Ownership Submission
FORM 4
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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN 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 *
Miles Patrick
   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
NUVASIVE INC [NUVA] 		5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
_____ Director _____ 10% Owner
__X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
President and COO
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
7475 LUSK BLVD.		 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
02/01/2016
(Street)

SAN DIEGO, CA 92121		 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)
 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 Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 3)		 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)		 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 3 and 4)		 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)		 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price
Common Stock 02/01/2016   M   9,165 A $ 0 40,811 (1) D  
Common Stock 02/01/2016   M   5,304 A $ 0 46,115 (1) D  
Common Stock 02/01/2016   M   14,927 A $ 0 61,042 (1) D  
Common Stock 02/01/2016   M   4,257 A $ 0 65,299 (1) D  
Common Stock 02/01/2016   F   17,333 (2) D $ 46.6 47,966 (1) D  

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 3)		 2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 4. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)		 5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4, and 5)		 6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)		 7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities
(Instr. 3 and 4)		 8. Price of Derivative Security
(Instr. 5)		 9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 4)		 10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)		 11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
Code V (A) (D) Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
RSUs (3) $ 0 02/01/2016   M     9,165   (4)   (4) Common Stock 9,165 $ 0 0 D  
RSUs (3) $ 0 02/01/2016   M     5,304   (5)   (5) Common Stock 5,304 $ 0 5,303 D  
PRSUs (6) $ 0 02/01/2016   M     14,927   (7)   (7) Common Stock 14,927 $ 0 14,927 D  
PRSUs (6) $ 0 02/01/2016   M     4,257   (8)   (8) Common Stock 4,257 $ 0 12,768 D  

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
 Director  10% Owner  Officer  Other
Miles Patrick
7475 LUSK BLVD.
SAN DIEGO, CA 92121		       President and COO  

Signatures

 /s/ Jason M. Hannon, Attorney-in-Fact for Patrick S. Miles   02/03/2016
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(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) Shares directly held by the Reporting Person. The Reporting Person also holds conditional rights to receive shares pursuant to previously disclosed Company equity awards.
(2) Shares withheld by the Issuer to satisfy tax withholding obligations.
(3) Each Restricted Stock Unit ("RSU") represents the right to receive one share of the Issuer's common stock upon vesting.
(4) This RSU award was granted to the Reporting Person on February 26, 2013. In accordance with the terms of the RSU award, the award vested as to 9,165 shares on each of February 1, 2014, February 1, 2015 and February 1, 2016.
(5) This RSU award was granted to the Reporting Person on February 19, 2014. In accordance with the terms of the RSU award, the award vested as to 5,304 shares on each of February 1, 2015 and February 1, 2016 and will vest as to 5,303 shares on February 1, 2017.
(6) Each Performance Restricted Stock Unit ("PRSU") represents the right to receive one share of the Issuer's common stock upon vesting.
(7) This PRSU award was granted to the Reporting Person on February 19, 2014. In accordance with the terms of the PRSU award, the award vested as to 14,927 shares on February 1, 2016 and will vest as to 14,927 shares on February 1, 2017.
(8) This PRSU award was granted to the Reporting Person on February 17, 2015. In accordance with the terms of the PRSU award, the award vested as to 4,257 shares on February 1, 2016 and will vest as to 4,256 shares on each of February 1, 2017, February 1, 2018 and February 1, 2019.

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