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<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001459853-09-000005.txt : 20090831
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<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20090831171515
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001459853-09-000005
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20090827
FILED AS OF DATE:		20090831
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20090831

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			REFSLAND EARL R
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001160118

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-19266
		FILM NUMBER:		091046732

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1720 SUBLETT AVENUE
		CITY:			ST. LOUIS
		STATE:			MO
		ZIP:			63110

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			ALLIED HEALTHCARE PRODUCTS INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000874710
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	ORTHOPEDIC, PROSTHETIC & SURGICAL APPLIANCES & SUPPLIES [3842]
		IRS NUMBER:				231370721
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0630

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1720 SUBLETTE AVE
		CITY:			ST LOUIS
		STATE:			MO
		ZIP:			63110
		BUSINESS PHONE:		3147712400

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1720 SUBLETTE AVENUE
		CITY:			ST LOUIS
		STATE:			MO
		ZIP:			63110
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<ownershipDocument>

    <schemaVersion>X0303</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>4</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2009-08-27</periodOfReport>

    <notSubjectToSection16>0</notSubjectToSection16>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000874710</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>ALLIED HEALTHCARE PRODUCTS INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>AHPI</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001160118</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>REFSLAND EARL R</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>1720 SUBLETT AVENUE</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>ST. LOUIS</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>MO</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>63110</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle>President and CEO</officerTitle>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <derivativeTable>
        <derivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Employee Stock Option (right to buy)</value>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
            </securityTitle>
            <conversionOrExercisePrice>
                <value>4.25</value>
            </conversionOrExercisePrice>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2009-08-27</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>A</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionTimeliness>
                <value></value>
            </transactionTimeliness>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>320000</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>0</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <exerciseDate>
                <value>2009-08-27</value>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
            </exerciseDate>
            <expirationDate>
                <value>2015-08-27</value>
            </expirationDate>
            <underlyingSecurity>
                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
                    <value>Common Stock</value>
                </underlyingSecurityTitle>
                <underlyingSecurityShares>
                    <value>320000</value>
                </underlyingSecurityShares>
            </underlyingSecurity>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>320000</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </derivativeTransaction>
    </derivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Reporting person received a stock option grant for an aggregate of 320,000 shares awarded under the Issuer's 2009 Incentive Stock Plan, and such option is fully vested on the grant date, but remains subject to approval of the Issuer's 2009 Incentive Stock Plan by the stockholders of the Issuer at the 2009 annual meeting of the Issuer's stockholders.  In the event that the Issuer's stockholders do not approve the Issuer's 2009 Incentive Stock Plan at such meeting, then the grant reported herein shall automatically and immediately become null and void and the reporting person will not be entitled to receive any shares pursuant to the grant reported herein.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Earl R. Refsland</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2009-08-31</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
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