**Exhibit 10.40**

CAMBRIDGE HEART, INC. 

Incentive Stock Option Agreement 

Granted Under 2001 Stock Incentive Plan 

 

This agreement evidences the grant by CambridgeHeart, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), on                      (the “Grant Date”) to                    , an employee of the Company (the “Participant”), of an option to purchase, in whole or in part, on the terms providedherein and in the Company’s 2001 Stock Incentive Plan (the “Plan”), a total of                      shares (the “Shares”) ofcommon stock, $.001 par value per share, of the Company (“Common Stock”) at $             per Share (the “Option”). Unless earlier terminated, this Option shall expireon                      (the “Final Exercise Date”). 

It is intended that the option evidenced by this agreement shall be an incentive stock option as defined in Section 422 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and any regulations promulgated thereunder (the“Code”), and subject to the $100,000 limitation/year. Except as otherwise indicated by the context, the term “Participant”, as used in this option, shall be deemed to include any person who acquires the right to exercise thisoption validly under its terms. 

 

(a) General. This Optionwill become exercisable (“vest”) as to                     . 

(b) Cumulative Right of Exercise. The right to exercise the Option shall be cumulative so that to the extent the Option is not exercised in any period to the maximum extent permissible it shall continue to beexercisable, in whole or in part, with respect to all shares for which it is vested until the earlier of the Final Exercise Date or the termination of this Option under Section 3 hereof or the Plan. 

 

(a) Form of Exercise.Each election to exercise this Option shall be in writing, signed by the Participant, and received by the Company at its principal office, accompanied by this agreement, and payment in full in the manner provided in the Plan. The Participant maypurchase less than the number of shares covered hereby, provided that no partial exercise of this Option may be for any fractional share. 

(b) Continuous Relationship with the Company Required. Except as otherwise provided in this Section 3, this Option may not be exercised unless the Participant, at the time he or she exercises this Option, is, and has been at alltimes since the Grant Date, an employee, officer or director of, or consultant or advisor to, the Company or any parent or subsidiary of the Company as defined in Section 424(e) or (f) of the Code (an “Eligible Participant”).

(c) Termination of Relationship with the Company. If the Participant ceases to be an EligibleParticipant for any reason, then, except as provided in paragraphs (d) and (e) below, the right to exercise this Option shall terminate three months after such cessation (but in no event after the Final Exercise Date), provided thatthis Option shall be exercisable only to the extent that the Participant was entitled to exercise this Option on the date of such cessation. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Participant, prior to the Final Exercise Date, violates thenon-competition or confidentiality provisions of any employment contract, confidentiality and nondisclosure agreement or other agreement between the Participant and the Company, the right to exercise this Option shall terminate immediately upon suchviolation. 

(d) Exercise Period Upon Death or Disability. If the Participant dies or becomes disabled (within the meaning ofSection 22(e)(3) of the Code) prior to the Final Exercise Date while he or she is an Eligible Participant and the Company has not terminated such relationship for “cause” as specified in paragraph (e) below, this Option shall beexercisable, within the period of one year following the date of death or disability of the Participant, by the Participant (or in the case of death by an authorized transferee), provided that this Option shall be exercisable only to theextent that this Option was exercisable by the Participant on the date of his or her death or disability, and further provided that this Option shall not be exercisable after the Final Exercise Date. 

(e) Discharge for Cause. If the Participant, prior to the Final Exercise Date, is discharged by the Company for “Cause” (as definedbelow), the right to exercise this Option shall terminate immediately upon the effective date of such discharge. “Cause” shall mean willful misconduct by the Participant or willful failure by the Participant to perform his or herresponsibilities to the Company (including, without limitation, breach by the Participant of any provision of any employment, consulting, advisory, nondisclosure, non-competition or other similar agreement between the Participant and the Company),as determined by the Company, which determination shall be conclusive. The Participant shall be considered to have been discharged for “Cause” if the Company determines, within 30 days after the Participant’s resignation, thatdischarge for cause was warranted. 

 
4.Withholding. 
No Shares will be issued pursuant to the exercise ofthis Option unless and until the Participant pays to the Company, or makes provision satisfactory to the Company for payment of, any federal, state or local withholding taxes required by law to be withheld in respect of this Option. 

 
5.Nontransferability of Option. 
This Option may not be sold,assigned, transferred, pledged or otherwise encumbered by the Participant, either voluntarily or by operation of law, except by will or the laws of descent and distribution, and, during the lifetime of the Participant, this Option shall beexercisable only by the Participant. 

 
6.Provisions of the Plan. 
This Option is subject to the provisionsof the Plan, a copy of which is furnished to the Participant with this Option. 

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Option to be executed under its corporate seal by its duly authorizedofficer. This Option shall take effect as a sealed instrument. 

 
   CAMBRIDGE HEART, INC.Dated: 
 
  By: 
 
   Name:    Title: 
 

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PARTICIPANT’S ACCEPTANCE 

The undersigned hereby accepts the foregoing Option and agrees to the terms and conditions thereof. The undersigned hereby acknowledges receipt of a copy of the Company’s 2001 Stock Incentive Plan. 

 
PARTICIPANT:
 
Address: 
 
 
 
 
 

 

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**NOTICE OF STOCK OPTION EXERCISE**

Date:                     

Cambridge Heart, Inc. 

100 Ames Pond Road 

Tewksbury, MA 01876 

Attention:  Treasurer 

Dear Sir or Madam: 

I am the holder of a Nonstatutory Stock Option granted to me under the Cambridge Heart, Inc. (the“Company”) 2001 Stock Incentive Plan on                      for the purchase of                     shares of Common Stock of the Company at a purchase price of$             per share. 

I hereby exercise my Option to purchase                     shares of Common Stock (the “Shares”), for which I have enclosed                     in the amount of                    . Please register my stock certificate as follows: 

 
 Name(s): 
 
  
 
 Address: 
 
  
 
  
 
 Tax I.D. #: 
 

 
Very truly yours,
 
(Signature)
 

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