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                UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                  STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

    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
[ ] Check this box if no longer subject of Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5
    obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*

   InterWest Partners VI, LP
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   (Last)                            (First)                       (Middle)

   2710 Sand Hill Road; Second Floor
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                                     (Street)

   Menlo Park, CA 94025
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   (City)                            (State)                        (Zip)
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2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol

   TheraSense, Inc. (THER)
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3. I.R.S. Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an entity (Voluntary)


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4. Statement for Month/Date/Year

   April 29, 2003
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5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year)


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6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
   (Check all applicable)
   [ ] Director                          [X] 10% Owner
   [ ] Officer (give title below)        [ ] Other (specify below)


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7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check applicable line)
   [ ] Form filed by One Reporting Person
   [X] Form filed by More Than one Reporting Person
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Form 4 (continued)
           Table I -- Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of,
                             or Beneficially Owned


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                                          |             |             |                  | Amount   |          |
                                          |             |             |                  | of       |          |
                                          |             |             |   Securities     | Secur-   |          | Nature
                                          |             |             |   Acquired (A)   | ities    | Owner-   | of
                                          |             |             |   or Disposed    | Bene-    | ship     | Indirect
                                          |             |             |   of (D) (Instr. | ficially | Form:    | Bene-
                                          |             | Transaction |   3, 4 and 5)    | Owned at | Direct   | ficial
                                          |             | Code        | ---------------- | End      | (D) or   | Owner-
                                          | Transaction | (Instr. 8)  |       |(A)|      | of Month | Indirect | ship
Title of Security                         | Date        | ----------- | Amount|or |Price | (Instr.  | (I)      | (Instr.
(Instr. 3)                                | (mm/dd/yy)  | Code  |  V  |       |(D)|      | 3 and 4) | (Instr.4)|  4)
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Common Stock                                 -             -             -      -    -       100,306     I       By:
InterWest Partners V, LP (1)
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Common Stock                                 -             -             -      -    -     3,237,103     D
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Common Stock                                 -             -             -      -    -       101,494     I       By:
InterWest Investors VI, LP (1)
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Common Stock                                 -             -             -      -    -     1,449,082     I       By:
InterWest Partners VII, LP (1)
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Common Stock                                 -             -             -      -    -        69,396     I       By:
InterWest Investors VII, LP (1)
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Common Stock                                 -             -             -      -    -        21,764     I       By:
W. Scott Hedrick (1)
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Common Stock                                 -             -             -      -    -        11,764     I       By:
Harvey B. Cash (1)
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Common Stock                                 -             -             -      -    -        20,000     I       By:
InterWest Venture Mgmt Co.
PSRP FBO Harvey B. Cash (1)
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Common Stock                                 -             -             -      -    -         2,000     I       By:
Crites Family Trust (1),(3)
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Common Stock                                 -             -             -      -    -        27,647     I       By:
The Momsen Living Trust
U/A/D 1-5-95 (1),(2)
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Common Stock                                 -             -             -      -    -         1,000     I       By:
Robert Momsen Custodian
FBO Paige Momsen under CA uniform
TFR to Minor
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Common Stock                                 -             -             -      -    -         1,000     I       By:
Robert Momsen Custodian
FBO Nick Momsen under
CA uniform TFR to Minor
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Common Stock                                 4-29-2003     P             75,000 A    $7.04   175,000     I       By:
InterWest Venture Mgmt Co.
PSRP FBO Robert R. Momsen (1)
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Common Stock                                 -             -             -      -    -        10,000     I       By:
Gilbert H. Kliman (1)
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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
  4(b)(v).

PERSONS WHO RESPOND TO THE COLLECTION OF INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS FORM ARE
NOT REQUIRED TO RESPOND UNLESS THE FORM DISPLAYS A CURRENTLY VALID OMB CONTROL
NUMBER.
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Form 4 (continued)

Table II -- Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
         (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)


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                     |       |        |       |Number   |                 |             |       | Number  |Owner-|
                     |       |        |       |of       |                 |             |       | of      |ship  |
                     |       |        |       |Deriv-   |                 |Title and    |       | Deriv-  |of    |
                     |Conver-|        |       |ative    |                 |Amount of    |       | ative   |Deriv-|
                     |sion   |        |       |Secur-   |                 |Underlying   |       | Secur-  |ative |Nature
                     |of     |        |       |ities    |                 |Securities   |       | ities   |Secur-|of
                     |Exer-  |        |       |Acquired |Date             |(Instr. 3    |Price  | Bene-   |ity:  |In-
                     |cise   |        |Trans- |(A) or   |Exercisable and  |and 4)       |of     | ficially|Direct|direct
                     |Price  |Trans-  |action |Disposed |Expiration Date  |-------------|Deriv- | Owned   |(D) or|Bene-
                     |of     |action  |Code   |of(D)    |(Month/Day/Year) |      |Amount|ative  | at End  |In-   |ficial
Title of             |Deriv- |Date    |(Instr.|(Instr.3,|-----------------|      |or    |Secur- | of      |direct|Owner-
Derivative           |ative  |(Month/ |8)     |4 and 5) |Date    | Expira-|      |Number|ity    | Month   |(I)   |ship
Security             |Secur- |Day/    |------ |-------- |Exer-   | tion   |      |of    |(Instr.| (Instr. |(Instr|(Instr.
(Instr. 3)           |ity    |Year)   |Code|V |(A) | (D)|cisable | Date   |Title |Shares|5)     | 4)      |4)    |4)
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Explanation of Responses:

(1)   See attached joint filer information.
(2)   The shares are held in the name of The Momsen Living Trust U/A/D 1-5-95 of
      which Robert Momsen is the Trustee.
(3)   The  shares are held in the name of Alan W.  Crites  and Carol B.  Crites,
      Trustees of the Crites Family Trust-2000 u/i dated 2/18/00.


*See attached signature pages*
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**Signature of Reporting Person                   Date

**     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 procedures.
Potential persons who are to respond to the collection of information
contained in this form are not required to respond unless the form displays
a currently valid OMB Number.
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                                     FORM 4

Joint Filer Information

Name: InterWest Partners VI, L.P. ("Partners VI")
      InterWest Investors VI, L.P. ("Investors VI")
      InterWest Partners VII, L.P. ("Partners VII")
      InterWest Investors VII, L.P. ("Investors VII")
      InterWest Management Partners VI, LLC
      InterWest Management Partners VII, LLC

      Harvey B. Cash
      Alan W. Crites
      Philip T. Gianos
      W. Scott Hedrick
      W. Stephen Holmes
      Gilbert H. Kliman
      Thomas L. Rosch
      Arnold L. Oronsky
      Robert R. Momsen


Address:   2710 Sand Hill Road
           Second Floor
           Menlo Park, CA 94025

Designated Filer:     InterWest Partners VI, L.P.

Issuer and Ticker Symbol:   TheraSense, Inc.-("THER")

Statement for Month/Date/Year:   April 29, 2003

         The  individual  Reporting  Persons listed above  (excluding  Harvey B.
         Cash,  Gilbert H. Kliman and Thomas L.  Rosch) are general  partners of
         InterWest  Management Partners V, LP. InterWest  Management Partners V,
         LP has  sole  voting  and  investment  control  over  shares  owned  by
         Interwest  Partners V, LP  ("Partners  V").  The  individual  Reporting
         Persons listed above (excluding Thomas L. Rosch) are managing directors
         of InterWest Management Partners VI, LLC. InterWest Management Partners
         VI, LLC has sole voting and  investment  control  over shares  owned by
         Partners  VI and  Investors  VI.  Certain of the  individual  Reporting
         Persons  listed above  (excluding  Robert R. Momsen) are also  managing
         directors  of  InterWest   Management   Partners  VII,  LLC.  InterWest
         Management  Partners  VII, LLC has sole voting and  investment  control
         over shares owned by Partners  VII and  Investors  VII.  All  Reporting
         Persons  disclaim  beneficial  ownership of shares of TheraSense,  Inc.
         stock held by Partners V, Partners VI,  Investors VI,  Partners VII and
         Investors  VII,  except  to the  extent of their  respective  pecuniary
         interest  therein.  The filing of this statement shall not be deemed an
         admission  that, for purposes of Section 16 of the Securities  Exchange
         Act of  1934,  or  otherwise,  any of the  Reporting  Persons  are  the
         beneficial  owner  of all of the  equity  securities  covered  by  this
         statement.

Each of the Reporting Persons listed above hereby designates  Partners VI as its
designated  filer of Forms 3, 4 and 5 in  accordance  with Section  16(a) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder.


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                   SIGNATURE PAGES TO FORM 4: TheraSense, Inc.


InterWest Partners VI, L.P.

/s/ W. Stephen Holmes                                            4/30/03
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By:           InterWest Management Partners VI, LLC              Date
              Its General Partner
              by W. Stephen Holmes, Managing Director



InterWest Investors VI, L.P.

/s/ W. Stephen Holmes                                            4/30/03
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By:           InterWest Management Partners VI, LLC              Date
              Its General Partner
              by W. Stephen Holmes, Managing Director



InterWest Partners VII, L.P.

/s/ W. Stephen Holmes                                            4/30/03
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By:           InterWest Management Partners VII, LLC             Date
              Its General Partner
              by W. Stephen Holmes, Managing Director



InterWest Investors VII, L.P.

/s/ W. Stephen Holmes                                            4/30/03
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By:           InterWest Management Partners VII, LLC             Date
              Its General Partner
              by W. Stephen Holmes, Managing Director



InterWest Management Partners VI, LLC

/s/ W. Stephen Holmes                                            4/30/03
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By:           W. Stephen Holmes, Managing Director               Date



InterWest Management Partners VII, LLC

/s/ W. Stephen Holmes                                            4/30/03
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By:           W. Stephen Holmes, Managing Director               Date








                   SIGNATURE PAGES TO FORM 4: TheraSense, Inc.


/s/ Harvey B. Cash                                               4/30/03
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By:           Harvey B. Cash                                     Date


/s/ Alan W. Crites                                               4/30/03
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By:           Alan W. Crites                                     Date


/s/ Philip T. Gianos                                             4/30/03
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By:           Philip T. Gianos                                   Date


/s/ W. Scott Hedrick                                             4/30/03
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By:           W. Scott Hedrick                                   Date


/s/ W. Stephen Holmes                                            4/30/03
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By:           W. Stephen Holmes                                  Date


/s/ Gilbert H. Kliman                                            4/30/03
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By:           Gilbert H. Kliman                                  Date


/s/ Thomas L. Rosch                                              4/30/03
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By:           Thomas L. Rosch                                    Date


/s/ Arnold L. Oronsky                                            4/30/03
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By:           Arnold L. Oronsky                                  Date


/s/ Robert R. Momsen                                             4/30/03
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By:           Robert R. Momsen                                   Date