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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                              WASHINGTON, DC 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):
                                 August 9, 2002

                          BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
                   ------------------------------------------
               (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

          DELAWARE                       1-11083                04-2695240
          --------                       -------                ----------
(State or Other Jurisdiction           (Commission            (IRS Employer
      of Incorporation)                File Number)         Identification No.)

            One Boston Scientific Place, Natick, Massachusetts 01760
               (Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

       Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (508) 650-8000
                                 --------------

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            ITEM 9.  REGULATION FD DISCLOSURE.

            Pursuant to Commission Order No. 4-460, the Chief Executive Officer
and Chief Financial Officer of Boston Scientific Corporation each delivered to
the Commission on August 9, 2002 statements under oath regarding facts and
circumstances relating to certain of Boston Scientific Corporation's Exchange
Act filings. The statements are attached as Exhibits 99.1 and 99.2 hereto.
<PAGE>



                                   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.

                               BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION


                               By:  /s/ Lawrence J. Knopf
                                   ---------------------------------------------
                                   Lawrence J. Knopf
                                   Vice President and Assistant General Counsel

Dated: August 9, 2002
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                                  EXHIBIT INDEX


 Exhibit No.                       Description
 -----------                       -----------

    99.1    Statement Under Oath of Principal Executive Officer of Boston
            Scientific Corporation Regarding Facts and Circumstances Relating to
            Exchange Act Filings

    99.2    Statement Under Oath of Principal Financial Officer of Boston
            Scientific Corporation Regarding Facts and Circumstances Relating to
            Exchange Act Filings



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<DESCRIPTION>CERTIFICATION OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICER
<TEXT>
                                                                    EXHIBIT 99.1
                                                                    ------------


    STATEMENT UNDER OATH OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF BOSTON SCIENTIFIC
 CORPORATION REGARDING FACTS AND CIRCUMSTANCES RELATING TO EXCHANGE ACT FILINGS

I, James R. Tobin, state and attest that:

    (1)     To the best of my knowledge, based upon a review of the covered
            reports of Boston Scientific Corporation, and, except as corrected
            or supplemented in a subsequent covered report:

            *   no covered report contained an untrue statement of a material
                fact as of the end of the period covered by such report (or in
                the case of a report on Form 8-K or definitive proxy materials,
                as of the date on which it was filed); and

            *   no covered report omitted to state a material fact necessary to
                make the statements in the covered report, in light of the
                circumstances under which they were made, not misleading as of
                the end of the period covered by such report (or in the case of
                a report on Form 8-K or definitive proxy materials, as of the
                date on which it was filed).

    (2)     I have reviewed the contents of this statement with the Company's
            Audit Committee.

    (3)     In this statement under oath, each of the following, if filed on or
            before the date of this statement, is a "covered report":

            *   Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2001
                filed on March 27, 2002;

            *   all reports on Form 10-Q, all reports on Form 8-K and all
                definitive proxy materials of Boston Scientific Corporation
                filed with the Commission subsequent to the filing of the Form
                10-K filed above; and

            *   any amendments to any of the foregoing.


       /s/ James R. Tobin                                 August 9, 2002
--------------------------------------             ---------------------------
         JAMES R. TOBIN                                        DATE


Subscribed and sworn to before me this 9th day of August, 2002


/s/ Anne M. Thompson
------------------------------------
NOTARY PUBLIC
MY COMMISSION EXPIRES: November 5, 2004

[SEAL]

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<SEQUENCE>4
<FILENAME>ex99-2_11416.txt
<DESCRIPTION>CERTIFICATION OF PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL OFFICER
<TEXT>
                                                                    EXHIBIT 99.2
                                                                    ------------


    STATEMENT UNDER OATH OF PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL OFFICER OF BOSTON SCIENTIFIC
 CORPORATION REGARDING FACTS AND CIRCUMSTANCES RELATING TO EXCHANGE ACT FILINGS

I, Lawrence C. Best, state and attest that:

     (1)    To the best of my knowledge, based upon a review of the covered
            reports of Boston Scientific Corporation, and, except as corrected
            or supplemented in a subsequent covered report:

            *   no covered report contained an untrue statement of a material
                fact as of the end of the period covered by such report (or in
                the case of a report on Form 8-K or definitive proxy materials,
                as of the date on which it was filed); and

            *   no covered report omitted to state a material fact necessary to
                make the statements in the covered report, in light of the
                circumstances under which they were made, not misleading as of
                the end of the period covered by such report (or in the case of
                a report on Form 8-K or definitive proxy materials, as of the
                date on which it was filed).

     (2)    I have reviewed the contents of this statement with the Company's
            Audit Committee.

     (3)    In this statement under oath, each of the following, if filed on or
            before the date of this statement, is a "covered report":

            *   Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2001
                filed on March 27, 2002;

            *   all reports on Form 10-Q, all reports on Form 8-K and all
                definitive proxy materials of Boston Scientific Corporation
                filed with the Commission subsequent to the filing of the Form
                10-K filed above; and

            *   any amendments to any of the foregoing.


       /s/ Lawrence C. Best                            August 9, 2002
--------------------------------------             ---------------------------
          LAWRENCE C. BEST                                   DATE


Subscribed and sworn to before me this 9th day of August, 2002


/s/ Anne M. Thompson
------------------------------------
NOTARY PUBLIC
MY COMMISSION EXPIRES: November 5, 2004

[SEAL]

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