KINETIC CONCEPTS INC /TX/
10-Q, 1998-08-14
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                 SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                       Washington, D.C. 20549
                              Form 10-Q

(Mark One)

[X]  QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
     SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the Quarterly period ended June 30, 1998

                                 OR

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


For the transition period from _____________ to ________________


                    Commission file number 1-9913
                                  
                                  
                       KINETIC CONCEPTS, INC.
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       (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

                                  
               Texas                             74-1891727
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     (State of Incorporation)       (I.R.S. Employer Identification  No.)
                                                      
        8023 Vantage Drive                            
     San Antonio, Texas 78230                  (210) 524-9000
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  (Address of principal executive       (Registrant's phone number)
       offices and zip code)                     


Indicate  by  check  mark whether the registrant (1)  has  filed  all
reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange  Act  of 1934 during the preceding 12 months  (or  for  such
shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports,
and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past  90
days.
                                  
                        Yes  X        No ___


Indicate  the  number of shares outstanding of each of  the  issuer's
classes of common stock, as of the latest practicable date.

                                  
        Common Stock: 17,713,152 shares as of August 3, 1998
                                  
                                  
                                  
                                  
                   PART I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION

ITEM 1.  FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
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               KINETIC CONCEPTS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
                Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets
                           (in thousands)
                                  
                                              June 30,    December 31,
                                                1998         1997
                                            -----------   ------------
 Assets:                                     (unaudited)      
 Current assets:                                              
   Cash and cash equivalents..............   $  8,827       $ 61,754
   Accounts receivable,net................     78,503         81,238
   Inventories............................     24,741         21,553
   Prepaid expenses and other.............     13,285         18,446
                                              -------        ------- 
      Total current assets................    125,356        182,991
                                                              
 Property, plant and equipment,net........     82,881         75,434
 Goodwill, less accumulated amortization                   
   of $15,601 in 1998 and $13,989 in 1997.     46,116         45,899
 Loan issuance costs, less accumulated                        
   amortization of $1,532 in 1998 and $382
   in 1997................................     16,203         17,346
 Other assets, less accumulated                               
   amortization of $3,265 in 1998 and
   $3,100 in 1997.........................     31,443         29,481
                                              -------        -------
                                             $301,999       $351,151
                                              =======        =======
                                                              
 Liabilities and Capital Accounts:                            
 Current liabilities:                                         
   Accounts payable.......................   $  6,545       $ 40,353
   Accrued expenses.......................     37,843         41,334
   Current installments of long-term             
     obligations..........................      6,800          4,800
   Current installments of capital lease          
     obligations..........................        144            139
                                              -------        -------
      Total current liabilities...........     51,332         86,626
                                              -------        -------
                                                              
 Long-term obligations, excluding current                     
   installments...........................    509,479        529,901
 Capital lease obligations, excluding                         
   current installments...................        217            312
 Deferred income taxes, net...............     10,289         10,010
                                              -------        -------
                                              571,317        626,849
                                              -------        -------       

 Commitments and contingencies (Note 6)                       
                                                              
 Shareholders' deficit:                                       
   Common stock; issued and outstanding                       
     17,713 in 1998 and in 1997...........         18             18
   Accumulated deficit....................   (265,980)      (273,232)
   Cumulative foreign currency translation                    
     adjustment...........................     (3,356)        (2,484)
                                              -------        -------
                                             (269,318)      (275,698)
                                              -------        -------
                                             $301,999       $351,151
                                              =======        =======


See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.



ITEM 1.  FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
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               KINETIC CONCEPTS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
            Condensed Consolidated Statements of Earnings
                (in thousands, except per share data)
                             (unaudited)
                                  
                            Three months ended    Six months ended
                                 June 30,              June 30,
                            ------------------  -------------------- 
                              1998      1997      1998       1997
                            --------  --------  --------   ---------
Revenue:                                                     
  Rental and service......  $65,078   $61,300   $130,323   $123,125
  Sales and other.........   16,280    13,731     32,932     25,087
                             ------    ------    -------    -------  

    Total revenue.........   81,358    75,031    163,255    148,212
                                                             
Rental expenses...........   42,079    38,904     84,222     76,616
Cost of goods sold........    6,070     5,770     12,429     10,012
                             ------    ------    -------    -------
                             48,149    44,674     96,651     86,628
                             ------    ------    -------    -------   

    Gross profit..........   33,209    30,357     66,604     61,584
                                                             
Selling, general and                                         
  administrative expenses.   17,649    14,134     33,854     29,144
                             ------    ------    -------    -------
                                                             
    Operating earnings....   15,560    16,223     32,750     32,440
                                                             
Interest income...........      143       431        392        946
Interest expense..........  (12,015)      (32)   (24,318)       (93)
Foreign currency loss.....      (79)       --       (241)        --
                             ------    ------    -------    -------
                                                             
    Earnings before income                                   
      taxes and minority
      interest............    3,609    16,622      8,583     33,293
Income taxes..............    1,453     6,649      3,443     13,317
Minority interest in                                         
  subsidiary loss (gain)..       22       (21)        24        (21)      
                             ------    ------     ------    ------- 

    Net earnings..........  $ 2,178   $ 9,952   $  5,164   $ 19,955
                             ======    ======    =======    =======  
                                                             
    Earnings per share....  $  0.12   $  0.24   $   0.29   $   0.47
                             ======    ======    =======    =======
    Earnings per share -                                     
        assuming dilution.  $  0.12   $  0.23   $   0.28   $   0.46
                             ======    ======    =======    =======
                                                             
    Average common shares:                                   
        Basic (weighted                                      
        average outstanding
        shares)...........   17,713    42,317     17,713     42,322
                             ======    ======    =======    =======

        Diluted (weighted                                    
        average outstanding
        shares............   18,325    43,806     18,326     43,737
                             ======    ======    =======    =======
                                                             

See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.
                                  
                                  
ITEM 1.  FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
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               KINETIC CONCEPTS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
           Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
                           (in thousands)
                             (unaudited)
                                  
                                                   Six months ended
                                                        June 30,
                                                 --------------------
                                                    1998      1997
                                                 ---------  ---------
Cash flows from operating activities:             
  Net earning.................................   $  5,164   $ 19,955
  Adjustments to reconcile net earnings to net                 
    cash provided (used) by operating                          
    activities:
      Depreciation............................     12,584      9,828
      Amortization............................      2,928      1,146
      Provision for uncollectible accounts
        receivable............................      1,125      1,434
      Change in assets and liabilities:                        
        Decrease (increase) in accounts
          receivable, net.....................      1,393    (15,656)
        Increase in inventories...............     (3,327)      (643)
        Decrease (increase) in prepaid                         
          expenses and other..................      5,161     (1,816)
        Decrease in accounts payable..........    (33,836)      (291)
        Increase (decrease) in accrued                       
          expenses............................     (3,605)     1,065
        Increase in income taxes payable......         --        272
        Increase in deferred income taxes, net        279      2,463
                                                   ------     ------
          Net cash provided (used) by                          
            operating activities..............    (12,134)    17,757
                                                   ------     ------
Cash flows from investing activities:                          
  Additions to property, plant and equipment..    (12,891)   (13,533)
  Increase in inventory to be converted into                   
    equipment for short-term rental...........     (8,300)    (3,645)
  Dispositions of property, plant and equipment     1,012      1,096
  Businesses acquired in purchase transactions,                              
    net of cash acquired......................     (2,827)   (12,445)
  Increase in other assets....................     (1,138)    (3,223)
                                                   ------     ------
          Net cash used by investing activities   (24,144)   (31,750)
                                                   ------     ------
Cash flows from financing activities:                          
  Repayments of long-term obligations.........    (18,417)        --
  Repayments of capital lease obligations.....        (90)       (53)
  Proceeds from the exercise of stock options.         --      1,963
  Purchase and retirement of treasury stock...         --     (4,133)
  Cash dividends paid to shareholders.........         --     (3,205)
  Recapitalization costs and other............      2,087        217
                                                   ------     ------
          Net cash used by financing activities   (16,420)    (5,211)
                                                   ------     ------
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and                    
  cash equivalents............................       (229)    (1,453)
                                                   ------     ------
Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents.....    (52,927)   (20,657)
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period     61,754     59,045
                                                   ------     ------ 
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period......   $  8,827   $ 38,388
                                                   ======     ======
                                                          
Supplemental disclosure of cash flow                           
information:
  Cash paid during the first six months for:                   
    Interest..................................   $ 24,220         84
    Income taxes..............................   $  2,850      8,783

                                                               

See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.



ITEM 1.  FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
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               KINETIC CONCEPTS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
        NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
                             (unaudited)

(1)  BASIS OF PRESENTATION
     ---------------------
     
           The  financial  statements presented  herein  include  the
     accounts  of  Kinetic Concepts, Inc. and all  subsidiaries  (the
     "Company").   The  condensed consolidated  financial  statements
     appearing in this quarterly report on Form 10-Q should  be  read
     in  conjunction with the financial statements and notes  thereto
     included  in  the Company's latest annual report on  Form  10-K.
     Certain  information and footnote disclosures normally  included
     in  financial  statements prepared in accordance with  generally
     accepted  accounting principles have been condensed or  omitted.
     The  foregoing  financial information reflects  all  adjustments
     (consisting only of normal recurring adjustments) which are,  in
     the opinion of management, necessary for a fair presentation  of
     the financial position and results of operations for the interim
     periods  presented.  Interim period operating  results  are  not
     necessarily  indicative of the results to be  expected  for  the
     full fiscal year.
     
(2)  INVENTORY COMPONENTS
     --------------------

          Inventories  are  stated at the lower  of  cost  (first-in,
     first-out)  or  market (net realizable value).  Inventories  are
     comprised of the following (in thousands):

                                          June 30,     December 31,
                                            1998           1997
                                         ----------    ------------            

         Finished goods...........         $ 8,979       $ 8,487
         Work in progress.........           5,645         2,743
         Raw materials, supplies
           and parts..............          25,817        17,723
                                            ------        ------
                                            40,441        28,953
                                                     
         Less amounts expected to be                 
         converted into equipment for                
         short-term rental...........       15,700         7,400
                                            ------        ------
                                                     
            Total inventories........      $24,741       $21,553
                                            ======        ======
                                                     


(3)   RECAPITALIZATION
      ----------------

          On  November 5, 1997, a substantial interest in the Company
     was acquired by Fremont Partners L.P. ("Fremont") and Richard C.
     Blum   &   Associates,   L.P.   ("RCBA")   (collectively,    the
     "Investors").   The  Company and the Investors  entered  into  a
     Transaction Agreement dated as of October 2, 1997, as amended by
     a  letter  agreement dated November 5, 1997 (as so amended,  the
     "Transaction   Agreement")  pursuant  to  which  the   Investors
     purchased  7.8  million  shares of newly-issued  shares  of  the
     Company's  common stock,  $0.001 par value per share, at a price
     equal  to  $19.25   per   share.   The  proceeds  of  the  stock
     purchase,  together with approximately $534.0
     
     
ITEM 1.  FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
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               KINETIC CONCEPTS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
        NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
                             (unaudited)


(3)  RECAPITALIZATION (continued)
     ----------------------------
     
     million of aggregate proceeds from certain financings, were used
     to  purchase approximately 31.0 million shares of the  Company's
     common  stock from the selling shareholders at a price of $19.25
     per share, net to seller, and pay all related fees and expenses.

          Also  pursuant to the Transaction Agreement, the  Investors
     were  merged with and into the Company on January 5,  1998  with
     the   Company  as  the  surviving  corporation  of  the  Merger.
     Following the Merger, Fremont, RCBA, Dr. James Leininger and Dr.
     Peter  Leininger own 7,029,922, 4,644,010, 5,939,220 and 100,000
     shares, respectively, representing 39.7%, 26.2%, 33.5% and  0.6%
     of  the total shares outstanding.  There are currently no  other
     shareholders  but certain members of management  have  retained,
     and/or  have been granted, additional options to purchase common
     shares.   The  transactions  have  been  accounted  for   as   a
     recapitalization and as a result, a step-up of  assets  to  fair
     market  value  was  not  required.  The difference  between  the
     payment  amount  and the net book value of assets  acquired  and
     liabilities assumed was recorded in retained earnings as a  cash
     distribution to the selling shareholders.


(4)  LONG TERM OBLIGATIONS
     ---------------------          

          Long-term obligations consist of the following (in thousands):

                                               June 30,    December 31,
                                                 1998         1997
                                             -----------   ------------
        Senior Credit Facilities:                       
           Revolving bank credit facility..    $  8,500    $ 24,500
           Acquisition credit facility.....      10,000      10,000
           Term loans:                                  
              Tranche A due 2003...........     118,500     120,000
              Tranche B due 2004...........      89,550      90,000
              Tranche C due 2005...........      89,550      90,000
                                                -------     -------
                                                316,100     334,500
        9 5/8% Senior Subordinated Notes
           Due 2007........................     200,000     200,000
                                                -------     -------
                                                516,100     534,500
        Less: Current installments.........       6,800       4,800
                                                -------     -------
                                                509,300     529,700
        Other..............................         179         201
                                                -------     -------
                                               $509,479    $529,901
                                                =======     =======
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
ITEM 1.  FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
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               KINETIC CONCEPTS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
        NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
                             (unaudited)
     
     
 (4)  LONG TERM OBLIGATIONS (continued)
      ---------------------------------

     Senior Credit Facilities

           Indebtedness under the Senior Credit Facilities, including
     the  Revolving Credit Facility (other than certain  loans  under
     the  Revolving Credit Facility designated in foreign  currency),
     the  Term  Loans  and  the Acquisition Facility  initially  bear
     interest at a rate based upon (i) the Base Rate (defined as  the
     higher of (x) the rate of interest publicly announced by Bank of
     America  as  its  "reference rate" and  (y)  the  federal  funds
     effective  rate  from time to time plus 0.50%),  plus  1.25%  in
     respect  of  the  Tranche  A Term Loans,  the  loans  under  the
     Revolving Credit Facility (the "Revolving Loans") and the  loans
     under  the Acquisition Facility (the "Acquisition Loans"), 1.50%
     in  respect of the Tranche B Term Loans and 1.75% in respect  of
     the  Tranche C Term Loans, or at the Company's option, (ii)  the
     Eurodollar   Rate  (as  defined  in  the  Sr.  Credit   Facility
     Agreement) for one, two, three or six months, in each case  plus
     2.25%  in  respect of Tranche A Term Loans, Revolving Loans  and
     Acquisition Loans, 2.50% in respect of Tranche B Term Loans  and
     2.75% in respect of the Tranche C Term Loans.  Certain Revolving
     Loans  designated  in  foreign  currency  will  initially   bear
     interest at a rate based upon the cost of funds for such  loans,
     plus  2.25% or 2.50%, depending on the type of foreign currency.
     Performance-based  reductions of the interest  rates  under  the
     Term  Loans, the Revolving Loans and the Acquisition  Loans  are
     available.   During the first three months of 1998, the  Company
     entered  into  an  interest rate swap  transaction  whereby  the
     interest  rate  on $150,000,000 of the term loans  is  fixed  at
     5.7575%   through  January  8,  2001.   As  a  result  of   this
     transaction, the Company recorded additional interest expense of
     approximately  $45,000  through the six months  ended  June  30,
     1998.

           The  Revolving Loans may be repaid and reborrowed. At June
     30,  1998, the aggregate availability under the Revolving Credit
     and Acquisition Facilities was $81.5 million.

           The  Term  Loans  are  subject to  quarterly  amortization
     payments  that  commenced on March 31, 1998.  Commitments  under
     the  Acquisition  Facility  will expire  three  years  from  the
     closing  of  the  Bank  Credit  Agreement  and  the  Acquisition
     Facility loans outstanding shall be repayable in equal quarterly
     amortization  payments commencing March 31, 2001.  In  addition,
     the  Bank  Credit  Agreement provides for mandatory  repayments,
     subject   to   certain  exceptions,  of  the  Term  Loans,   the
     Acquisition Facility and/or the Revolving Credit Facility  based
     on  certain  net  asset  sales outside the  ordinary  course  of
     business  of the Company and its subsidiaries, the net  proceeds
     of certain debt and equity issuances and excess cash flows.

           The  Senior Credit Agreement requires the Company to  meet
     certain financial tests, including minimum levels of EBITDA  (as
     defined  therein), minimum interest coverage,  maximum  leverage
     ratio  and capital expenditures. The Bank Credit Agreement  also
     contains  covenants  which,  among  other  things,  limit    the
     incurrence  of  additional indebtedness, investments, dividends,
     
     
ITEM 1.  FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
- -----------------------------------------

               KINETIC CONCEPTS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
        NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
                             (unaudited)
     
     
(4)  LONG TERM OBLIGATIONS (continued)
     ---------------------------------
     
     asset   sales,   acquisitions,   mergers   and   consolidations,
     prepayments  of  other indebtedness, liens and encumbrances  and
     other  matters  customarily restricted in such agreements.   The
     Company  is in compliance with the applicable covenants at  June
     30, 1998.

     9 5/8% Senior Subordinated Notes Due 2007

          The 9 5/8% Senior Subordinated Notes Due 2007 (the "Notes")
     are unsecured obligations of the Company, ranking subordinate in
     right  of  payment  to all senior debt of the Company  and  will
     mature  on  November 1, 2007.  Interest on the Notes accrues  at
     the  rate  of  9 5/8% per annum and is  payable semiannually  in
     cash on each May 1 and November 1, commencing on May 1, 1998, to
     the  persons who are registered Holders at the close of business
     on  April 15 and October 15, respectively, immediately preceding
     the  applicable interest payment date.  Interest  on  the  Notes
     accrues from and includes the most recent date to which interest
     has  been  paid  or,  if no interest has  been  paid,  from  and
     including the date of issuance.

           The Notes are not entitled to the benefit of any mandatory
     sinking  fund. In addition, at any time, or from time  to  time,
     the  Company  may acquire a portion of the Notes  through  open-
     market purchases.

(5)   EARNINGS PER SHARE
      ------------------
 
         The following table sets forth the reconciliation from basic
     to  diluted  average common shares and the calculations  of  net
     earnings  per common share.  Net earnings for basic and  diluted
     calculations do not differ (in thousands, except per share).

                                   Three months ended  Six months ended
                                        June 30,            June 30,
                                   ------------------- ----------------  
                                     1998       1997     1998     1997
                                   --------   -------- -------- -------    
     Net earnings...............   $ 2,178    $ 9,952  $ 5,164  $19,955
                                                               
     Average common shares:                                    
       Basic (weighted-average                                 
         outstanding shares)....    17,713     42,317   17,713   42,322
                                                               
       Dilutive potential                                      
         common shares from
         stock options..........       612      1,489      613    1,415
                                    ------     ------   ------   ------
       Diluted (weighted-                                      
         average outstanding
         shares)................    18,325     43,806   18,326   43,737
                                    ======     ======   ======   ======  
 
     Earnings per share.........   $  0.12    $  0.24  $  0.29  $  0.47
                                    ======     ======   ======   ======  
     Earnings per share -                                      
     assuming dilution..........   $  0.12    $  0.23  $  0.28  $  0.46
                                    ======     ======   ======   ======


ITEM 1.  FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
- -----------------------------------------

               KINETIC CONCEPTS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
        NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
                             (unaudited)


(6)  COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
     -----------------------------
     
            The  Company  is  party  to  several  lawsuits  generally
     incidental to its business and is contesting certain adjustments
     proposed  by  the Internal Revenue Service to prior  years'  tax
     returns.   Certain provisions have been made in the accompanying
     financial  statements for estimated exposures related  to  these
     lawsuits  and  adjustments.  In the opinion of  management,  the
     disposition  of these items will not have a material  effect  on
     the Company's financial statements.

          Other than commitments for new product inventory, including
     disposable "for sale" products, of $6.1 million, the Company has
     no  material  long-term capital commitments and can  adjust  the
     level of capital expenditures as circumstances warrant.
     
     
(7)  NEW ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS
     -----------------------------

           The  Company adopted Financial Accounting Standards  Board
     ("FASB") Statement No. 130, "Reporting Comprehensive Income", in
     the first quarter of 1998.  This standard requires disclosure of
     total nonowner changes in shareholders' equity, which is defined
     as net earnings plus direct adjustments to shareholders'  equity
     such   as   equity and  cash investment adjustments and  foreign
     currency translation adjustments.  On this basis, these nonowner
     changes in shareholders' equity, including net earnings, for the
     three  months  ended  June 1998 and 1997  totaled  $124,000  and
     $100,000, respectively and for the first half of 1998 and  1997,
     totaled $872,000 and $3.2 million, respectively.

           Also,  effective for periods beginning after December  15,
     1997,  the  FASB  issued Statement No. 131,  "Disclosures  about
     Segments  of  an  Enterprise  and  Related  Information".   This
     statement   establishes  standards  for  the  way  that   public
     companies report information about operating segments in  annual
     financial  statements as well as interim financial reports.   It
     also   establishes  standards  for  related  disclosures   about
     products  and  services, geographic areas and  major  customers.
     Operating  segments are components of an enterprise about  which
     separate  financial information is available that  is  evaluated
     regularly by the chief operating decision maker in deciding  how
     to allocate resources and in assessing performance.  The Company
     adopted the provisions of Statement No. 131 effective January 1,
     1998  and  estimates that adoption of these provisions will  not
     have  a  material impact on the Company's financial position  or
     results of operations.  Statement No. 131 need not be applied to
     interim  financial  statements  in  the  initial  year  of   its
     application.

           During 1997, the Securities and Exchange Commission issued
     expanded  disclosure  requirements of  accounting  policies  for
     derivative  financial  instruments and the  exposure  to  market
     risk.   The new rules require enhanced descriptions of  specific
     aspects of a registrant's accounting polices for derivatives  as
     well  as  qualitative  and  quantitative disclosures  about each



ITEM 1.  FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
- -----------------------------------------

               KINETIC CONCEPTS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
        NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
                             (unaudited)


(7)  NEW ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS (continued)
     ----------------------------------------- 

     type  of  market  risk.   The increased  policy  disclosures  on
     derivatives were effective for all public companies for  periods
     ending  after  June 15, 1997.  The qualitative and  quantitative
     market  risk  disclosures must be provided in all  filings  that
     include  audited  financial statements for fiscal  years  ending
     after  June 15, 1998. The Company expects compliance with  these
     requirements  will not have a material impact on  the  Company's
     consolidated results of operations, financial position, or  cash
     flows.

           In  June  1998,  the Financial Accounting Standards  Board
     issued  Statement No. 133, Accounting for Derivative Instruments
     and Hedging Activities, which is required to be adopted in years
     beginning  after  June  15, 1999.  The Statement  permits  early
     adoption  as  of the beginning of any fiscal quarter  after  its
     issuance.   The  Company  expects to  adopt  the  new  Statement
     effective  January  1,  2000.  The Statement  will  require  the
     Company  to  recognize all derivatives on the balance  sheet  at
     fair value.  Derivatives that are not hedges must be adjusted to
     fair  value  through  income.  If the  derivative  is  a  hedge,
     depending on the nature of the hedge, changes in the fair  value
     of  derivatives will either be offset against the change in fair
     value  of  the  hedged assets, liabilities, or firm  commitments
     through  earnings  or  recognized in other comprehensive  income
     until   the   hedged  item  is  recognized  in  earnings.    The
     ineffective portion of a derivative's change in fair value  will
     be  immediately recognized in earnings.  The Company has not yet
     determined  what  the effect of Statement 133  will  be  on  the
     earnings and financial position of the Company.

(8)   GUARANTOR CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
      ------------------------------------------------------

          Kinetic  Concepts, Inc. issued $200 million in subordinated
     debt securities to finance a tender offer to purchase certain of
     its  common shares outstanding.  In connection with the issuance
     of  these securities, certain of its subsidiaries (the guarantor
     subsidiaries)   will   serve  as  guarantors.    Certain   other
     subsidiaries (the nonguarantor subsidiaries) will not  guarantee
     such   debt.    Each  subsidiary  guarantor  is  a  wholly-owned
     subsidiary  of  the  Company and has fully  and  unconditionally
     guaranteed the debt securities.
     
          The  following  tables present the condensed  consolidating
     balance  sheets  of Kinetic Concepts, Inc. as a parent  company,
     its guarantor subsidiaries and its nonguarantor subsidiaries  as
     of June 30, 1998 and December 31, 1997 and the related condensed
     consolidating statements of earnings for the three and six month
     periods   ended   June  30,1998  and  1997  and  the   condensed
     consolidated statements of cash flows for the six month  periods
     ended June 30, 1998 and 1997, respectively.


          
                                  
        Condensed Consolidating Guarantor, Non-Guarantor and
                    Parent Company Balance Sheet
                            June 30, 1998
                           (in thousands)
                             (unaudited)

<TABLE>

                               Kinetic                         Reclassi-   Kinetic
                              Concepts,               Non-     fications  Concepts,
                                 Inc.     Guarantor  Guarantor     and        Inc.
                                Parent       Sub-      Sub-       Elimi-    and Sub-
                               Company   sidiaries  sidiaries   nations   sidiaries
                              --------   ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------
<CAPTION>
<S>                           <C>       <C>         <C>         <C>      <C>

ASSETS:                                                                 
                                                                             
Current assets:                                                         
  Cash and cash equivalents. $      --   $  1,462     $ 7,365    $    --   $  8,827    
  Accounts receivable, net..        --     69,835      15,458     (6,790)    78,503 
  Inventories...............        --     15,586       9,155         --     24,741 
  Prepaid expenses and other     2,009      7,473       3,803         --     13,285
                                ------    -------      ------     ------    ------- 
    Total current assets....     2,009     94,356      35,781     (6,790)   125,356
                                                                     
Net property, plant and                                                   
  equipment.................        --     83,464       9,608    (10,191)    82,881
Goodwill, net...............        --     40,560       5,556         --     46,116
Loan issuance costs, net....        --     16,203          --         --     16,203
Other assets, net...........        --     31,389          54         --     31,443
Intercompany investments                                                    
  and advances..............  (271,306)   457,355       4,333   (190,382)        --  
                               -------    -------      ------    -------    ------- 
      Total assets.......... $(269,297)  $723,327     $55,332  $(207,363)  $301,999
                               =======    =======      ======    =======    =======
                                                                     
LIABILITIES AND CAPITAL                                                 
ACCOUNTS:
                                                                     
Accounts payable...........  $      --   $  4,782     $ 1,763  $      --   $  6,545
Accrued expenses...........         --     30,563       7,280         --     37,843 
Current installments of                                                     
  long-term obligations....         --      6,800          --         --      6,800
Intercompany payables......         21      5,545       6,467    (12,033)        --
Current installments of
  capital lease obligations         --        144          --         --        144
                              --------    -------      ------   --------    -------
     Total current liabil-        
       ities...............         21     47,834      15,510    (12,033)    51,332
                              --------    -------     -------   --------    -------
Long-term obligations,
  excluding current                                                     
  installments.............         --    509,479          --         --    509,479
Capital lease obligations,                                                   
  excluding current
  installments.............         --        175          42         --        217 
Deferred income taxes, net.         --     15,238          --     (4,949)    10,289
                               -------    -------     -------   --------    ------- 
     Total liabilities.....         21    572,726      15,552    (16,982)   571,317
Shareholders' equity                                                   
  (deficit)................   (269,318)   150,601      39,780   (190,381)  (269,318)
                               -------    -------     -------   --------    ------- 
     Total liabilities and                                                     
       equity (deficit)....  $(269,297)  $723,327    $ 55,332  $(207,363)  $301,999     
                               =======    =======     =======    =======    =======

</TABLE>
                                  
        Condensed Consolidating Guarantor, Non-Guarantor and
                    Parent Company Balance Sheet
                          December 31, 1997
                           (in thousands)

<TABLE>
                              Kinetic                         Reclassi-   Kinetic
                             Concepts,               Non-     fications  Concepts,
                               Inc.     Guarantor  Guarantor     and        Inc.
                              Parent       Sub-      Sub-       Elimi-    and Sub-
                              Company   sidiaries  sidiaries   nations   sidiaries
                             --------   ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------- 
<CAPTION>
<S>                          <C>        <C>        <C>        <C>        <C>         

ASSETS:                                                                 
                                                                             
Current assets:                                                         
  Cash and cash equivalents. $     --   $ 44,439   $17,315    $      --   $  61,754
  Accounts receivable, net..       --     75,932    15,002       (9,696)     81,238
  Inventories...............       --     12,006     9,547           --      21,553
  Prepaid expenses and other    2,010     14,851     1,585           --      18,446
                              -------    -------    ------     --------    -------- 
       Total current assets.    2,010    147,228    43,449       (9,696)    182,991
                                                                      
Net property, plant and                                                    
  equipment.................       --     76,811     9,065      (10,442)     75,434
Goodwill, net...............       --     40,081     5,818           --      45,899
Loan issuance costs, net....       --     17,346        --           --      17,346
Other assets, net...........       --     29,354       127           --      29,481
Intercompany investments                                                    
  and advances.............. (276,832)   460,984     1,511     (185,663)         --        --
                              -------    -------    ------      -------      ------
                                                         
       Total assets.........$(274,882)  $771,804   $59,970    $(205,801)   $351,151
                              =======    =======    ======      =======     =======
            
LIABILITIES AND CAPITAL                                                  
ACCOUNTS:                                                        
                                                                      
Accounts payable........... $      --   $ 38,157   $ 2,196    $      --    $ 40,353
Accrued expenses...........        --     35,643     5,691           --      41,334
Current installments on
   long-term obligations...        --      4,800        --           --       4,800
Intercompany payables......       876        423     9,761      (11,060)         --
Current installments of                                                           
   capital lease obli-
   gations.................        --        139        --           --         139
Income tax payable.........        --         --       648         (648)         --
                             --------    -------    ------     --------      ------
      Total current
         liabilities.......       876     79,162    18,296      (11,708)     86,626
                             --------    -------    ------     --------      ------   
Long-term obligations                                                        
   excluding current                                                      
   installments...........        --     529,901        --           --     529,901
Capital lease obligations,                                                 
   excluding current                                                      
   installments...........        --         256        56           --         312
Deferred income taxes, net        --      18,440        --       (8,430)     10,010
                             -------     -------    ------      -------     -------
      Total liabilities...       876     627,759    18,352      (20,138)    626,849
Shareholders' equity                                                    
   (deficit)..............  (275,698)    144,045    41,618     (185,663)   (275,698)
                             -------     -------    ------      -------     -------
      Total liabilities                                                      
         and equity
         (deficit)........ $(274,822)   $771,804   $59,970    $(205,801)   $351,151 
                             =======     =======    ======      =======     =======
                                                                     
                                  
</TABLE>              
                                  
                                  
        Condensed Consolidating Guarantor, Non-Guarantor and
                Parent Company Statement of Earnings
              For the three months ended June 30, 1998
                           (in thousands)
                             (unaudited)
<TABLE>
                                                                   Historical
                        Kinetic                         Reclassi-   Kinetic
                       Concepts,               Non-     fications  Concepts,
                         Inc.     Guarantor  Guarantor     and        Inc.
                        Parent       Sub-      Sub-       Elimi-    and Sub-
                        Company   sidiaries  sidiaries   nations   sidiaries
                       --------   ---------  ---------  --------   ---------- 
<CAPTION>
<S>                    <C>        <C>        <C>        <C>        <C>

Revenue:                                                                
Rental and service...   $   --    $52,801     $12,277    $    --    $65,078
Sales and other......       --     13,253       5,957     (2,930)    16,280
                         -----     ------      ------     ------     ------
   Total revenue            --     66,054      18,234     (2,930)    81,358
                                                                     
Rental expenses......       --     31,255      10,824         --     42,079
Cost of goods sold...       --      4,581       3,094     (1,605)     6,070
                         -----     ------      ------      -----     ------
                            --     35,836      13,918     (1,605)    48,149
                         -----     ------      ------      -----     ------
   Gross profit......       --     30,218       4,316     (1,325)    33,209
                                                                     
Selling, general and                                                
   administrative                             
   expenses..........       --     14,305       3,344         --     17,649
                         -----     ------      ------      -----     ------
   Operating earnings       --     15,913         972     (1,325)    15,560
                                                                     
Interest income......       --         85          58         --        143
Interest expense.....       --    (12,015)         --         --    (12,015)
Foreign currency gain
   (loss)............       --        292        (371)        --        (79)
                         -----     ------      ------      -----     ------ 
   Earnings before                                                    
      income taxes                                                    
      and minority
      interest.......       --      4,275         659     (1,325)     3,609
Income taxes.........       --      1,728         270       (545)     1,453
Minority interest....       --         --          22         --         22
                         -----      -----      ------      -----     ------ 

   Earnings before                                                    
      equity in                                                
      earnings of
      subsidiaries...       --      2,547         411       (780)     2,178
   Equity in                                                   
      earnings of
      subsidiaries...    2,178        412          --     (2,590)        --
                         -----      -----      ------      -----     ------
   Net earnings......  $ 2,178    $ 2,959     $   411    $(3,370)     2,178
                         =====      =====      ======      =====     ======
                                                                     
</TABLE>                                  
                                  
                                  
                                  
        Condensed Consolidating Guarantor, Non-Guarantor and
                Parent Company Statement of Earnings
              For the three months ended June 30, 1997
                           (in thousands)
                             (unaudited)

<TABLE>
                                                                   Historical
                        Kinetic                         Reclassi-   Kinetic
                       Concepts,               Non-     fications  Concepts,
                         Inc.     Guarantor  Guarantor     and        Inc.
                        Parent       Sub-      Sub-       Elimi-    and Sub-
                        Company   sidiaries  sidiaries   nations   sidiaries
                       --------   ---------  ---------  --------   --------- 
<CAPTION>     
<S>                    <C>        <C>        <C>        <C>         <C> 

Revenue:                                                                
Rental and service..   $    --    $49,974    $11,326     $     --    $61,300
Sales and other.....     7,370      8,207      5,194       (7,040)    13,731
                        ------     ------     ------       ------     ------
   Total revenue....     7,370     58,181     16,520       (7,040)    75,031
                                                                     
Rental expenses.....        --     30,324     10,601       (2,021)    38,904
Cost of goods sold..     7,300      1,932      3,133       (6,595)     5,770
                        ------     ------     ------       ------     ------
                         7,300     32,256     13,734       (8,616)    44,674
                        ------     ------     ------       ------     ------
   Gross profit.....        70     25,925      2,786        1,576     30,357
                                                                     
Selling, general and                                                
   administrative                                           
   expenses.........     1,373     12,032        729           --     14,134
                        ------     ------     ------       ------     ------
   Operating earnings                                                   
      (loss)........    (1,303)    13,893      2,057        1,576     16,223
Interest income.....        77        306         48           --        431
Interest expense....       (22)      (206)         9          187        (32)
                        ------     ------     ------       ------     ------ 
   Earnings (loss)                                                    
      before income
      taxes and
      minority                                                  
      interest......    (1,248)    13,993      2,114        1,763     16,622
Income taxes........      (492)     5,410        944          787      6,649
Minority interest...        --         --        (21)          --        (21)
                        ------     ------     ------       ------     ------ 
   Earnings (loss)                                                    
      before equity                                                   
      in earnings                                                 
      (loss) of
      subsidiaries..      (756)     8,583      1,149          976      9,952
   Equity in                                                   
      earnings (loss)
      of subsidiaries   10,708      1,149         --      (11,857)        --
                        ------     ------     ------       ------     ------ 
   Net earnings.....   $ 9,952    $ 9,732    $ 1,149     $(10,881)   $ 9,952
                        ======     ======     ======       ======     ====== 
                                                                     
                                  
</TABLE>                                  
                                  
                                  
                                  
                   
                                  
                                  
                                  
        Condensed Consolidating Guarantor, Non-Guarantor and
                Parent Company Statement of Earnings
               For the six months ended June 30, 1998
                           (in thousands)
                             (unaudited)

<TABLE>
                                                                   Historical
                        Kinetic                         Reclassi-   Kinetic
                       Concepts,               Non-     fications  Concepts,
                         Inc.     Guarantor  Guarantor     and        Inc.
                        Parent       Sub-      Sub-       Elimi-    and Sub-
                        Company   sidiaries  sidiaries   nations   sidiaries
                       ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------
<CAPTION>
<S>                    <C>        <C>        <C>        <C>        <C>

Revenue:                                                                
Rental and service..   $    --    $106,397   $23,926    $    --     $130,323
Sales and other.....        --      26,502    11,399     (4,969)      32,932
                        ------     -------    ------     ------      ------- 
   Total revenue....        --     132,899    35,325     (4,969)     163,255
                                                                     
Rental expenses.....        --      62,763    21,459         --       84,222
Cost of goods sold..        --       9,002     6,044     (2,617)      12,429
                        ------     -------    ------     ------      ------- 
                            --      71,765    27,503     (2,617)      96,651
                        ------     -------    ------     ------      ------- 
    Gross profit....        --      61,134     7,822     (2,352)      66,604
                                                                     
Selling, general and                                                
   administrative       
   expenses.........        --      23,845    10,009         --       33,854
                        ------     -------    ------     ------      ------- 
    Operating earn-
       ings (loss)..        --      37,289    (2,187)    (2,352)      32,750
Interest income.....        --         257       135         --          392
Interest expense....        --     (24,318)       --         --      (24,318)
Foreign currency    
   gain(loss).......        --         414      (655)        --         (241)
    Earnings (loss)  
       before income
       taxes and
       minority                                       
       interest.....        --      13,642    (2,707)    (2,352)       8,583
Income taxes........        --       5,514    (1,111)      (960)       3,443
Minority interest...        --          --        24         --           24
                        ------     -------   -------     ------      -------    
    Earnings (loss)                                                   
       before equity              
       in earnings                                                 
       (loss) of
       subsidiaries.        --       8,128    (1,572)    (1,392)       5,164
    Equity in earn-
       ings (loss) 
       of subsidiar-
       ies..........     5,164      (1,572)       --     (3,592)          -- 
                        ------     -------    ------     ------      -------
    Earnings (loss).   $ 5,164    $  6,556   $(1,572)   $(4,984)     $ 5,164
                        ======     =======    ======     ======      =======  
                                  
                                  
                                  
</TABLE>                                  
                                  
                                  
                                  
                                  
                                  
                                  
                                  
        Condensed Consolidating Guarantor, Non-Guarantor and
                Parent Company Statement of Earnings
               For the six months ended June 30, 1997
                           (in thousands)
                             (unaudited)

<TABLE>
                                                                   Historical
                        Kinetic                         Reclassi-   Kinetic
                       Concepts,               Non-     fications  Concepts,
                         Inc.     Guarantor  Guarantor     and        Inc.
                        Parent       Sub-      Sub-       Elimi-    and Sub-
                        Company   sidiaries  sidiaries   nations   sidiaries
                       ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------  ----------
<CAPTION>
<S>                    <C>        <C>        <C>        <C>        <C>

Revenue:                                                                
Rental and service... $     --     $100,388   $22,737    $     --   $123,125
Sales and other......   13,998       14,871     9,717     (13,499)    25,087
                        ------      -------    ------      ------    -------  
    Total revenue       13,998      115,259    32,454     (13,499)   148,212
                                                                
Rental expenses......       --       60,492    20,162      (4,038)    76,616
Cost of goods sold...   13,565        3,649     5,562     (12,764)    10,012
                        ------      -------    ------      ------    -------  
                        13,565       64,141    25,724     (16,802)    86,628
                        ------      -------    ------      ------    -------
    Gross profit.....      433       51,118     6,730       3,303     61,584
Selling, general and                                                
  administrative                                          
  expenses...........    3,398       18,738     7,008          --     29,144
                        ------      -------    ------      ------    ------- 
    Operating                                                   
      earnings (loss)   (2,965)      32,380      (278)      3,303     32,440
Interest income......       90          726       130          --        946
Interest expense.....      (46)        (422)       --         375        (93)
                        ------      -------    ------      ------    -------
    Earnings (loss)                                                    
      before income
      taxes and
      minority                                                  
      interest.......   (2,921)      32,684      (148)      3,678     33,293
Income taxes.........   (1,152)      12,636       (66)      1,899     13,317
Minority interest....       --           --       (21)         --        (21)
                        ------      -------    ------      ------    ------- 
    Earnings (loss)                                                    
       before equity                                                  
       in earnings
       (loss) of                                                 
       subsidiaries..   (1,769)      20,048      (103)      1,779     19,955
    Equity in                                                   
     earnings (loss)
     of subsidiar-
     ies............    21,724         (103)       --     (21,621)        --
                        ------      -------    ------      ------    -------
    Net earnings   
       (loss).......   $19,955     $ 19,945   $  (103)   $(19,842)  $ 19,955
                        ======      =======    ======      ======    =======
                                                                     
                                  
</TABLE>



                                  
        Condensed Consolidating Guarantor, Non-Guarantor and
               Parent Company Statement of Cash Flows
               For the six months ended June 30, 1998
                           (in thousands)
                             (unaudited)
<TABLE>

                        Kinetic                         Reclassi-   Kinetic
                       Concepts,               Non-     fications  Concepts,
                         Inc.     Guarantor  Guarantor     and        Inc.
                        Parent       Sub-      Sub-       Elimi-    and Sub-
                        Company   sidiaries  sidiaries   nations   sidiaries
                       ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------

<CAPTION>
<S>                    <C>        <C>        <C>        <C>        <C>


Cash flows from                                                         
operating
activities:                                                             
Net earnings (loss)..  $ 5,164    $  6,556   $(1,572)   $(4,984)    $ 5,164
Adjustments to                                                
  reconcile net
  earnings (loss) to                                                
  net cash used by                                               
  operating                                                   
  activities.........   (5,164)    (13,779)    1,081        564     (17,298)
                         -----      ------    ------      -----      ------
Net cash used by                                              
  operating                                          
  activities.........       --      (7,223)     (491)    (4,420)    (12,134)
Cash flows from                                               
investing
activities:                                                   
  Additions to                                                
    property,
    plant and                                   
    equipment........       --     (13,800)   (3,092)     4,001     (12,891)
  Increase in                                                 
    inventory to
    be converted into                                              
    equipment for                                             
    short-term rental       --      (8,300)       --         --      (8,300)
  Dispositions of                                             
    property, plant    
    and equipment....       --       1,012        --         --       1,012
  Businesses                                                  
    acquired in
    purchase                                                  
    transactions, net
    of cash acquired.       --      (2,827)       --         --      (2,827)
  Decrease (increase)
    in other assets..       --      (1,168)       30         --      (1,138)
                         -----       -----     -----      ------      -----
Net cash used by                                              
  investing                                            
  activities.........       --     (25,083)   (3,062)     4,001     (24,144)
Cash flows from                                               
  financing activities:                                                   
    Repayments of                                               
      notes payable and                                               
      long-term
      obligations....        --    (18,417)       --         --     (18,417)
    Repayments of                                               
      capital lease
      obligations....        --        (75)      (15)        --         (90)
    Proceeds                                                      
      (payments) on
      intercompany                                                
      investments and
      advances.......     (3,212)    9,175    (6,049)        86          --
    Recapitalization
      costs - fees
      and expenses...      2,087        --        --         --       2,087
    Other............      1,125    (1,354)     (333)       562          --
                           -----     -----     -----      -----      ------
Net cash used by 
  financing activi-
  ties...............         --   (10,671)   (6,397)       648     (16,420)
Effect of exchange                                                       
  rate changes on
  cash and cash
  equivalents........         --        --        --       (229)       (229)
                           -----    ------    ------      -----      ------
Net decrease in cash                                                 
  and cash equivalents        --   (42,977)   (9,950)        --     (52,927)
Cash and cash                                                   
  equivalents,
  beginning of period         --    44,439    17,315         --      61,754
                           -----    ------    ------       ----      ------
Cash and cash                                                   
  equivalents, end of
  period.............     $   --   $ 1,462   $ 7,365      $  --     $ 8,827
                           =====    ======    ======       ====      ======


</TABLE>



                                  
        Condensed Consolidating Guarantor, Non-Guarantor and
               Parent Company Statement of Cash Flows
               For the six months ended June 30, 1997
                           (in thousands)
                             (unaudited)

<TABLE>

                            Kinetic                         Reclassi-   Kinetic
                           Concepts,               Non-     fications  Concepts,
                             Inc.    Guarantor  Guarantor     and        Inc.
                            Parent       Sub-      Sub-       Elimi-    and Sub-
                           Company   sidiaries  sidiaries   nations   sidiaries
                           --------  ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------
<CAPTION>
<S>                        <C>        <C>        <C>        <C>        <C>


Cash flows from                                                         
operating activities:                                           
Net earnings (loss)....   $ 19,955   $ 19,945    $  (103)   $(19,842)   $ 19,955
Adjustments to                                                  
  reconcile net
  earnings (loss) to                                                  
  net cash provided                                                      
  (used) by operating
  activities...........    (18,040)   (19,117)      (226)     35,185      (2,198)
                            ------     ------     ------      ------      ------
Net cash provided                                               
  (used) by operating
  activities...........      1,915        828       (329)     15,343      17,757
Cash flows from                                                 
investing activities:
  Additions to                                                  
    property, plant
    and equipment......      1,152    (10,650)    (1,718)     (2,317)    (13,533)
  Increase in inventory                                                   
    to be converted                                                
    into equipment for                                               
    short-term rental..     (3,645)        --         --          --      (3,645)
  Dispositions of                                               
    property, plant and
    equipment..........         --      1,094          2          --       1,096
  Businesses acquired                                                     
    in purchase
    transactions, net
    of cash acquired..          --    (12,445)        --          --     (12,445)
  Decrease (increase)                              
    in other assets...        (784)     1,240        241      (3,920)     (3,223)
                             -----    -------      -----       -----      ------
Net cash used by                                                
  investing activities      (3,277)   (20,761)    (1,475)     (6,237)    (31,750)
Cash flows from                                                 
financing activities:                                                     
  Borrowings of notes                                                 
    payable and long-                                                 
    term obligations.           --        218         --        (218)         --   
  Proceeds                                                      
    (repayments) of
    capital lease                                                  
    obligations......          (11)        --          9         (51)        (53)
  Proceeds from the                                                 
    exercise of 
    stock options....         1,963        --         --          --       1,963  
  Proceeds (payments)                                                      
    on intercompany                                                
    investments and                                                          
    advances.........         9,080    (8,158)     7,672      (8,594)         --   
  Purchase and                                                  
    retirement of
    treasury stock...        (4,133)       --         --          --      (4,133)  
  Cash dividends                                                
    paid to share-
    holders..........        (3,205)       --         --          --      (3,205)   
  Other..............        (1,148)   (2,597)    (2,975)      6,937         217
                              -----     -----      -----      ------       -----
Net cash provided                                               
  (used) by financing
  activities.........         2,546   (10,537)     4,706      (1,926)     (5,211)
Effect of exchange                                                       
  rate changes on 
  cash and cash                                               
  equivalents........            --        --         --      (1,453)     (1,453)
                             ------    ------      ------      -----       ----- 
Net increase                                                    
  decrease) in cash
  and cash equiva-                                                 
  lents..............         1,184   (30,470)      2,902      5,727     (20,657)
Cash and cash                                                   
  equivalents,
  beginning of period            --    50,287      14,485     (5,727)     59,045
                             ------    ------      ------      -----      ------
Cash and cash                                                   
  equivalents, end
  of period..........       $ 1,184   $19,817     $17,387     $   --     $38,388
                             ======    ======      ======      =====      ======



</TABLE>




ITEM 2.  MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS
OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
- ------------------------------------------------


Results of Operations

Second Quarter of 1998 Compared to Second Quarter of 1997
- ---------------------------------------------------------

      The following table sets forth, for the periods indicated,  the
percentage relationship of each item to total revenue as well as  the
change  in  each line item as compared to the second quarter  of  the
prior year ($ in thousands):

                                    Three Months Ended June 30,     
                                  --------------------------------
                                       Revenue          Increase                
                                   Relationship        (Decrease)               
                                   -------------      ------------   
                                    1998   1997         $     Pct
                                    ----   ----      ------   ---- 
Revenue:                                                      
  Rental and service.........        80%    82%     $ 3,778     6%
  Sales and other............        20     18        2,549    19%
                                    ---    ---       ------
    Total revenue............       100%   100%       6,327     8%
                                                        
Rental expenses..............        52     52        3,175     8%
Cost of goods sold...........         7      7          300     5%
                                    ---    ---        ----- 
                    
    Gross profit ............        41     41        2,852     9%
Selling, general and                                    
  administrative expenses....        22     19        3,515    25%

                                                        
    Operating earnings......         19     22         (663)   (4%)
                                                        
Interest income.............         --     --         (288)  (67%)
Interest expense............        (14)    --      (11,983)    -
Foreign currency loss.......         --     --          (79)    -
                                    ---    ---       ------   
                                                        
    Earnings before income                        
      taxes and minority             
      interest..............          5     22      (13,013)  (78%)
                                                        
Income taxes................          2      9       (5,196)  (78%)
Minority interest in subsid-
  iary loss.................         --     --           43   205%
                                    ---    ---        -----          
                      
     Net earnings...........          3%    13%      (7,774)  (78%)
                                    ===    ===        =====          



      The  Company's  revenue is derived from three primary  markets.
The  following  table sets forth the amount of revenue  derived  from
each of these markets for the periods indicated ($ in millions):

                                       Three months ended
                                            June 30,
                                       -------------------     
                                         1998        1997
                                       --------    -------

     Domestic specialty surfaces.....  $  49.8     $  48.8
     International surfaces..........     17.5        16.4
     Medical devices.................     14.0         9.5
     Other...........................       .1          .3
                                        ------      ------
                                       $  81.4     $  75.0
                                        ======      ======     
 


ITEM 2.  MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS
OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS (CONTINUED)
- ------------------------------------------------------------

     Total  revenue in the second quarter of 1998 increased  8.4%  to
$81.4  million  from  $75.0 million in the second  quarter  of  1997.
Revenue  from  the Company's domestic specialty surface business  was
$49.8  million, up $1.0 million, or 2.0%, from $48.8 million  in  the
second  quarter  of  the prior year. The increased  revenue  was  due
primarily to the addition of RIK Medical, which the Company  acquired
in October 1997.  Therapy day growth has been substantially offset by
lower  overall prices due primarily to a change in product  mix  from
framed products to lower cost overlays.  Sales for the period grew as
a  percentage  of  total  revenue due to a combination  of  sales  of
disposable products associated with the Company's medical devices and
sales  of wound care dressings and related products which the Company
introduced in the current year.

     Revenue  from  the Company's international operations  increased
$1.1  million,  or 6.7%, to $17.5 million from $16.4 million  in  the
second  quarter of 1997.  The international revenue increase reflects
higher  therapy  days  in virtually all of the Company's  middle-tier
markets,  e.g., the Netherlands, Canada and Switzerland,  which  were
partially offset by softness in the United Kingdom and by unfavorable
currency exchange rate fluctuations of $1.7 million.

      Revenue  from medical device operations increased $4.5 million,
or 47.4%, to $14.0 million from $9.5 million in the second quarter of
1997,  due  substantially to growth in V.A.C. rentals in  the  United
States.   Rentals of the PlexiPulse vascular assistance  device  also
increased 10.6%, compared to the prior year, due to increased  market
penetration.

      Rental, or field, expenses increased $3.2 million, or 8.2%,  to
$42.1 million from $38.9 million in the second quarter of 1997.  This
increase  is  primarily  attributable to costs  associated  with  the
Ethos,  Equi-Tron and RIK Medical acquisitions completed during  1997
including increased equipment depreciation and field labor costs.  As
a  percentage of rental revenue, rental expenses were 64.7% and 63.5%
for the second quarter of 1998 and 1997, respectively.

      Cost of goods sold increased $300,000, or 5.2%, to $6.1 million
in the second quarter of 1998 from $5.8 million in the second quarter
of  1997. This increase was directly attributable to increased  sales
of disposables associated with the Company's medical devices.

      Gross  profit  increased 9.4% to $33.2 million  in  the  second
quarter of 1998 from $30.4 million in the second quarter of 1997  due
to  increased  rental  revenue as well as  increased  sales  volumes.
Gross  profit margin for the second quarter, as a percentage of total
revenue,  was  40.8%, compared with 40.5% for the second  quarter  of
1997.

       Selling,  general and administrative expenses  increased  $3.5
million,  or  24.9%, to $17.6 million in the second quarter  of  1998
from  $14.1 million in the second quarter of 1997. This increase  was
due  in  part  to  goodwill  amortization associated  with  the  1997
business  acquisitions, as well as increased legal  and  professional
fees.   The  legal  and  professional  fee  increase  was  caused  by
continuing   litigation  and  systems/process  improvement   projects
including the recent conversion of the Company's manufacturing system
to  an  Oracle platform.  As a percentage of total revenue,  selling,
general  and administrative expenses were 21.7% in the second quarter
of 1998 as compared to 18.8% in the second quarter of 1997.
     
     
     
ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS
OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS (CONTINUED)
- ------------------------------------------------------------
     
      As  a result of the increased SG&A spending, operating earnings
for  the  period  decreased 4.1% to $15.6 million compared  to  $16.2
million in the second quarter of 1997.

     Interest  income for the three months ended June  30,  1998  was
approximately  $140,000 compared to approximately  $430,000  in   the
prior   period.  The decrease in interest income resulted from  lower
invested cash balances due primarily to acquisition activities in the
first   nine  months  of  1997  and  the  leveraged  recapitalization
transactions completed during the fourth quarter of last year.

      Interest expense for the three months ended June 30,  1998  was
$12.0  million  compared to $32,000 for the second quarter  of  1997.
The  interest  expense  increase was due to interest  accrued  on  an
average  balance  of  approximately $515 million  in  long-term  debt
obligations associated with the recapitalization.

      Net  earnings decreased $7.8 million, or 78.1%, to $2.2 million
in  the  second  quarter  of 1998 from $10.0 million  in  the  second
quarter  of 1997. This decrease was due substantially to the increase
in interest expense as discussed above.

First Six Months of 1998 Compared to First Six Months of 1997

      The following table sets forth, for the periods indicated,  the
percentage relationship of each item to total revenue as well as  the
change  in each line item as compared to the first six months of  the
prior year ($ in thousands):

                                      Six Months Ended June 30,  
                                      ---------------------------
                                        Revenue       Increase                
                                     Relationship    (Decrease)               
                                     ------------    -----------
                                      1998   1997      $      Pct
                                     ------ -----    -----   ----
Revenue:                                                      
  Rental and service...........        80%    83%   $ 7,198    6%
  Sales and other..............        20     17      7,845   31%
                                      ---    ---     ------
    Total revenue..............       100%   100%    15,043   10%
                                                        
Rental expenses................        51     51      7,606   10%
Cost of goods sold.............         8      7      2,417   24%
                                      ---    ---     ------
                   
    Gross profit...............        41     42      5,020    8%
Selling, general and                                    
  administrative expenses......        21     20      4,710   16%
                                      ---    ---     ------         
    Operating earnings.........        20     22        310    1%
                                                        
Interest income................        --     --       (554) (59%)
Interest expense...............       (15)    --    (24,225)  -- 
Foreign currency loss..........        --     --       (241)  --
                                      ---    ---     ------    

    Earnings before income                        
      taxes and minority                    
      interest.................         5     22    (24,710) (74%)
                                                        
Income taxes...................         2      9     (9,874) (74%)
Minority interest in subsidiary                  
  loss.........................        --     --         45  214%
                                      ---    ---     ------                   
    Net earnings...............         3%    13%  $(14,791) (74%)
                                      ===    ===     ======        
                                                        


ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS
OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS (CONTINUED)
- -------------------------------------------------------------


      The  Company's  revenue is derived from three primary  markets.
The  following  table sets forth the amount of revenue  derived  from
each of these markets for the periods indicated ($ in millions):

                                        Six months ended
                                            June 30,
                                        -----------------
                                        1998        1997
                                        -----      -----
     Domestic specialty surfaces..    $ 101.6     $ 97.9
     International surfaces.......       34.2       32.4
     Medical devices..............       27.2       17.4
     Other........................         .3         .5
                                        -----      -----
                                      $ 163.3     $148.2
                                                
     
     Total  revenue  in the first six months of 1998 increased  $15.1
million, or 10.2%, to $163.3 million from $148.2 million in the first
six  months  of 1997.  Revenue from the Company's domestic  specialty
surface  business was $101.6 million, up $3.7 million, or 3.8%,  from
$97.9  million  in  the  first six months  of  the  prior  year.  The
increased revenue was due to a combination of higher patient  therapy
days  and the addition of RIK Medical, which the Company acquired  in
October  1997.   Sales for the period grew as a percentage  of  total
revenue  due substantially to sales of disposable products associated
with the Company's medical devices and wound care dressing products.

     Revenue  from  the Company's international operations  increased
$1.8 million, or 5.6%, to $34.2 million from $32.4 million in the six
months  ended  June  30,  1997.  The international  revenue  increase
reflects higher therapy days in virtually all of the Company's middle-
tier  markets,  e.g., the Netherlands, Canada and Switzerland,  which
were  largely  offset  by  softness in  the  United  Kingdom  and  by
unfavorable currency exchange rate fluctuations of approximately $2.4
million.

      Revenue  from medical device operations increased $9.8 million,
or  56.3% to $27.2 million from $17.4 million in the six months ended
June  30, 1997, due substantially to growth in V.A.C. rentals in  the
United  States.  Rentals of the PlexiPulse vascular assistance device
also  increased  28.2% during the first six months  of  1998  due  to
increased market penetration.

      Rental, or field, expenses increased $7.6 million, or 9.9%,  to
$84.2  million  from $76.6 million in the first half of  1997.   This
spending increase is primarily attributable to costs associated  with
the  four  business  acquisitions  completed  during  1997  including
increased  equipment  depreciation  and  field  labor  costs.   As  a
percentage  of rental revenue, rental expenses were 64.6%  and  62.2%
for the first half of 1998 and 1997, respectively.

      Cost  of  goods  sold in the first half of 1998 increased  $2.4
million, or 24.1%, to $12.4 million compared to $10.0 million in  the
first  six months of 1997. Cost of goods sold has increased primarily
due  to  increased sales of disposables associated with the Company's
medical devices.

      Gross  profit increased $5.0 million, or 8.2%, to $66.6 million
in  the first six months of 1998 from $61.6 million in the first  six
months  of 1997 due to  increased rental revenue as well as increased
sales  volumes.   Gross  profit margin  for  the  first  half,  as  a
percentage of total revenue, was 40.8%, down from 41.6% for the first
half  of  1997, due substantially to the relative increase in  rental
expenses for the period.


ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS
OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS (CONTINUED)
- ------------------------------------------------------------

      Selling, general and administrative expenses increased 16.2% to
$33.9  million in the first six months of 1998 from $29.1 million  in
the  first  six  months of 1997. This increase was  due  in  part  to
goodwill amortization associated with the 1997 business acquisitions,
as  well as increased legal and professional fees. As a percentage of
total  revenue,  selling,  general and administrative  expenses  were
20.7%  in the first half of 1998 as compared with 19.7% in the  first
half of 1997.

      Operating  earnings  for  the period increased  1.0%  to  $32.8
million  compared  to $32.4 million in the prior-year  quarter  as  a
result of the revenue growth discussed above.

     Interest  income  for the six months ended  June  30,  1998  was
approximately  $390,000 compared to approximately  $945,000  in   the
prior   period.  The decrease in interest income resulted from  lower
invested cash balances due primarily to acquisition activities in the
first   nine  months  of  1997  and  the  leveraged  recapitalization
transactions completed during the fourth quarter of the prior year.

      Interest  expense for the six months ended June  30,  1998  was
$24.3  million compared to $93,000 for the six months ended June  30,
1997.   The interest expense increase was due to interest accrued  on
an  average  balance of approximately $525 million in long-term  debt
obligations associated with the recapitalization.

      Net earnings decreased $14.8 million, or 74.1%, to $5.2 million
for  the  first half of 1998. This decrease was due substantially  to
the interest expense increase as discussed above.


Financial Condition
- -------------------

      The  change in revenue and expenses experienced by the  Company
during  the six months ended June 30, 1998 and other factors resulted
in changes to the Company's balance sheet as follows:

      Cash and cash equivalents were $8.8 million at June 30, 1998, a
decrease  of $52.9 million from December 1997.  The cash decrease  is
primarily    attributable   to   payments   associated    with    the
recapitalization,  including $32.3 million  for  first  quarter  1998
repurchases  of common stock and $18.4 million for the  repayment  of
long-term debt obligations.

      Accounts receivable at June 30, 1998 were $78.5 million, a $2.7
million, or 3.4%, decrease from year-end, due to cash collections  in
excess of billings.

      Prepaid  expenses  and other current assets  of  $13.3  million
decreased  28.0% as compared to $18.4 million at December  31,  1997.
This  change  resulted primarily from the refund of all 1997  federal
tax  payments  as the recapitalization transactions resulted  in  the
Company  recording  a  current  tax receivable  for  the  year  ended
December 31, 1997.
     
     Net  property,  plant and equipment at June 30,  1998  increased
9.9%  to $82.9 million from $75.4 million at December 31, 1997.   Net
capital  expenditures were $20.2 million during the first six  months
of   1998,  including  $8.3  million  of  additional  inventory  (raw
materials  and work-in-progress) to be converted into equipment   for
short-term  rentals.   Depreciation  and  amortization,  including

     
ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS
OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS (CONTINUED)
- ------------------------------------------------------------

Financial Condition (continued)
- -------------------------------

goodwill, for the first six months of 1998 totaled $15.5 million,  up
$4.5  million,  or 41.4%, from $11.0 million in the  same  period  of
1997.   Goodwill amortization accounted for $1.6 million of the year-
to-year increase.

     Accounts  payable and accrued liabilities at June 30, 1998  were
$6.5  million  and  $37.8 million, respectively,  compared  to  $40.4
million  and  $41.3 million, respectively, at the end of  1997.   The
decrease in accounts payable relates primarily to payments for shares
of  common  stock not tendered as of December 31, 1997.  Payments  in
connection  with  the H.F. Systems earnout and other operating  costs
accounted for the majority of the decrease in accrued liabilities.

       Long-term  debt  obligations,  including  current  maturities,
decreased $18.4 million to $516.3 million as of June 30, 1998 due  to
the repayment of a portion of the Company's revolving credit facility
in addition to scheduled principal payments.


Market Trends
- -------------

     The  health  care industry continues to face various challenges,
including  increased  pressure on health care  providers  to  control
costs,  the  accelerating  migration  of  patients  from  acute  care
facilities  into extended care (e.g. skilled nursing  facilities  and
rehabilitation centers) and home care settings, the consolidation  of
health  care  providers  and national and regional  group  purchasing
organizations and the growing demand for clinically proven  therapies
which lower the total cost of providing care.

      In  an  ongoing effort to reduce the federal deficit and  lower
overall  federal health care expenditures, President  Clinton  signed
into  law  the  Balanced Budget Act of 1997  (the  "BBA").   The  BBA
contains  a  number  of  provisions which  will  impact  the  federal
reimbursement of health care and reduce projected payments under  the
Medicare  system  by  $115 billion over the  next  five  years.   The
majority of the savings are scheduled for the fourth and fifth  years
of  this plan.  The provisions include (i) a reduction exceeding  $30
billion  in the level of payments made to acute care hospitals  under
Medicare  Part  A  over  the next five years (which  will  be  funded
primarily  through  a  reduction  in  future  consumer  price   index
increases);  (ii)  a change on July 1, 1998 in the  manner  in  which
skilled  nursing facilities ("SNFs") are reimbursed from a cost-based
system  to  a  prospective payment system under which the  SNFs  will
receive an all inclusive, case-mix-adjusted per diem payment for each
of  their Medicare patients; and (iii) a five-year freeze on consumer
price index updates for Medicare Part B services in the home and  the
implementation of competitive bidding trials for five  categories  of
home care products.

Less than 10% of the Company's revenue is received directly from  the
Medicare system.  However, many of the health care providers who  pay
the  Company  for  its products are reimbursed,  either  directly  or
indirectly, by the Federal government under the Medicare  system  for
the  use  of those products.  The Company  does not believe that  the
changes  introduced  by the BBA will have a material  impact  on  our
hospital  customers  or the dealers we partner with  in  home  health
care.  However, the changes to the Medicare system introduced by  the
BBA  has had an impact on the manner in which the  Company's extended
care  customers make purchasing decisions.


ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS
OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS (CONTINUED)
- ------------------------------------------------------------
     
Market Trends (continued)
- -------------------------

Because   the   Company   has  focused   on   providing    clinically
efficacious  and  cost effective products, it  believes  it  is  well
positioned  for the changes in extended care reimbursement introduced
by  the BBA.  These changes have impacted revenue in the short  term.
As  the  Company's extended care customers attempt to understand  the
impact  of  the changes on their respective businesses their  initial
reaction  has been to lower their average daily cost by changing  the
overall  product mix in their respective facilities.  The Company  is
introducing programs to its extended care customers which it believes
will address this trend.  The Company does not believe, however, that
any of the changes introduced by the BBA will have a material adverse
impact on its overall business.
     
     The   Company's   market  continues  to  increase   based   upon
demographic  trends  as most of the Company's patients  are  over  50
years old.  Further, its broad product line and national distribution
system  enable  it to compete effectively in the changing  healthcare
environment, particularly in light of consolidation of providers  and
purchasing groups.

      More  recently,  sales  have increased  as  a  portion  of  the
Company's  revenue.  The Company believes this  trend  will  continue
because certain U.S. health care providers are purchasing disposables
associated  with  the  Company's growing installed  base  of  medical
devices  and  select  low-end products that are  less  expensive  and
easier to maintain.  In addition, international health care providers
tend to purchase products more often than U.S. health care providers.


Legal Proceedings
- -----------------

     On  February 21, 1992, Novamedix Limited ("Novamedix")  filed  a
lawsuit  against the Company in the United States District Court  for
the  Western District of Texas. Novamedix manufactures the  principal
product which directly competes with the PlexiPulse. The suit alleges
that the PlexiPulse infringes several patents held by Novamedix, that
the Company breached a confidential relationship with Novamedix and a
variety  of  ancillary claims. Novamedix seeks injunctive relief  and
monetary   damages.  Initial  discovery  in  this   case   has   been
substantially  completed.  Although it is not  possible  to  reliably
predict the outcome of this litigation or the damages which could  be
awarded,  the Company believes that its defenses to these claims  are
meritorious and that the litigation will not have a material  adverse
effect  on the Company's business, financial condition or results  of
operations.

     On  August 16, 1995, the Company filed a civil antitrust lawsuit
against  Hillenbrand  Industries, Inc. and one of  its  subsidiaries,
Hill-Rom. The suit was filed in the United States District Court  for
the  Western  District of Texas. The suit alleges that Hill-Rom  used
its  monopoly power in the standard hospital bed business to gain  an
unfair   advantage   in   the  specialty   hospital   bed   business.
Specifically, the allegations set forth in the suit include  a  claim
that  Hill-Rom required hospitals and purchasing groups to  agree  to
exclusively  rent  specialty  beds in order  to  receive  substantial
discounts on products over which they have monopoly power -  hospital
beds  and  head  wall units. The suit further alleges  that  Hill-Rom
engaged in activities which constitute predatory pricing and refusals
to  deal. Hill-Rom has filed an answer denying the allegations in the
suit.  Although  discovery  has not been  completed  and  it  is  not
possible  to reliably predict the outcome of this litigation  or  the
damages which might be awarded, the Company believes that its  claims
are meritorious.


ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS
OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS (CONTINUED)
- ------------------------------------------------------------
     
Legal Proceedings (continued)
- -----------------------------
     
     On  October 31, 1996, the Company received a counterclaim  which
had  been  filed  by Hillenbrand Industries, Inc.  in  the  antitrust
lawsuit  which  the  Company filed in 1995. The counterclaim  alleges
that  the Company's antitrust lawsuit and other actions were designed
to enable KCI to monopolize the specialty therapeutic surface market.
Although it is not possible to reliably predict the outcome  of  this
litigation,  the  Company believes that the counterclaim  is  without
merit.

     On  December  26,  1996, Hill-Rom, a subsidiary  of  Hillenbrand
Industries,  Inc., filed a lawsuit against the Company alleging  that
the  Company's  TriaDyne bed infringes a patent issued  to  Hill-Rom.
This  suit  was  filed in the United States District  Court  for  the
District  of  South Carolina. The Company does not believe  that  the
TriaDyne  bed  infringes any valid claims of the Hill-Rom  patent  or
that  this  lawsuit  will  have  a material  adverse  impact  on  the
Company's business.

     The  Company  is  a  party to several lawsuits  arising  in  the
ordinary  course  of  its business, including  three  other  lawsuits
alleging  patent  infringement by the Company,  and  the  Company  is
contesting  adjustments proposed by the Internal Revenue  Service  to
prior  years' tax returns in Tax Court. Provisions have been made  in
the Company's financial statements for estimated exposures related to
these  lawsuits  and adjustments. In the opinion of  management,  the
disposition of these matters will not have a material adverse  effect
on   the  Company's  business,  financial  condition  or  results  of
operations.

     The  manufacturing and marketing of medical products necessarily
entails  an  inherent risk of product liability claims.  The  Company
currently  has  certain product liability claims  pending  for  which
provision  has  been  made  in  the Company's  financial  statements.
Management believes that resolution of these claims will not  have  a
material   adverse  effect  on  the  Company's  business,   financial
condition  or results of operations. The Company has not  experienced
any significant losses due to product liability claims and management
believes  that  the  Company currently maintains  adequate  liability
insurance coverage.


Liquidity and Capital Resources
- -------------------------------

      At  June  30,  1998, the Company had current assets  of  $125.4
million  and  current  liabilities of $51.3 million  resulting  in  a
working  capital surplus of $74.0 million, compared to a  surplus  of
$96.4 million at December 31, 1997.

      During  the  first half of 1998, the Company made  net  capital
expenditures  of $20.2 million, including inventory to  be  converted
into  equipment  for  short rentals of $8.3 million.   The  Company's
current  budget  for  capital  expenditures  for  1998,  other   than
acquisition expenditures, is $30.5 million and consists primarily  of
rental  product  additions. Other than commitments  for  new  product
inventory, including disposable "for sale" products, of $6.1 million,
the  Company  has no material long-term capital commitments  and  can
adjust the level of capital expenditures as circumstances warrant.

      The Company's principal sources of liquidity are expected to be
cash  flows from operating activities and borrowings under the Senior
Credit  Facilities.   It is anticipated that the Company's  principal
uses of liquidity will be to fund capital expenditures related to the
Company's rental products, provide needed working capital, meet  debt
service requirements and finance the Company's strategic plans.


ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS
OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS (CONTINUED)
- -----------------------------------------------------------

Liquidity and Capital Resources (continued)
- ------------------------------------------

      The  Senior Credit Facilities originally totaled $400.0 million
and  consist  of  (i)  a  $50.0  million  six-year  Revolving  Credit
Facility, (ii) a $50.0 million six-year Acquisition Facility, (iii) a
$120.0  million six-year amortizing Term Loan A, (iv) a $90.0 million
seven-year  amortizing Term Loan B and (v) a $90.0 million eight-year
amortizing  Term Loan C, (collectively, the "Term Loans").  The  Term
Loans were fully drawn to finance a portion of the Tender Offer,  and
scheduled  principal payments totaling $2.4 million were  made  in  a
timely manner.  The Acquisition Facility was partially drawn to,   in
effect,   finance   the  RIK  Medical acquisition.   The  Acquisition
Facility  provides  the Company with financing  to  pursue  strategic
acquisition  opportunities, and will remain available to the  Company
until December 31, 2000, at which time it will begin to amortize over
the  remaining  three years of the facility.  The Company  originally
utilized  borrowings under the Revolving Facility to help effect  the
Tender  Offer and pay related fees and expenses.  While  the  Company
reduced borrowings under this facility by $16.0 million in the  first
half  of  1998, it has utilized and will utilize borrowings  to  fund
capital expenditures and meet working capital needs.

      The  Term  Loans and the Notes are subject to customary  terms,
covenants and conditions which partially restrict the uses of  future
cash  flow  by the Company.  The Company does not expect  that  these
covenants and conditions will have a material adverse impact  on  its
operations.   At  June  30, 1998, the Revolving Credit  Facility  and
Acquisition Facility had balances of $8.5 million and $10.0  million,
respectively.   Correspondingly,  the  aggregate  availability  under
these two facilities was $81.5 million.

     The Senior Credit Agreement requires the Company to meet certain
financial  tests,  including minimum levels  of  EBITDA  (as  defined
therein),  minimum  interest  coverage, maximum  leverage  ratio  and
capital  expenditures.   The  Bank  Credit  Agreement  also  contains
covenants  which,  among  other  things,  limit  the  incurrence   of
additional indebtedness, investments, dividends, loans and  advances,
capital  expenditures,  transactions with  affiliates,  asset  sales,
acquisitions,  mergers  and  consolidations,  prepayments  of   other
indebtedness (including the Notes), liens and encumbrances and  other
matters customarily restricted in such agreements.  The Company is in
compliance with the applicable covenants at June 30, 1998.

      The  Senior  Credit  Agreement  contains  customary  events  of
default,  including  payment defaults, breach of representations  and
warranties,  covenant  defaults,  cross-defaults  to  certain   other
indebtedness,  certain events of bankruptcy and insolvency,  failures
under  ERISA  plans,  judgment defaults,  failure  of  any  guaranty,
security   document  security  interest  or  subordination  provision
supporting  the Bank Credit Agreement to be in full force and  effect
and change of control of the Company.

     As part of the Recapitalization transactions, the Company issued
$200.0  million of Senior Subordinated Notes (the "Notes") due  2007.
The   Notes  are  unsecured  obligations  of  the  Company,   ranking
subordinate in right of payment to all senior debt of the Company and
will mature on November 1, 2007.




ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS
OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS (CONTINUED)
- ------------------------------------------------------------

Liquidity and Capital Resources (continued)
- -------------------------------------------

      The  Notes  are  not entitled to the benefit of  any  mandatory
sinking  fund. The Notes will be redeemable, at the Company's option,
in  whole  at  any time or in part from time to time,  on  and  after
November  1,  2002,  upon not less than 30 nor  more  than  60  days'
notice,  at the following redemption prices (expressed as percentages
of  the principal amount thereof) if redeemed during the twelve-month
period commencing on November 1 of the year set forth below, plus, in
each  case, accrued and unpaid interest thereon, if any, to the  date
of redemption.


     Year                                    Percentage
     ----                                    ----------             
     2002..................................  104.813%
     2003..................................  103.208%
     2004..................................  101.604%
     2005 and thereafter...................  100.000%
                                             


      As  of  June  30,  1998  the entire $200.0  million  of  Senior
Subordinated Notes was issued and outstanding.

      At  June  30,  1998,  the  Company was  committed  to  purchase
approximately $6.1 million of inventory associated with new  products
over  the remainder of this year.  The Company did not have any other
material purchase commitments.

                     PART II - OTHER INFORMATION

ITEM 6.  EXHIBITS AND REPORTS ON FORM 8-K
- ------------------------------------------

     (a)  EXHIBITS

           A  list of all exhibits filed or included as part of  this
quarterly report on Form 10-Q is as follows:

         Exhibit                   Description
         -------                   -----------
                  
            3.1   Restatement   of  Articles  of  Incorporation
                  (filed   as  Exhibit  3.2  to  the  Company's
                  Registration  Statement  on  Form   S-1,   as
                  amended  (Registration  No.  33-21353),   and
                  incorporated herein by reference).
                  
            3.2   Restated  By-Laws  of the Company  (filed  as
                  Exhibit  3.3  to  the Company's  Registration
                  Statement    on   Form   S-1,   as    amended
                  (Registration No. 33-21353), and incorporated
                  herein by reference).
                  
            4.1   Specimen  Common  Stock  Certificate  of  the
                  Company  (filed as Exhibit 4.1 to the  Annual
                  Report  on  Form  10-K  for  the  year  ended
                  December 31, 1988, and incorporated herein by
                  reference).
                  
           10.1   Agreement  dated September 29, 1987,  by  and
                  between  the  Company and  Hill-Rom  Company,
                  Inc.  (filed as Exhibit 10.7 to the Company's
                  Registration  Statement  on  Form   S-1,   as
                  amended  (Registration  No.  33-21353),   and
                  incorporated herein by reference).
                  
           10.2   Employment   and  Non-Competition   Agreement
                  dated  December 26, 1986, by and between  the
                  Company  and James R. Leininger, M.D.  (filed
                  as    Exhibit   10.10   to   the    Company's
                  Registration  Statement  on  Form   S-1,   as
                  amended  (Registration  No.  33-21353),   and
                  incorporated herein by reference).
                  
           10.3   Contract  dated September 30,  1985,  by  and
                  between  Ryder  Truck Rental,  Inc.  and  the
                  Company  regarding  the  rental  of  delivery
                  trucks   (filed  as  Exhibit  10.23  to   the
                  Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1,
                  as  amended (Registration No. 33-21353),  and
                  incorporated herein by reference).
                  
           10.4   1988  Kinetic Concepts, Inc. Directors  Stock
                  Option  Plan (filed as Exhibit 10.26  to  the
                  Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1,
                  as  amended (Registration No. 33-21353),  and
                  incorporated herein by reference).
                  
                  
         
         EXHIBITS (continued)
         --------------------                  
                  
           10.5   Kinetic   Concepts,   Inc.   Employee   Stock
                  Ownership  Plan  and Trust dated  January  1,
                  1989  (filed as Exhibit 10.2 to the Company's
                  Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter
                  ended  June 30, 1989, and incorporated herein
                  by reference).
                  
           10.6   1987  Key  Contributor Stock Option Plan,  as
                  amended,  dated  October 27, 1989  (filed  as
                  Exhibit  10.9 to the Company's Annual  Report
                  on  Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,
                  1989, and incorporated herein by reference).
                  
           10.7   Amendment  No. 1 to Asset Purchase  Agreement
                  dated September 30, 1994 by and among Kinetic
                  Concepts,  Inc.,  a  Texas  corporation,  KCI
                  Therapeutic   Services,  Inc.,   a   Delaware
                  corporation, MEDIQ Incorporated,  a  Delaware
                  corporation, PRN Holdings, Inc.,  a  Delaware
                  corporation   and  MEDIQ/PRN   Life   Support
                  Services-I,   Inc.,  a  Delaware  corporation
                  (filed as Exhibit 2.2 to the Company's Form 8-
                  K  dated  October 17, 1994, and  incorporated
                  herein by reference).
                  
           10.17  Credit  Agreement dated as of May 8, 1995  by
                  and  among  the Company and Bank  of  America
                  National  Trust  and Savings Association,  as
                  Agent  (filed as Exhibit 10 to the  Company's
                  Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter
                  ended March 31, 1995, and incorporated herein
                  by reference).
                  
           10.18  Purchasing Agreement, dated February 1, 1994,
                  between    the   Company,   KCI   Therapeutic
                  Services,  Inc.  and Voluntary  Hospitals  of
                  America, Inc.(filed as Exhibit 10.18  to  the
                  Company's Amended Annual Report on  Form  10-
                  K/A,  dated  January 23, 1996, for  the  year
                  ended  December  31, 1994,  and  incorporated
                  herein by reference).
                  
           10.19  Rental/Purchasing Agreement, dated  April  1,
                  1993  between  the Company,  KCI  Therapeutic
                  Services,  Inc. and AmHS Purchasing Partners,
                  L.P. (filed as Exhibit 10.19 to the Company's
                  Amended  Annual Report on Form 10-K/A,  dated
                  January 23, 1996, for the year ended December
                  31,   1994,   and  incorporated   herein   by
                  reference).
                  
           10.20  KCI  Management 1994 Incentive Program (filed
                  as  Exhibit  10.20  to the Company's  Amended
                  Annual  Report on Form 10-K/A, dated  January
                  23,  1996,  for the year ended  December  31,
                  1994, and incorporated herein by reference).
                  
                  
         EXHIBITS (continued)
         --------------------                  
                  
           10.21  KCI  Employee Benefits Trust Agreement (filed
                  as  Exhibit  10.21  to the Company's  Amended
                  Annual  Report on Form 10-K/A, dated  January
                  23,  1996,  for the year ended  December  31,
                  1994, and incorporated herein by reference).
                  
           10.22  Letter,  dated September 19, 1994,  from  the
                  Company to Raymond R. Hannigan outlining  the
                  terms  of  his employment (filed  as  Exhibit
                  10.22  to the Company's Amended Annual Report
                  on  Form 10-K/A, dated January 23, 1996,  for
                  the   year  ended  December  31,  1994,   and
                  incorporated herein by reference).
                  
           10.23  Letter,  dated  November 22, 1994,  from  the
                  Company  to  Christopher M. Fashek  outlining
                  the terms of his employment (filed as Exhibit
                  10.23  to the Company's Amended Annual Report
                  on  Form 10-K/A, dated January 23, 1996,  for
                  the   year  ended  December  31,  1994,   and
                  incorporated herein by reference).
                  
           10.24  Option  Agreement, dated November  21,  1994,
                  between   Dr.  James  R.  Leininger,  Cecilia
                  Leininger  and Raymond R. Hannigan (filed  as
                  Exhibit 10.24 to the Company's Amended Annual
                  Report  on  Form  10-K/A, dated  January  23,
                  1996,  for the year ended December 31,  1994,
                  and incorporated herein by reference).
                  
           10.25  Option  Agreement,  dated  August  23,  1995,
                  between   Dr.  James  R.  Leininger,  Cecilia
                  Leininger  and  Bianca A.  Rhodes  (filed  as
                  Exhibit 10.25 to the Company's Amended Annual
                  Report  on  Form  10-K/A, dated  January  23,
                  1996,  for the year ended December 31,  1994,
                  and incorporated herein by reference).
                  
           10.26  Stock Purchase Agreement dated June 15,  1995
                  among  KCI Financial Services, Inc.,  Kinetic
                  Concepts, Inc., Cura Capital Corporation,  MG
                  Acquisition  Corporation  and  the  Principal
                  Shareholders  of  Cura  Capital   Corporation
                  (filed   as   Exhibit  10  to  the  Company's
                  Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter
                  ended  June 30, 1995, and incorporated herein
                  by reference).
                  
           10.27  Promissory Note dated August 21, 1995 in  the
                  principal  amount of $10,000,000  payable  to
                  James  R.  Leininger, M.D. to  the  order  of
                  Kinetic  Concepts, Inc., a Texas  corporation
                  (filed   as  Exhibit  2.2  to  the  Company's
                  Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter
                  ended  September  30, 1995, and  incorporated
                  herein by reference).
                  
                  
                  
         EXHIBITS (continued)
         -------------------                  
                  
           10.28  Stock Pledge Agreement dated August 21,  1995
                  by  and between James R. Leininger, M.D.  and
                  Kinetic  Concepts, Inc., a Texas  corporation
                  (filed   as  Exhibit  2.3  to  the  Company's
                  Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter
                  ended  September  30, 1995, and  incorporated
                  herein by reference).
                  
           10.29  Executive  Committee  Stock  Ownership   Plan
                  (filed   as   Exhibit  10  to  the  Company's
                  Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter
                  ended  June 30, 1995, and incorporated herein
                  by reference).
                  
           10.30  Deferred Compensation Plan (filed as  Exhibit
                  99.2  to  the Company's Quarterly  Report  on
                  Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30,
                  1995 and incorporated herein by reference).
                  
           10.31  Kinetic Concepts, Inc. Senior Executive Stock
                  Option  Plan (filed as Exhibit 10.31  to  the
                  Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for  the
                  year ended December 31, 1996 and incorporated
                  herein by reference).
         
           10.32  Form  of  Option Instrument with  respect  to
                  Senior Executive Stock Option Plan (filed  as
                  Exhibit 10.32 to the Company's Annual  Report
                  on  Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,
                  1996 and incorporated herein by reference).
                  
           10.33  Asset  Purchase  Agreement dated  January  3,
                  1997 by and among Trac Medical, Inc., a North
                  Carolina  corporation, Terry Williams,  David
                  Mattis,  George  Parrish and KCI  Therapeutic
                  Services,  Inc., a Delaware corporation(filed
                  as  Exhibit 10.33 to the Company's  Quarterly
                  Report  on  Form 10-Q for the  quarter  ended
                  March  31,  1997 and incorporated  herein  by
                  reference).
                  
           10.34  Asset  Purchase Agreement dated  January  27,
                  1997  by   and among Hydrothermic  Floatation
                  Systems,  Inc., a California corporation,  Y.
                  Jeremy  Levy  and  KCI Therapeutic  Services,
                  Inc.,   a  Delaware  corporation  (filed   as
                  Exhibit  10.34  to  the  Company's  Quarterly
                  Report  on  Form 10-Q for the  quarter  ended
                  March  31,  1997 and incorporated  herein  by
                  reference).
                  
           10.35  Agreement for the sale and purchase of 80% of
                  the  issued  share capital of  Ethos  Medical
                  Group  Limited  by  KCI  International,  Inc.
                  dated  April 18, 1997 (filed as Exhibit 10.35
                  to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-
                  Q  for  the quarter ended June 30,  1997  and
                  incorporated herein by reference.)
                  
         
         EXHIBITS (continued)
         --------------------
                  
           10.36  Asset Purchase Agreement made as of July  31,
                  1997 between KCI Equi-Tron, Inc. as Purchaser
                  and  James  H. Alexander, Elleanor  Alexander
                  and  Scott  Alexander as  vendors  (filed  as
                  Exhibit  10.36  to  the  Company's  Quarterly
                  Report  on  Form 10-Q for the  quarter  ended
                  September 30, 1997 and incorporated herein by
                  reference.)
                  
           10.37  Transaction Agreement, dated as of October 2,
                  1997, among Fremont Purchaser II, Inc.,  RCBA
                  Purchaser  I, L.P. and the Company (filed  as
                  Exhibit (c)(1) to the Company's Schedule 13E-
                  3  dated  October  8, 1997, and  incorporated
                  herein by reference.)
                  
           10.38  Kinetic Concepts, Inc. Management Equity Plan
                  (filed  as  Exhibit (c)(4) to  the  Company's
                  Schedule  13E-3 dated October  8,  1997,  and
                  incorporated herein by reference.)
                  
           10.39  Management  Equity Agreement for  Raymond  R.
                  Hannigan,  dated October 2,  1997  (filed  as
                  Exhibit (c)(6) to the Company's Schedule 13E-
                  3  dated  October  8, 1997, and  incorporated
                  herein by reference.)
                  
           10.40  Offer  to  Purchase, dated  October  8,  1997
                  (filed  as  Exhibit (d)(1) to  the  Company's
                  Schedule  13E-3 dated October  8,  1997,  and
                  incorporated herein by reference.)
                  
           10.41  Kinetic   Concepts  Management  Equity   Plan
                  effective  October 1, 1997 (filed as  Exhibit
                  10.33   on  Form  10-K  for  the  year  ended
                  December 31, 1997, and incorporated herein by
                  reference.)
                  
           22.1   List  of Subsidiaries (filed as Exhibit  22.1
                  to  the Company's Annual Report on Form  10-K
                  for  the  year  ended December 31,  1997  and
                  incorporated herein by reference.)
                  
          *27.1   Financial Data Schedule.
                  
Note: (*) Exhibits filed herewith.


     (b)  REPORTS ON FORM 8-K

          No reports on Form 8-K have been filed during the quarter
for which this report is filed.

                                  
                                  
                             SIGNATURES



      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.



          KINETIC CONCEPTS, INC.
          (REGISTRANT)



          By:  /s/ RAYMOND HANNIGAN
               --------------------
               Raymond Hannigan
               President and Chief Executive Officer



          By:  /s/ MARTIN J. LANDON
               --------------------
               Martin J. Landon
               Vice President, Accounting and
                  Corporate Controller



Date:  August 14, 1998



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