SEC Form 3

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 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* ASTRUE MICHAEL J (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O INVIVO THERAPEUTICS HOLDINGS CORP ONE KENDALL SQUARE, SUITE B14402 (Street) CAMBRIDGE MA 02139 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 08/22/2013	3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol INVIVO THERAPEUTICS HOLDINGS CORP. [ NVIV ]
		4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) Director 10% Owner X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below) Interim CEO	5. If Amendment, Date of 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

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)

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: 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

Explanation of Responses:

Remarks:

Exhibit 24 - Power of Attorney

No securities are beneficially owned.

	/s/ Michael J. Astrue	09/03/2013
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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Power of Attorney

I, Michael J. Astrue, the undersigned, hereby constitute and appoint Sean F. Moran, Brian
Luque, Bradley Jacobson, Robert Puopolo and Elizabeth Fraser, and each of them individually,
as my true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

1.  Complete and execute on my behalf, as a director of InVivo Therapeutics Holdings Corp., a
Nevada corporation (the "Company"), Forms 3, 4, or 5 required to be filed by me under Section
16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act") and the rules
and regulations thereunder;

2.  Do and perform any and all acts for and on my behalf which may be necessary or desirable to
complete and execute any such Forms 3, 4 or 5 and timely file such forms with the U.S.
Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority; and

3.  Take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing, which in the
opinion of such attorney-in-fact may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required of
me, it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on my behalf
pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such information as
such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact's discretion.

I hereby grant to each of such attorneys-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform all
and every act which is necessary, proper or desirable to be done in the exercise of any of the
rights, powers and authority granted in this Power of Attorney, with full power of substitution
and revocation, and I ratify and confirm every act that such attorney-in-fact lawfully performs or
causes to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney and the powers and authority granted
herein.

I acknowledge that the attorneys-in-fact appointed in this Power of Attorney, in serving in such
capacity at my request, are not assuming, and the Company is not assuming, any of my
responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Exchange Act or the rules or regulations
thereunder.

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until I am no longer required to file
Forms 3, 4 or 5 with respect to my holdings or transactions in securities issued by the Company,
unless I earlier revoke this Power of Attorney in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing
attorneys-in-fact.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney as of
_________September 3___________, 2013.



   /s/ Michael J. Astrue

Print Name:   Michael J. Astrue