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FORM 3UNITED 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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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
Underwood Thomas

(Last)(First)(Middle)
3200 WINDY HILL ROAD, SUITE B-100

(Street)
ATLANTAGA30339

(City)(State)(Zip)
2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
09/24/2009
3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
INVERNESS MEDICAL INNOVATIONS INC [IMA]
4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
Director10% Owner
XOfficer (give title below)Other (specify below)
Chief Information Officer
5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
XForm filed by One Reporting Person
Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 4) 2. Amount of Securities Owned (Instr. 4) 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
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 Excercise Price of Derivative Security 5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) 6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Date ExercisableExpiration DateTitleAmount or Number of Shares
Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)  (1)08/31/2019 Common Stock 40,000 $ 35.6 D  
Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)  (2)06/30/2019 Common Stock 12,000 $ 35.58 D  
Employee Stock Option  (3)12/13/2018 Common Stock 1,000 $ 18.91 D  
Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)  (4)06/30/2018 Common Stock 25,000 $ 33.17 D  
Series B Convertible Perpetual Preferred Stock  (5) (6) Common Stock 22,636 (7) $ 69.32 (5) D  
Explanation of Responses:
1. This option becomes exercisable in four equal annual installments beginning August 31, 2010.
2. This option becomes exercisable in four equal annual installments beginning June 30, 2010.
3. This option becomes exercisable in four equal annual installments beginning December 31, 2009.
4. This option becomes exercisable in four equal annual installments beginning June 30, 2009.
5. Convertible at $69.32, subject to customary antidulition adjustments, if during any calendar quarter the closing price of the common stock exceeds 130% of the Series B conversion price then in effect and in certain other circumstances.
6. The Series B preferred stock has no expiration date.
7. Each share of Series B preferred stock is convertible, based on a liquidation preference of $400.00 per share into 5.7703 shares of common stock, plus cash in lieu of fractional shares.
/s/ Jay McNamara, Attorney in Fact10/02/2009
** Signature of Reporting PersonDate
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EXHIBIT 24
LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY
FOR SECTION 16(a) FILINGS

Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby
constitutes and Appoints each of Paul Hempel, Jay McNamara and 
Katie Garrett, signing singly, the undersigned's
only true and lawful attorney-in-fact to: 

(1) execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the
undersigned's capacity as an officer, director and/or stockholder        
of Inverness Medical Innovations, Inc. (the "Company"), Forms 3, 4, 
and 5 and amendments thereto in accordance with Section 16(a) of 
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder; 

(2) do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the
undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and
execute any such Form 3, Form 4, or Form 5 and any amendments
thereto and timely file such forms with the United States
Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or
similar authority; and 

(3) take any other action of any type whatsoever which, in the opinion
of such attorney-in-fact, may be necessary or desirable in connection
with the foregoing authority, it being understood that the documents
executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant
to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such
terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such
attorney-in-fact's discretion.

The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power
and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever
requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of
the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and
purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present,
with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's
substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by
virtue of this Power of Attorney and the rights and powers herein
granted.  The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing
attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of
the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of
the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5with 
respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in
securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the
undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing
attorneys-in-fact. This Power of Attorney may be filed with the SEC
as a confirming statement of the authority granted herein.


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney
to be executed as of this 25th day of January, 2009. 
                                       
                               /s/ Thomas Underwood
                               Thomas Underwood, Chief Information Officer
  


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