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 (Date of earliest event reported): November 411, 2011

KINETIC CONCEPTS, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

Texas	001-09913	74-1891727
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)
8023 Vantage Drive, San Antonio, Texas		78230
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)		(Zip Code)

8023 Vantage Drive,

San Antonio, Texas

78230

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (210) 524-9000

N/A

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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~~Introductory~~Item 5.02. Departure ~~Note~~of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On November 411, 2011, Kinetic Concepts, Inc., ~~a Texas corporation~~ (the “Company”), ~~completed~~issued ~~its~~a ~~merger~~press release (the ~~“Merger”)~~ ~~with Chiron Merger Sub, Inc. (~~“~~Merger~~Press ~~Sub~~Release”), aannouncing ~~direct~~that ~~subsidiary~~Mike ofGenau ~~Chiron~~will ~~Holdings,~~cease ~~Inc.~~serving ~~(“Parent”),~~as ~~pursuant~~Global toPresident ~~the terms~~ of ~~the~~Active ~~Agreement~~Healing ~~and Plan of Merger~~SolutionsTM, ~~dated as of July 12, 2011 (~~the ~~“Merger~~Company’s ~~Agreement”),~~advanced bywound ~~and~~healing ~~among Parent~~business, ~~Merger Sub~~ and ~~the~~that ~~Company.~~Joseph AsWoody ahas ~~result~~been ofhired ~~the~~as ~~Merger,~~his ~~the Company is now wholly owned by Parent~~successor. ~~Parent~~A iscopy ~~indirectly controlled by investment funds advised by Apax Partners and~~of ~~controlled~~the ~~affiliates~~Press ofRelease ~~Canada~~has ~~Pension~~been ~~Plan~~filed ~~Investment~~as ~~Board~~Exhibit ~~and~~99.1 ~~the~~to ~~Public~~this ~~Sector~~Current ~~Pension~~Report ~~Investment~~on ~~and~~Form ~~certain other co~~8-~~investors~~K.

Item 3 9.01~~. Notice~~ ofFinancial ~~Delisting~~Statements orand ~~Failure to Satisfy a Continued Listing Rule or Standard; Transfer of Listing~~Exhibits.

~~In connection with the closing of the Merger, the Company notified the New York Stock Exchange~~ (~~the “NYSE”~~d) ~~on November 4, 2011 that each outstanding share of common stock, par value $~~Exhibits.001 per share, of the Company (the “Common Stock”) was cancelled and automatically converted into the right to receive $68.50 per share in cash, without interest (except for (i) shares owned by Parent, Merger Sub, the Company or any of their subsidiaries and (ii) shares owned by shareholders who have properly exercised their right of dissent and appraisal) and requested that the NYSE file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) an application on Form 25 to report that the shares of Common Stock are no longer listed on the NYSE. On November 8, 2011, the NYSE filed the application on Form 25 with the SEC to delist the Common Stock. In addition, the Company intends to file with the SEC a certification and notice of termination on Form 15 with respect to the Common Stock, requesting that the Common Stock be deregistered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and that the reporting obligations of the Company with respect to the Common Stock under the Exchange Act be suspended.


Exhibit No.		Description
99.1		Press Release, dated November 11, 2011

SIGNATURE

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.


KINETIC CONCEPTS, INC.

By:		/s/ Martin J. Landon
		Name: Martin J. Landon Title: Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

Date: November 1016, 2011

INDEX OF EXHIBITS


Exhibit No.		Description
99.1		Press Release, dated November 11, 2011

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