UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (date of earliest event reported):   October 20, 2004

|CNS, Inc.                                              | 
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|(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter) | 
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|Delaware                                               | 
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|(State Or Other Jurisdiction Of Incorporation)         | 
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|0-16612                                  |  | 41-1580270                           | 
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|(Commission File Number)                 |  | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) | 
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|7615 Smetana LaneEden Prairie, MN        |  | 55344                               
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|(Address Of Principal Executive Offices) |  | (Zip Code)                          

|(952) 229-1500                                    
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|Registrants Telephone Number, Including Area Code

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to
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Instruction A.2. below):

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Items under Sections 1 and 3 through 8 are not applicable and therefore omitted.

ITEM 2.02    RESULTS OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL CONDITION

Pursuant to Item 2.02 of Form 8-K, Disclosure of Results of Operations and
Financial Condition, CNS, Inc. (the Company) hereby furnishes a press release, issued on October 21, 2004, disclosing
material non-public information regarding its results of operations for the quarter ended September 30, 2004.

ITEM 8.01    OTHER EVENTS

On October 20, 2004, the Company issued a press release, attached hereto as
Exhibit 99.1, announcing a five cent per share quarterly dividend payable December 3, 2004 to shareholders of record as of
November 19, 2004.

ITEM 9.01    FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS

|Exhibit No. |  | Description                              
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|99.1        |  | Press Release issued on October 20, 2004.
|99.2        |  | Press Release issued on October 21, 2004.

# SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized.

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| |                                                    | CNS, INC.
| |                                                    | By:       |  | /s/   Marti Morfitt | 
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| | Marti MorfittPresident and Chief Executive Officer |          

Date:   October 21, 2004

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