KINETIC CONCEPTS INC /TX/
SC 13E3/A, 1997-11-07
MISCELLANEOUS FURNITURE & FIXTURES
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             SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                   WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
                              
                       SCHEDULE 13E-3
              RULE 13E-3 TRANSACTION STATEMENT
(PURSUANT TO SECTION 13(e)(1) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT
                          OF 1934)
                              
                      (Amendment No. 2)
                              
                   KINETIC CONCEPTS, INC.
                      (NAME OF ISSUER)
                              
                   KINETIC CONCEPTS, INC.
                 FREMONT PURCHASER II, INC.
                   RCBA PURCHASER I, L.P.
                  JAMES R. LEININGER, M.D.
                   FREMONT INVESTORS, INC.
             RICHARD C. BLUM & ASSOCIATES, INC.
                       RICHARD C. BLUM
            (NAME OF PERSON(S) FILING STATEMENT)
                              
           COMMON STOCK, PAR VALUE $.001 PER SHARE
               (TITLE OF CLASS OF SECURITIES)
                              
                         49460W-01-0
            (CUSIP NUMBER OF CLASS OF SECURITIES)
                              
                       DENNIS E. NOLL
                   SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT,
                GENERAL COUNSEL AND SECRETARY
                   KINETIC CONCEPTS, INC.
                     8023 VANTAGE DRIVE
                  SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 78230
                  TELEPHONE: (210) 524-9000
                              
 (NAME, ADDRESS AND TELEPHONE NUMBER OF PERSON AUTHORIZED TO
     RECEIVE NOTICES AND COMMUNICATIONS ON BEHALF OF THE
                 PERSON(S) FILING STATEMENT)
                              
                       With Copies to:

DAVID W. HELENIAK, ESQ.        STEPHEN D. SEIDEL, ESQ.
  SHEARMAN & STERLING         COX & SMITH INCORPORATED
  599 LEXINGTON AVENUE    112 E. PECAN STREET, SUITE 1800
NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10022      SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 78205
     (212) 848-4000                (210) 554-5500

This  statement  is  filed  in connection  with  (check  the
appropriate box):

a.    [ ]  The  filing  of solicitation  materials  or  an
      information  statement  subject  to  Regulation   14A,
      Regulation  14C or Rule 13e-3(c) under the  Securities
      Exchange Act of 1934.

b.    [ ]  The filing of a registration statement under the
      Securities Act of 1933.

c.    [X]  A tender offer.

d.    [ ]  None of the above.

Check  the  following  box  if the soliciting  materials  or
information statement referred to in checking box (a) are
preliminary copies: [ ]


                  CALCULATION OF FILING FEE
______________________________________________________________
 TRANSACTION VALUATION*         AMOUNT OF FILING FEE

    $654,293,626.90                 $130,858.73
______________________________________________________________

*For  purposes  of  calculating fee only.  This  transaction
applies  to  an aggregate of 35,440,157 shares (sum  of  (i)
32,633,971 outstanding shares of common stock (not including
186,824  treasury shares or 6,064,155, 100,000 and 3,837,890
shares  of  common  stock held by James R. Leininger,  M.D.,
Peter  A.  Leininger, M.D. and Richard C. Blum & Associates,
L.P.,  respectively, to remain outstanding after the  Offer)
and (ii) 2,806,186 outstanding options to purchase shares of
Common Stock).

Except  as  otherwise  noted, the per unit  price  or  other
underlying   value  of  transaction  computed  pursuant   to
Exchange  Act  Rule 0-11 is $19.25 per unit.  The  per  unit
price with respect to 723,300 options to purchase shares  of
Common Stock is $19.9375 per unit.

The  proposed  maximum  aggregate value  of  transaction  is
$654,293,626.90 (sum of (i) product of 32,633,971 shares  of
Common  Stock  and  $19.25, (ii) product  of  (A)  2,082,886
options  to  purchase shares of Common  Stock  and  (B)  the
difference  between $19.25 and the exercise  price  of  such
options and (iii) product of (A) 723,300 options to purchase
shares  of  Common  Stock  and (B)  the  difference  between
$19.9375 and the exercise price of such options).

The  total  fee  is  $130,858.73 paid by  wire  transfer  on
October   7,  1997  to  the  designated  lockbox  depository
maintained by the Commission at Mellon Bank. The  amount  of
the  filing  fee, calculated in accordance  with  Rule  0-11
promulgated  under the Securities Exchange Act of  1934,  as
amended,  equals 1/50 of one percent of the Common Stock  to
be acquired.

[x]  Check  box if any part of the fee is offset as provided
     by  Rule 0-11(a)(2) and identify the filing with  which
     the  offsetting fee was previously paid.  Identify  the
     previous  filing by registration statement  number,  or
     the form or schedule and the date of its filing.

Amount Previously Paid: $130,858.73

Form or Registration No.: SC13E4

Filing Party: Kinetic Concepts, Inc.

Date Filed: October 8, 1997
_______________________________________________________________                

                        INTRODUCTION

     This  Amendment  No.  2 to the Rule  13e-3  Transaction
Statement (the "Statement") on Schedule 13E-3 (the "Schedule
13E-3")  is being filed by Kinetic Concepts, Inc.,  a  Texas
corporation (the "Company"), Fremont Purchaser II, Inc.  ("F
Purchaser"), RCBA Purchaser I, L.P. ("B Purchaser"), Fremont
Investors,  Inc. ("Fremont"), Richard C. Blum &  Associates,
Inc. ("RCBA"), Richard C. Blum ("Blum"   (and, together with
B  Purchaser, F Purchaser, Fremont, and RCBA, "Purchasers"),
and  James  R.  Leininger,  M.D.  ("Dr.  James  Leininger"),
pursuant to Section 13(e) of the Securities Exchange Act  of
1934,  as  amended, and Rule 13e-3 thereunder in  connection
with the tender offer by the Company for all the issued  and
outstanding shares of its common stock, $.001 par value  per
share  (the  "Shares"), upon the terms and  subject  to  the
conditions set forth in the Offer to Purchase dated  October
8,  1997 (the "Offer to Purchase") and the related Letter of
Transmittal (which together constitute the "Offer"),  copies
of  which were attached to the Statement as Exhibits  (d)(1)
and (d)(2), respectively.  The Statement was initially filed
with  the  Securities and Exchange Commission on October  8,
1997  and  Amendment  No. 1 to the Statement  was  filed  on
November 3, 1997.  This Amendment No. 2 to the Statement  is
being filed to reflect the expiration of the Offer.

     Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have  the
meanings ascribed to such terms in the Offer to Purchase and
the Statement.
     

ITEM 16.  ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.

     Item 16 is hereby amended and supplemented as follows:

     At  12:00  midnight, New York City time, on  Wednesday,
November 5, 1997, the Offer expired.  Based on a preliminary
count, approximately 31,006,942 Shares were tendered pursuant
to the Offer and accepted for payment, of which 83,000 Shares
were tendered pursuant to notices  of  guaranteed  delivery.
Immediately  prior  to the acceptance of the Shares tendered
in the Offer, the  Company issued and sold 7,802,180  Shares
in the Stock Purchase. A copy of a press release  announcing
the expiration of the Offer and the acceptance for payment of
validly tendered Shares is filed herewith as Exhibit (d)(10).


ITEM 17.  MATERIAL TO BE FILED AS EXHIBITS.

      Item  17 is hereby amended and supplemented by  adding
the following Exhibit:

     (d)(10) Press Release issued by the Company on November
6, 1997.


After  due  inquiry  and to the best  of  my  knowledge  and
belief,  I  certify that the information set forth  in  this
statement is true, complete and correct.

November 6, 1997
                              Kinetic Concepts, Inc.
                              
                              By: /s/  DENNIS E. NOLL
                                  -------------------
                                Name:  Dennis E. Noll
                                Title: Senior Vice President
                              
                              Fremont Purchaser II, Inc.
                              
                              By: /s/ R.S. KOPF
                                  -------------------                        
                                Name:  R.S. Kopf
                                Title: General Counsel and
                                       Secretary
                              
                              RCBA Purchaser I, L.P.
                              
                              By Richard C. Blum & Associates, L.P.,
                              its General Partner
                              
                              By: /s/ MURRAY A. INDICK
                                  --------------------                         
                                Name:  Murray A. Indick
                                Title: Managing Director and
                                       General Counsel
                              
                              
                              /s/ DENNIS E. NOLL
                              -------------------------
                              James R. Leininger, M.D.
                              By:  Dennis E. Noll, Attorney-in-Fact
                              
                              Fremont Investors, Inc.
                              
                              By: /s/ R.S. KOPF
                                 ----------------------
                                Name:  R.S. Kopf
                                Title: Managing Principal,
                                       General Counsel and
                                       Secretary
                              
                              
                              /s/ MURRAY A. INDICK
                              -------------------------
                              Richard C. Blum
                              By: Murray A. Indick,
                                Attorney-in-Fact
                              
                              Richard C. Blum & Associates, Inc.
                              
                              By: /s/ MURRAY A. INDICK
                                 ----------------------
                                Name:  Murray A. Indick
                                Title: Managing Director,
                                       General Counsel
                                       and Secretary
                                
                        EXHIBIT INDEX

EXHIBIT NO.         DESCRIPTION
- -----------         -----------
(d)(10)         Press Release issued by the Company on November 6, 1997.


                       EXHIBIT (d)(10)

Contact:  Dennis E. Noll
          Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
          Kinetic Concepts, Inc.
          (210) 255-6331

                                            (210) 255-6331


 KINETIC CONCEPTS COMPLETES TENDER OFFER AND SALE OF SHARES
____________________________________________________________

                   
SAN  ANTONIO,  Texas, November 6, 1997 -  Kinetic  Concepts,
Inc.  (Nasdaq:  KNCI) ("KCI") today announced  that  it  has
successfully  completed  the previously  announced  all-cash
tender  offer  by KCI for all of its outstanding  shares  of
common  stock,  at a price of $19.25 per share.   The  offer
expired  at  12:00  midnight  (Eastern  Standard  Time)   on
Wednesday, November 5, 1997.  Based on a preliminary  count,
approximately 31,006,942 shares were tendered and have  been
accepted  for  payment in accordance with the terms  of  the
offer,  of  which 83,000 shares were tendered by  guaranteed
delivery.   Immediately  prior  to  the  acceptance  of  the
tendered shares, KCI also completed the previously announced
sale  of  an aggregate of 7,802,180 shares to affiliates  of
Richard  C.  Blum  & Associates, L.P. and Fremont  Partners,
L.P.

Richard  C. Blum & Associates, L.P., based in San Francisco,
is  a  private investment company specializing in  strategic
block,   relationship-oriented  investing  with  assets   of
approximately  $1.2  billion under  management.   Among  the
investments in which Richard C. Blum & Associates has played
a  significant role are Northwest Airlines (Nasdaq:   NWAC),
National  Education  Corporation and URS Corporation  (NYSE:
URS).

Fremont  Partners, L.P. is a private equity fund also  based
in  San  Francisco.   It  is part of The  Fremont  Group,  a
private  investment  company with more than  $7  billion  in
assets  under  management.  Among other operating  companies
where Fremont has had significant roles are Coldwell Banker,
Crown  Pacific (NYSE:  CRO), and Kerr (NYSE:  KGM).  Fremont
also  manages  publicly traded mutual funds (Fremont  Funds)
and real estate, energy, and venture capital assets.

KCI  develops  and  markets innovative  therapeutic  healing
systems  that address skin breakdown, circulatory  problems,
and   pulmonary   complications  associated   with   patient
immobility.  The Company's healing systems include specialty
beds,  mattress  replacement systems, and  related  devices.
KCI  serves  hospitals,  long-term and  home  care  settings
throughout the United States and in 13 countries.



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