Exhibit 10.8

AGREEMENT

THIS
AGREEMENT made July 28, 2004.

BETWEEN:



AND:



AND:



WHEREAS:

THEREFORE,
the parties agree:

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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF the parties hereto have hereunto set their hands.

|SIGNED AND DELIVERED by
RODERICK M. BRYDEN
in the presence of: |  | )
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|Name                                                           |  | )
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)                                               |  | /s/    Roderick M. Bryden |  | 
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|Address                                                        |  | )
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)                                               |  | Roderick M. Bryden        |  | 
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|SC Stormont Corporation                                        |  | )
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|By: /s/    Roderick M. Bryden                                  |  | )                                                   |  |                           |  |  |  | 
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|                                                               |  | Name: Roderick M. Bryden
Title:                     |  | )
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|I have authority to bind the corporation.                      |  |                                                     |  |                           |  |  |  | 
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|World Heart Corporation                                        |  | )
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|By: /s/    D. Mark Goudie                                      |  | )                                                   |  |                           |  |  |  | 
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|                                                               |  | Name: D. Mark Goudie
Title: Chief Financial Officer |  | )
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|I have authority to bind the corporation.                      |  |                                                     |  |                           |  |  |  | 

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