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                                                                   EXHIBIT 10.36

                   [FORM OF INCENTIVE STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT]

                    INTEGRA LIFESCIENCES HOLDINGS CORPORATION
                                 [NAME OF PLAN]
                        INCENTIVE STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT

         INCENTIVE STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT made as of the date (the "Grant Date")
set forth in the attached Notice of Grant of Stock Options and Option Agreement
("Notice of Grant"), between Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corporation, a
Delaware corporation (the "Company"), and the named Key Employee of the Company,
a Related Corporation or an affiliate (the "Employee").

         WHEREAS, the Company desires to afford the Employee an opportunity to
purchase shares of common stock of the Company, par value $.01 per share
("Common Stock") as hereinafter provided, in accordance with the provisions of
the Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corporation [NAME OF PLAN] (the "Plan"), which
can be found on Integra's Intranet at http://intranet/stockoptions/. Requests
for hardcopies of the "Plan" should be directed to Carla Marcinko at the New
Jersey Corporate Office.

         NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants hereinafter
set forth and for other good and valuable consideration the legal sufficiency of
which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound
hereby, agree as follows:

     1. Grant of Option. The Company hereby grants to the Employee the right and
option (the  "Option") to purchase all or any part of an aggregate of the number
of shares of Common Stock as set forth in the attached Notice of Grant,  subject
to adjustment in accordance  with Section 8 of the Plan. It is intended that the
Option  granted  hereunder be an  incentive  stock  option  ("ISO")  meeting the
requirements  of the Plan and section 422 of the Internal  Revenue Code of 1986,
as amended (the "Code").

     2.  Purchase  Price.  The purchase  price per share of the shares of Common
Stock  covered by the Option shall be that set forth in the  attached  Notice of
Grant, subject to adjustment in accordance with Section 8 of the Plan. It is the
determination of the Company's Equity Award Committee (the  "Committee") that on
the Grant Date the  Option  price was not less than the  greater of one  hundred
percent  (100%) (or in the case of a Key Employee who owns more than ten percent
(10%) of the total  combined  voting power of all shares of stock of the Company
or of a Related Corporation,  one hundred ten percent (110%)) of the fair market
value of the Common Stock, or the par value thereof.

     3. Term. Unless earlier terminated pursuant to any provision of this Option
Agreement, this Option shall expire on the date set forth in the attached Notice
of Grant (the "Expiration Date"), which date is not more than ten (10) years (or
in the case of a Key Employee who owns more than ten percent  (10%) of the total
combined  voting  power of all  shares of stock of the  Company  or of a Related
Corporation,  five (5)  years)  from the Grant  Date.  Notwithstanding  anything
herein  to the  contrary,  this  Option  shall  not  be  exercisable  after  the
Expiration Date.

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     4. Exercise of Option.  This Option shall vest and become  exercisable  in
accordance with the vesting schedule set forth in the attached Notice of Grant.

         Any portion of the Option that becomes exercisable in accordance with
the foregoing shall remain exercisable, subject to the provisions contained in
this Option Agreement, until the expiration of the term of this Option as set
forth in Paragraph 3 or until other termination of the Option as set forth in
this Option Agreement.

     5. Method of Exercising Option. Subject to the terms and conditions of this
Option  Agreement,  the Option may be  exercised  in whole or in part by written
notice  to the  Company,  at its  principal  office,  which  is  located  at 311
Enterprise  Drive,  Plainsboro,  New Jersey  08536.  Such notice shall state the
election to exercise  the Option and the number of shares with  respect to which
it is being  exercised;  shall be signed by the person or persons so  exercising
the Option;  shall,  unless the Company  otherwise  notifies  the  Employee,  be
accompanied by the investment  certificate referred to in Paragraph 6; and shall
be accompanied by payment of the full Option price of such shares.

         The Option price shall be paid to the Company in (i) cash or its
equivalent; or (ii) by delivering a properly executed notice of exercise of the
Option to the Company and a broker, in accordance with Section 7.1(f)(iv) of the
Plan.

         Upon receipt of such notice and payment, the Company, as promptly as
practicable, shall deliver or cause to be delivered a certificate or
certificates representing the shares with respect to which the Option is so
exercised. Such certificate(s) shall be registered in the name of the person or
persons so exercising the Option (or, if the Option is exercised by the Employee
and if the Employee so requests in the notice exercising the Option, shall be
registered in the name of the Employee and Employee's spouse, jointly, with
right of survivorship) and shall be delivered as provided above to or upon the
written order of the person or persons exercising the Option. In the event the
Option is exercised by any person or persons after the legal disability or death
of the Employee, such notice shall be accompanied by appropriate proof of the
right of such person or persons to exercise the Option. All shares that shall be
purchased upon the exercise of the Option as provided herein shall be fully paid
and not assessable by the Company.

     6.  Shares  to  be  Purchased  for  Investment.   Unless  the  Company  has
theretofore  notified the Employee that a  registration  statement  covering the
shares to be acquired upon the exercise of the Option has become effective under
the  Securities  Act of 1933 and the Company  has not  thereafter  notified  the
Employee that such registration statement is no longer effective,  it shall be a
condition  to any  exercise of this Option  that the shares  acquired  upon such
exercise be acquired for investment and not with a view to distribution, and the
person effecting such exercise shall submit to the Company a certificate of such
investment intent,  together with such other evidence supporting the same as the
Company  may   request.   The  Company   shall  be  entitled  to  restrict   the
transferability  of the  shares  issued  upon any such  exercise  to the  extent
necessary to avoid a risk of violation of the  Securities Act of 1933 (or of any
rules  or  regulations   promulgated   thereunder)  or  of  any  state  laws  or
regulations.  Such restrictions  may, at the option of the Company,  be noted or
set forth in full on the share certificates.

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     7.  Non-Transferability  of  Option.  This  Option  is  not  assignable  or
transferable,  in whole or in part, by the Employee other than by will or by the
laws of descent and  distribution,  and during the  lifetime of the Employee the
Option  shall be  exercisable  only by the Employee or by his or her guardian or
legal representative.

     8. Termination of Employment. If the Employee's employment with the Company
and all Related  Corporations  is terminated  for any reason other than death or
disability prior to the Expiration Date of this Option as set forth in Paragraph
3, this  Option may be  exercised,  to the  extent of the number of shares  with
respect  to which  the  Employee  could  have  exercised  it on the date of such
termination of employment,  or to any greater extent permitted by the Committee,
by the Employee at any time prior to the earlier of:

               (a) The Expiration Date specified in Paragraph 3; or

               (b) Six (6) months after such termination of employment.(However,
if this Option is exercised later than three (3) months after the date of such
termination of employment, it will be treated as a non-qualified stock option).

     9. Disability.  If the Employee becomes  disabled,  as defined in the Plan,
during his or her  employment  with the Company and  Related  Corporations  and,
prior to the  Expiration  Date of this Option as set forth in  Paragraph  3, the
Employee's  employment is terminated as a consequence of such  disability,  this
Option may be  exercised,  to the extent of the number of shares with respect to
which the Employee  could have  exercised it on the date of such  termination of
employment,  or to  any  greater  extent  permitted  by  the  Committee  in  its
discretion, by the Employee, or in the event of the Employee's legal disability,
by the Employee's legal representative, at any time prior to the earlier of:

               (a) The Expiration Date specified in Paragraph 3; or

               (b) One year after the date of such termination of employment.

     10.  Death.  If the  Employee  dies during his or her  employment  with the
Company and Related Corporations and prior to the Expiration Date of this Option
as set forth in Paragraph 3, or if the  Employee's  employment is terminated for
any reason (as  described  in  Paragraphs  8 or 9 above) and the  Employee  dies
following his or her  termination of employment but prior to the earliest of the
Expiration  Date of  this  Option  as set  forth  in  Paragraph  3 above  or the
expiration of the period  determined  under Paragraph 8 or 9 above,  this Option
may be  exercised,  to the extent of the number of shares with  respect to which
the Employee could have exercised it on the date of his or her death,  or to any
greater extent permitted by the Committee,  by the Employee's  estate,  personal
representative  or beneficiary who acquired the right to exercise this Option by
bequest or inheritance or by reason of the Employee's  death,  at any time prior
to the earlier of:

               (a) The Expiration Date specified in Paragraph 3; or

               (b) One (1) year after the date of the Employee's death.

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     11. Disqualifying Disposition of Option Shares. The Employee agrees to give
written notice to the Company,  at its principal  office,  if a "disposition" of
the shares acquired through  exercise of the Option granted  hereunder occurs at
any time  within  two years  after the Grant  Date or within  one year after the
transfer to the Employee of such shares.  For purposes of this Paragraph 11, the
term  "disposition"  shall  have the  meaning  assigned  to such term by section
424(c) of the Code.

     12.  Withholding of Taxes.  The obligation of the Company to deliver shares
of Common Stock upon the  exercise of the Option shall be subject to  applicable
federal,  state and local tax withholding  requirements.  If the exercise of any
Option is subject to the withholding  requirements of applicable federal,  state
or local tax laws, the Committee,  in its  discretion,  may permit the Employee,
subject to the  provisions  of the Plan and such  additional  withholding  rules
("Withholding  Rules")  as shall be  adopted by the  Committee,  to satisfy  the
withholding  tax, in whole or in part, by electing to have the Company  withhold
(or by returning to the Company)  shares of Common Stock,  which shares shall be
valued, for this purpose,  at their fair market value on the date of exercise of
the Option (or, if later,  the date on which the  Employee  recognizes  ordinary
income with respect to such exercise). An election to use shares of Common Stock
to satisfy tax  withholding  requirements  must be made in  compliance  with and
subject to the  Withholding  Rules.  The  Committee  may not withhold  shares in
excess  of  the  number   necessary  to  satisfy  the  minimum  tax  withholding
requirements.

     13.  Construction.  Except  as  would  be in  conflict  with  any  specific
provision  herein,  this  Option  Agreement  is made  under and  subject  to the
provisions  of the Plan as in  effect on the  Grant  Date  and,  except as would
conflict with the provisions of this Option Agreement,  all of the provisions of
the Plan as in  effect  on the  Grant  Date are  hereby  incorporated  herein as
provisions of this Option Agreement.  Notwithstanding the foregoing,  provisions
of this Option  Agreement  that conflict with the Plan will be given effect only
to the extent they do not exceed the Committee's discretion under the Plan.

     14.  Governing Law. This Incentive  Stock Option  Agreement  shall,  to the
maximum  extent  possible,  be  construed in a manner  consistent  with the Code
provisions  concerning  ISOs,  and  its  interpretation  shall  be  governed  by
applicable federal law and otherwise by the laws of the State of New Jersey.

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