<PAGE>   1
     As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 14, 1997


                                                Registration No. 333-__________
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

                                ----------------

                                    FORM S-8

                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                      UNDER
                           THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

                                ----------------

                                   LASERSCOPE
             (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

            CALIFORNIA                               77-0049527
      (State of incorporation)           (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

                               3052 ORCHARD DRIVE
                         SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA 95134-2011
                    (Address of principal executive offices)
                             -----------------------

                             1994 STOCK OPTION PLAN
                            (Full title of the Plan)
                             -----------------------

                               ROBERT V. McCORMICK
                      PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
                                   LASERSCOPE
                               3052 ORCHARD DRIVE
                         SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA 95134-2011
                                 (408) 943-0636
 (Name, address and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

                             -----------------------
                                    Copy to:

                                ELIAS J. BLAWIE,
                               THOMAS H. TOBIASON
                                Venture Law Group
                               2800 Sand Hill Road
                          Menlo Park, California 94025
                                 (415) 854-4488


<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                        CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                     Proposed      
                                                Maximum Amount        Maximum      Proposed Maximum       Amount of
                                                     to be        Offering Price       Aggregate        Registration
    Title of Securities to be Registered         Registered(1)       Per Share      Offering Price          Fee
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                                               <C>                <C>              <C>                 <C> 
1994 STOCK OPTION PLAN
   Common Stock,
   $0.01 par value..........................       400,000 shares    $5.31(2)          $2,125,000.00      $643.94

                                                   400,000 shares    $5.31             $2,125,000.00      $643.94
          Total
</TABLE>



-----------------------

(1)      This Registration Statement shall also cover any additional shares of
         Common Stock which become issuable under the Plan being registered
         pursuant to this Registration Statement by reason of any stock
         dividend, stock split, recapitalization or any other similar
         transaction effected without the receipt of consideration which results
         in an increase in the number of the Registrant's outstanding shares of
         Common Stock. Excludes all shares previously registered under
         Registrant's 1994 Stock Option Plan on Form S-8 (File No.: 333-11795;
         File No.: 333-07103).

(2)      Computed in accordance with Rule 457(h) under the Securities
         Act of 1933 (the "Securities Act") solely for the purpose of
         calculating the registration fee. The computation is based upon the
         average of the high and low sales prices of the Registrant's Common
         Stock as reported on the Nasdaq National Market on July 10, 1997.
<PAGE>   2

                                     PART II
               INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

         The contents of the Registrant's Form S-8 Registration Statement filed
September 11, 1996 (File No.: 333-11795) are hereby incorporated by reference.

Item 8.        EXHIBITS.

               Exhibit
                Number

                  5.1         Opinion of Venture Law Group, A Professional 
                              Corporation.

                  23.1        Consent of Venture Law Group, A Professional
                              Corporation (included in Exhibit 5.1).

                  23.2        Consent of Independent Auditors.

                  24.1        Powers of Attorney (see p. 3).



















<PAGE>   3

                                   SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant,
Laserscope, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of
California, certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets
all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this
Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the City of San Jose, State of California, on July 14, 1997.

                                         LASERSCOPE

                                         By: /s/ Robert V. McCormick
                                            ----------------------------------
                                            Robert V. McCormick, President and
                                            Chief Executive Officer



                                POWER OF ATTORNEY


KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears
below constitutes and appoints Robert V. McCormick and Dennis LaLumandiere,
jointly and severally, his or her attorneys-in-fact and agents, each with the
power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name,
place or stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any amendments to this
Registration Statement on Form S-8, and to file such amendments, together with
exhibits and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, granting to each attorney-in-fact and agent, full power and
authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary
to be done in and about the premises, as fully as he or she might or could do in
person, and ratifying and confirming all that the attorneys-in-fact and agents,
or his or her substitute or substitutes, may do or cause to be done by virtue
hereof.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration
Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the
dates indicated.


<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
               Signature                                    Title                                    Date
               ---------                                    -----                                    ----
<S>                                      <C>                                                      <C> 

/s/ Benjamin L. Holmes                   Chairman of the Board of Directors                        July 14, 1997
------------------------------------
(Benjamin L. Holmes)

                                         
/s/ Robert V. McCormick                  President, Chief Executive Officer and                    July 14, 1997
------------------------------------     Director
(Robert V. McCormick) 


/s/ Dennis LaLumandiere                  Vice President of Finance and Chief                       July 14, 1997
------------------------------------     Financial Officer (Principal Financial
(Dennis LaLumandiere)                    and Accounting Officer)



/s/ David Cohen                          Director                                                  July 14, 1997
------------------------------------
(David Cohen)

/s/ Klaus Goffloo
------------------------------------     Director                                                  July 14, 1997
(Klaus Goffloo)

/s/ Thomas Ihlenfeldt
------------------------------------     Director                                                  July 14, 1997
(Thomas Ihlenfeldt)
</TABLE>



<PAGE>   4


<TABLE>
<S>                                      <C>                                                      <C>

------------------------------------     Director                                                      __, 1997
(E. Walter Lange)


/s/ Rodney Perkins                       Director                                                 July 14, 1997
------------------------------------
(Rodney Perkins, M.D.)


/s/ Robert J. Pressley                   Director                                                 July 14, 1997
-----------------------------------
(Robert J. Pressley, Ph.D.)
</TABLE>





<PAGE>   5

                                INDEX TO EXHIBITS


  Exhibit      
   Number                         Description
 ---------    --------------------------------------------------------

     5.1      Opinion of Venture Law Group, A Professional Corporation

    23.1      Consent of Venture Law Group, A Professional Corporation
              (included in Exhibit 5.1).

    23.2      Consent of Independent Auditors.

    24.1      Powers of Attorney (see p.3).
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1
     As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 14, 1997

                                                Registration No. 333-__________
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

                                ----------------

                                    FORM S-8

                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                      UNDER
                           THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

                                ----------------

                                   LASERSCOPE
             (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

            CALIFORNIA                               77-0049527
      (State of incorporation)           (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

                               3052 ORCHARD DRIVE
                         SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA 95134-2011
                    (Address of principal executive offices)
                             -----------------------

                             1994 STOCK OPTION PLAN
                            (Full title of the Plan)
                             -----------------------

                               ROBERT V. McCORMICK
                      PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
                                   LASERSCOPE
                               3052 ORCHARD DRIVE
                         SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA 95134-2011
                                 (408) 943-0636
 (Name, address and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

                             -----------------------
                                    Copy to:

                                ELIAS J. BLAWIE,
                               THOMAS H. TOBIASON
                                Venture Law Group
                               2800 Sand Hill Road
                          Menlo Park, California 94025
                                 (415) 854-4488
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                        CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                     Proposed      
                                                Maximum Amount        Maximum      Proposed Maximum       Amount of
                                                     to be        Offering Price       Aggregate        Registration
    Title of Securities to be Registered         Registered(1)       Per Share      Offering Price          Fee
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1994 STOCK OPTION PLAN
   Common Stock,
   $0.01 par value..........................       400,000 shares    $5.31(2)          $2,125,000.00      $643.94

                                                   400,000 shares    $5.31             $2,125,000.00      $643.94
          Total
-----------------------

(1)      This Registration Statement shall also cover any additional shares of
         Common Stock which become issuable under the Plan being registered
         pursuant to this Registration Statement by reason of any stock
         dividend, stock split, recapitalization or any other similar
         transaction effected without the receipt of consideration which results
         in an increase in the number of the Registrant's outstanding shares of
         Common Stock. Excludes all shares previously registered under
         Registrant's 1994 Stock Option Plan on Form S-8 (File No.: 333-11795;
         File No.: 333-07103).

(2)      Computed in accordance with Rule 457(h) under the Securities
         Act of 1933 (the "Securities Act") solely for the purpose of
         calculating the registration fee. The computation is based upon the
         average of the high and low sales prices of the Registrant's Common
         Stock as reported on the Nasdaq National Market on July 10, 1997.
2

                                     PART II
               INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

         The contents of the Registrant's Form S-8 Registration Statement filed
September 11, 1996 (File No.: 333-11795) are hereby incorporated by reference.

Item 8.        EXHIBITS.

               Exhibit
                Number

                  5.1         Opinion of Venture Law Group, A Professional 
                              Corporation.

                  23.1        Consent of Venture Law Group, A Professional
                              Corporation (included in Exhibit 5.1).

                  23.2        Consent of Independent Auditors.

                  24.1        Powers of Attorney (see p. 3).
3

                                   SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant,
Laserscope, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of
California, certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets
all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this
Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the City of San Jose, State of California, on July 14, 1997.

                                         LASERSCOPE

                                         By: /s/ Robert V. McCormick
                                            ----------------------------------
                                            Robert V. McCormick, President and
                                            Chief Executive Officer

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears
below constitutes and appoints Robert V. McCormick and Dennis LaLumandiere,
jointly and severally, his or her attorneys-in-fact and agents, each with the
power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name,
place or stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any amendments to this
Registration Statement on Form S-8, and to file such amendments, together with
exhibits and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, granting to each attorney-in-fact and agent, full power and
authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary
to be done in and about the premises, as fully as he or she might or could do in
person, and ratifying and confirming all that the attorneys-in-fact and agents,
or his or her substitute or substitutes, may do or cause to be done by virtue
hereof.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration
Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the
dates indicated.
Signature                                    Title                                    Date
               ---------                                    -----                                    ----
/s/ Benjamin L. Holmes                   Chairman of the Board of Directors                        July 14, 1997
------------------------------------
(Benjamin L. Holmes)

                                         
/s/ Robert V. McCormick                  President, Chief Executive Officer and                    July 14, 1997
------------------------------------     Director
(Robert V. McCormick) 

/s/ Dennis LaLumandiere                  Vice President of Finance and Chief                       July 14, 1997
------------------------------------     Financial Officer (Principal Financial
(Dennis LaLumandiere)                    and Accounting Officer)

/s/ David Cohen                          Director                                                  July 14, 1997
------------------------------------
(David Cohen)

/s/ Klaus Goffloo
------------------------------------     Director                                                  July 14, 1997
(Klaus Goffloo)

/s/ Thomas Ihlenfeldt
------------------------------------     Director                                                  July 14, 1997
(Thomas Ihlenfeldt)
4
------------------------------------     Director                                                      __, 1997
(E. Walter Lange)

/s/ Rodney Perkins                       Director                                                 July 14, 1997
------------------------------------
(Rodney Perkins, M.D.)

/s/ Robert J. Pressley                   Director                                                 July 14, 1997
-----------------------------------
(Robert J. Pressley, Ph.D.)
5

                                INDEX TO EXHIBITS

  Exhibit      
   Number                         Description
 ---------    --------------------------------------------------------

     5.1      Opinion of Venture Law Group, A Professional Corporation

    23.1      Consent of Venture Law Group, A Professional Corporation
              (included in Exhibit 5.1).

    23.2      Consent of Independent Auditors.

    24.1      Powers of Attorney (see p.3).