
ONE INVACARE WAY
ELYRIA, OH 44036		       Senior VP, Human Resources  

Signatures

/s/ Patricia A. Stumpp 09/03/2009
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(b)(v).
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1) Fully vested and immediately exercisable.
(2) Employee stock option (with tandem tax withholding rights) held under the Invacare Corporation 2003 Performance Plan and granted on August 23, 2006. The option becomes exercisable in four equal annual installments. The first installment became exercisable on September 30, 2007, the second installment became exercisable on September 30, 2008, and the next two installments become exercisable on September 30, 2009 and September 30, 2010.
(3) Employee stock option (with tandem tax withholding rights) held under the Invacare Corporation 2003 Performance Plan and granted on August 22, 2007. The option becomes exercisable in four equal annual installments. The first installment became exercisable on September 30, 2008, and the next three installments become exercisable on September 30, 2009, September 30, 2010 and September 30, 2011.
(4) Employee stock option (with tandem tax withholding rights) held under the Invacare Corporation 2003 Performance Plan and granted on August 21, 2008. The option becomes exercisable in four equal annual installments on September 30, 2009, September 30, 2010, September 30, 2011 and September 30, 2012.

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