content: SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
  
                      Washington, D.C. 20549
  
                             FORM 8-K
  
       CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF
                  THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1934
  
  
  Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)  October 7, 1998
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                       Circon Corporation
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        (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
  
  
      Delaware                2-83879           95-3079904
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  (State or other           (Commission       (I.R.S. Employer
   jurisdiction             File Number      Identification No.)
  of the Incorporation  
   
  
  
       6500 Hollister Avenue, Santa Barbara, California 93117
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      (Address of principal executive offices)       (Zip Code)
  
  Registration's telephone number, including area code: (805) 685-5100
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                             (same as above)
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     (Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)
  
  
  
  
  
  ITEM 5.    OTHER EVENTS
  
  
        Circon Corporation announced that its Board of Directors has set
   October 23, 1998, as the record date for stockholders entitled to vote
   at the 1998 Annual Meeting and set November 24, 1998, as the date of the
   Annual Meeting.  The time and place of the Annual Meeting will be 
   identified in the Company's proxy materials that will be distributed to
   stockholders prior to the Meeting.
  
  
  
  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 hereunto duly authorized.
  
  
                                               CIRCON CORPORATION
                                               a Delaware Corporation
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                                                 (Registrant)
  
  
  
  
  
  Date: October 8, 1998                   By: /s/R. Bruce Thompson
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                                             R. Bruce Thompson
                                             Executive Vice President and
                                             Chief Financial Officer
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text: SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
  
                      Washington, D.C. 20549
  
                             FORM 8-K
  
       CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF
                  THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1934
  
  Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)  October 7, 1998
                                                  -------------------
  
                       Circon Corporation
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        (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
  
      Delaware                2-83879           95-3079904
  --------------------------------------------------------------------
  (State or other           (Commission       (I.R.S. Employer
   jurisdiction             File Number      Identification No.)
  of the Incorporation  
   
  
       6500 Hollister Avenue, Santa Barbara, California 93117
  --------------------------------------------------------------------
      (Address of principal executive offices)       (Zip Code)
  
  Registration's telephone number, including area code: (805) 685-5100
                                                       ---------------
  
                             (same as above)
  ---------------------------------------------------------------------
     (Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)
  
  ITEM 5.    OTHER EVENTS
  
        Circon Corporation announced that its Board of Directors has set
   October 23, 1998, as the record date for stockholders entitled to vote
   at the 1998 Annual Meeting and set November 24, 1998, as the date of the
   Annual Meeting.  The time and place of the Annual Meeting will be 
   identified in the Company's proxy materials that will be distributed to
   stockholders prior to the Meeting.
  
  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 hereunto duly authorized.
  
                                               CIRCON CORPORATION
                                               a Delaware Corporation
                                               ------------------------
                                                 (Registrant)
  
  Date: October 8, 1998                   By: /s/R. Bruce Thompson
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                                             R. Bruce Thompson
                                             Executive Vice President and
                                             Chief Financial Officer