SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                            WASHINGTON, D.C.  20549

                                    FORM 8-A

               FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES
                    PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(B) OR (G) OF THE
                        SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

                                  DEPUY, INC.
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


               Delaware                                  35-1989795            
(State of incorporation or organization)    (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

             P.O. Box 988
        700 Orthopaedic Drive
           Warsaw, Indiana                               46581-0988
(Address of principal executive offices)                 (Zip Code)



                                     
If this form relates to the             If this form relates to the
registration of a class of debt         registration of a class of debt
securities and is effective upon        securities and is to become effective
filing pursuant to General              simultaneously with the effectiveness
Instruction A(c)(1) please check the    of a concurrent registration
following box.  [ ]                     statement under the Securities Act of
                                        1933 pursuant to General Instruction
                                        A(c)(2) please check the following
                                        box.  [ ]



Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

            Common Stock, par value $.01 per share

Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:

                            None

 
ITEM 1.  DESCRIPTION OF REGISTRANT'S SECURITIES TO BE REGISTERED.

         The description of the Registrant's Common Stock set forth under the
caption "Description of Capital Stock" contained in the prospectus included in
the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-09345) is
incorporated by reference herein.

ITEM 2.  EXHIBITS.

         The securities described herein are to be registered on the New York
Stock Exchange, on which no other securities of the Registrant are registered.
Accordingly, all exhibits required by Instruction II of the Instructions As to
Exhibits will be duly filed with each copy of this registration statement filed
with the New York Stock Exchange.

 
                                   SIGNATURE

         Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be
signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereto duly authorized.


                                         DEPUY, INC.


Date:  September 26, 1996           By:  /s/ James A. Lent
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                                         James A. Lent
                                         Chairman and Chief Executive Officer