Ownership Submission

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 ^*

McEntire Bryan J.

2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
02/12/2014

3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
AMEDICA Corp [AMDA]

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

C/O AMEDICA CORPORATION, 1885 WEST 2100

4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

_____ Director	_____ 10% Owner
__X__ Officer (give title below)	_____ Other (specify below)
Chief Technology Officer

5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)

(Street)

SALT LAKE CITY, UT 84119

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 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)
Common Stock	17,071 ⁽¹⁾	D

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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 of Derivative Security: 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
Stock Options (right to buy)	⁽²⁾	⁽²⁾	Common Stock	7,759 ⁽²⁾	$ ⁽²⁾	D

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
Reporting Owner Name / Address	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
McEntire Bryan J. C/O AMEDICA CORPORATION, 1885 WEST 2100 SALT LAKE CITY, UT 84119			Chief Technology Officer

Signatures

/s/ Jonathan Ursprung		02/12/2014
^**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(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)	Includes 17,071 restricted stock units, each of which represents a contingent right to receive one share of Issuer's common stock. The restricted stock units vest on the earlier of a change in control or the date of the expiration of the lock up period imposed on the Reporting Person after completion of the closing of the underwritten initial public offering of shares of the Issuer's Common Stock.
(2)	Consists of options to purchase 7,759 shares of Common Stock, at an exercise price of $6.44 per share, exercisable at any time and expiring June 8, 2014.

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