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                  UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              Washington, D.C.  20549
  
                                          
                                      FORM 8-K
  
  
                                   CURRENT REPORT
  
                                          
                                          
       PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
                                          
  
                          Date of Report:  August 17, 1998
  
  
                          Commission File Number:  0-26208
  
  
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                                  KERAVISION, INC.
                                          
               (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its Charter)
  
  
       DELAWARE                                               77-0328942
  (State of Incorporation)                                 (I.R.S. Employer
                                                          Identification No.)
                                          
  
                                48630 MILMONT DRIVE
                                 FREMONT, CA  94538
                      (Address of principal executive offices)
  
  
                                   (510) 353-3000
                          (Registrant's telephone number)
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  ITEM 5.  OTHER EVENTS
  
            ON JULY 23, 1998, KERAVISION, INC. ANNOUNCED SECOND QUARTER FINANCIAL
       RESULTS. FURTHER DETAILS REGARDING THIS ANNOUNCEMENT ARE CONTAINED IN THE
       COMPANY'S NEW RELEASE DATED JULY 23, 1998, ATTACHED AS EXHIBIT HERETO AND
       INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE HEREIN.
  
            ON JULY 23, 1998, KERAVISION, INC. ANNOUNCED THE APPOINTMENT OF DAVID
       F. HENIGES TO THE POST OF  VICE PRESIDENT-EUROPE.  FURTHER DETAILS
       REGARDING THIS ANNOUNCEMENT ARE CONTAINED IN THE COMPANY'S NEWS RELEASE
       DATED JULY 23, 1998, ATTACHED AS EXHIBIT HERETO AND INCORPORATED BY
       REFERENCE HEREIN.
  
            ON AUGUST 3, 1998, KERAVISION, INC. ANNOUNCED THE ELECTION OF PETER L.
       WILSON TO ITS BOARD OF DIRECTORS.  FURTHER DETAIL REGARDING THIS
       ANNOUNCEMENT IN THE COMPANY'S NEWS RELEASE DATED AUGUST 3, 1998, ATTACHED
       AS EXHIBIT HERETO AND INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE HEREIN.
  
  
  ITEM 7.  FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, PRO FORMA FINANCIAL INFORMATION AND EXHIBITS
  
           (a)   Exhibits:
  
                    99.1    KeraVision, Inc. News Release dated July 23, 1998.
   
                    99.2    KeraVision, Inc. News Release dated July 23, 1998.
  
                    99.3    KeraVision, Inc. News Release dated August 3, 1998.
  
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                                     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.
  
                                      KERAVISION, INC.
  
  
  
                                      /s/Mark Fischer-Colbrie
                                      -----------------------
                                      Mark Fischer-Colbrie
                                      Vice President, Finance and
                                      Administration and Chief Financial
                                      Officer(Principal Financial and
                                      Accounting Officer)
  
  
  
  Date:  August 17, 1998
  
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                  UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              Washington, D.C.  20549
  
                                          
                                      FORM 8-K
  
                                   CURRENT REPORT
  
                                          
                                          
       PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
                                          
  
                          Date of Report:  August 17, 1998
  
                          Commission File Number:  0-26208
  
  ================================================================================
  
                                          
                                  KERAVISION, INC.
                                          
               (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its Charter)
  
       DELAWARE                                               77-0328942
  (State of Incorporation)                                 (I.R.S. Employer
                                                          Identification No.)
                                          
  
                                48630 MILMONT DRIVE
                                 FREMONT, CA  94538
                      (Address of principal executive offices)
  
                                   (510) 353-3000
                          (Registrant's telephone number)
  ITEM 5.  OTHER EVENTS
  
            ON JULY 23, 1998, KERAVISION, INC. ANNOUNCED SECOND QUARTER FINANCIAL
       RESULTS. FURTHER DETAILS REGARDING THIS ANNOUNCEMENT ARE CONTAINED IN THE
       COMPANY'S NEW RELEASE DATED JULY 23, 1998, ATTACHED AS EXHIBIT HERETO AND
       INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE HEREIN.
  
            ON JULY 23, 1998, KERAVISION, INC. ANNOUNCED THE APPOINTMENT OF DAVID
       F. HENIGES TO THE POST OF  VICE PRESIDENT-EUROPE.  FURTHER DETAILS
       REGARDING THIS ANNOUNCEMENT ARE CONTAINED IN THE COMPANY'S NEWS RELEASE
       DATED JULY 23, 1998, ATTACHED AS EXHIBIT HERETO AND INCORPORATED BY
       REFERENCE HEREIN.
  
            ON AUGUST 3, 1998, KERAVISION, INC. ANNOUNCED THE ELECTION OF PETER L.
       WILSON TO ITS BOARD OF DIRECTORS.  FURTHER DETAIL REGARDING THIS
       ANNOUNCEMENT IN THE COMPANY'S NEWS RELEASE DATED AUGUST 3, 1998, ATTACHED
       AS EXHIBIT HERETO AND INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE HEREIN.
  
  ITEM 7.  FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, PRO FORMA FINANCIAL INFORMATION AND EXHIBITS
  
           (a)   Exhibits:
  
                    99.1    KeraVision, Inc. News Release dated July 23, 1998.
   
                    99.2    KeraVision, Inc. News Release dated July 23, 1998.
  
                    99.3    KeraVision, Inc. News Release dated August 3, 1998.
  
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  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.
  
                                      KERAVISION, INC.
  
                                      /s/Mark Fischer-Colbrie
                                      -----------------------
                                      Mark Fischer-Colbrie
                                      Vice President, Finance and
                                      Administration and Chief Financial
                                      Officer(Principal Financial and
                                      Accounting Officer)
  
  Date:  August 17, 1998
  
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