EXHIBIT 10.36

[Spectranetics letterhead]

February 14, 2005

Cardiovascular Institute of the South
2730 Ambassador Caffery Parkway
P.O. Box 61160
Lafayette, LA 70596-1160

Dear Craig and David:

I am writing to follow up on the conversations that we have had on number of
occasions over the past several months regarding the Peripheral Vascular
Training “Gloves On” courses that you operate through the Cardiovascular
Institute of the South. I appreciate the opportunity you have afforded
Spectranetics to interface with cardiologists, vascular surgeons and
radiologists during these courses through a secondary sponsorship. I certainly
believe that providing the exposure to the laser during these peripheral
training courses adds value to Spectranetics. Your ability to showcase the
proper applications for the laser in the treatment of both peripheral vascular
disease, in particular critical limb ischemia, as well as, coronary artery
disease is very impactful.

We have followed up with a number of physicians who have participated in these
“Gloves On” courses during 2004. We have testimonials of the effectiveness of
our technology. Many of these physicians return to their hospitals and begin
practicing laser atherectomy or request a laser to initiate this program. We
appreciate the opportunity to follow up immediately with the participants of
your course to help them establish a laser program. We try to “strike while the
iron hot”.

In keeping with my commitment to renew on our agreement on training, I would
like to extend to you our interest in continuing to train physicians through
“Gloves On” courses. I understand that you will have approximately 70 courses in
2005. We would like to continue the training provided directly by both of you in
each of these scheduled courses. We would also like to consider scheduling a
dedicated Spectranetics customer course for this fall, for several leading
interventionalists and vascular surgeons, to learn the special techniques and
protocols that you teach.

Spectranetics will continue to be a major participant at the New Cardiovascular
Horizon course in New Orleans. We would also like to continue having you both
present at programs around the country such as teaching hospital grand rounds,
etc. We will also hope that you will continue to develop white papers, peer
reviewed abstracts and journal articles based on your outstanding work with the
excimer laser.

 

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Cardiovascular Institute of the South
February 14, 2005
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I also recognize that there is an appropriate compensation that should be in
place to keep Spectranetics active in the “Gloves On” program. I have discussed
this with you in light of our past agreements, within the confines of our
budgets and in the environment of new regulatory guidance provided by the
AdvaMed code of ethics and the Sarbanes-Oxley legislation.

In keeping with all of our interests, we would therefore like to extend our
financial agreement for the training of the attendees of the “Gloves On” courses
scheduled for 2005. We have budgeted $75,000 for each of you for the year of
2005. This represents $18,750 per quarter.

We recognize this represents a significant opportunity for us to work together
to appropriately train our customers. It is the single largest investment that
we make in our training and a very large percentage of our total training
investment. We look forward to working with you and ask that you individually
confirm your agreement to this offer in the signatory space below. If you have
any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me. I look forward to our most
productive year ever together.

With warm regards,

/s/ John Schulte

John Schulte

     
   /s/ David Allie, MD
     /s/ Craig Walker, MD
 
   
Dr. David Allie
  Dr. Craig Walker