SEC Form 4

FORM 4		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 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0287 Estimated average burden hours per response: 0.5
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* RTW INVESTMENTS, LP (Last) (First) (Middle) 412 WEST 15TH STREET, FLOOR 9 (Street) NEW YORK NY 10011 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol TELA Bio, Inc. [ TELA ]	5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 12/13/2019
	4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)	6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) Form filed by One Reporting Person X Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

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	12/13/2019		P		23,900	A	$11.595	1,175,358	I	By RTW(1)

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 Securities Underlying Derivative Security (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: 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

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* RTW INVESTMENTS, LP (Last) (First) (Middle) 412 WEST 15TH STREET, FLOOR 9 (Street) NEW YORK NY 10011 (City) (State) (Zip)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* WONG RODERICK (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O RTW INVESTMENTS, LP 412 WEST 15TH STREET, FLOOR 9 (Street) NEW YORK NY 10011 (City) (State) (Zip)

Explanation of Responses:

1. The securities reported herein may be deemed beneficially owned by each of: (i) RTW Investments, LP ("RTW"), which is deemed the beneficial owner of shares held by RTW Master Fund, Ltd., RTW Venture Fund Limited and RTW Innovation Master Fund, Ltd. (the "Funds"), which are investment funds managed by RTW, and (ii) Roderick Wong, M.D who serves as the Managing Partner and Chief Investment Officer of RTW. Dr. Wong exercises voting and dispositive control over the securities held by RTW and is therefore deemed to be a beneficial owner of securities owned or controlled by RTW. Each of RTW and Dr. Wong disclaim beneficial ownership of the reported securities held by the Funds, except to the extent of its or his pecuniary interest therein.

	RTW Investments, LP By: /s/ Roderick Wong, Managing Partner	12/17/2019
	Roderick Wong By: /s/ Roderick Wong	12/17/2019
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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