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Exhibit 10.4




INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY SECURITY AGREEMENT




     This Intellectual Property Security Agreement is entered into as of April 14, 2010, by and
between PARTNERS FOR GROWTH III, L.P. (“PFG”) and Cardiovascular Systems, Inc., a Delaware
corporation (individually and collectively, “Grantor”), with reference to the following facts:



     A. PFG and Grantor, as Borrower, are parties to that certain Loan and Security Agreement of
even date with this Agreement (as amended from time to time, the “Loan Agreement”). (Capitalized
terms used herein have the meaning assigned in the Loan Agreement.)



     B. Pursuant to the Loan Agreement, Grantor has granted to PFG a security interest in all of
the Collateral. The Collateral includes without limitation all Intellectual Property (including
without limitation the Intellectual Property described herein).



     Grantor agrees as follows:



     1. To secure performance of all of its “Obligations” as defined in the Loan Agreement, Grantor
grants to PFG a security interest in all of Grantor’s right, title and interest in Grantor’s
Intellectual Property, including without limitation (i) the trademarks and servicemarks listed or
required to be listed from time to time on Schedule A hereto, whether registered or not,
and all applications to register and registrations of the same and like protections, and the entire
goodwill of the business of Borrower connected with and symbolized by such trademarks, and (ii) the
patents and patent applications listed or required to be listed from time to time on Schedule
B hereto and all like protections including, without limitation, all improvements, divisions,
continuations, renewals, reissues, extensions and continuations-in-part of the same, (iii) all
copyrights, maskworks, software, computer programs and other works of authorship listed or required
to be listed from time to time on Schedule C hereto, and all extensions and renewals
thereof, (iv) all domain names and domain name rights used in connection with its business and that
of its Subsidiaries, all legal and equitable rights in domain names and ownership thereof, domain
registry, domain servers, web hosting and related contracts, services and facilities (collectively,
“Domain Rights”) listed or required to be listed from time to time on Schedule D hereto,
and all extensions and renewals thereof, and (iv) all rights to recover for past or future
infringement of any of the foregoing, and (v) all right, title and interest in and to any and all
present and future license agreements with respect to any of the foregoing, and (vi) all present
and future accounts, accounts receivable and other rights to payment arising from, in connection
with or relating to any of the foregoing.



     2. Grantor represents and warrants that (i) listed on Schedule A hereto are all
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registrations and pending registrations owned or controlled by Grantor, (ii) listed on
Schedule B are all patents and patent applications owned or controlled by Grantor, (iii)
listed on Schedule C are all copyrights, software, computer programs, mask works, and
other works of authorship owned or controlled by Grantor which are registered with the United
States Copyright Office, and (iv) listed on Schedule D are all Domain Rights in which
Grantor has any legal, contractual or equitable right.




     3. Grantor shall: (a) protect, defend and maintain the validity and enforceability of its
intellectual property, other than intellectual property of immaterial business and monetary value
that Grantor’s executive management has made a determination not to maintain; (b) promptly advise
PFG in writing of material infringements of its intellectual property; and (c) not allow any
intellectual property material to Grantor’s business to be abandoned, forfeited or dedicated to
the public without PFG’s written consent. If, before the Obligations have been paid and/or
performed in full, Grantor shall (i) adopt, use, acquire or apply for registration of any
trademark, service mark or trade name, (ii) apply for registration of any patent or obtain any
patent or patent application; (iii) create or acquire any published or material unpublished works
of authorship material to the business that is or is to be registered with the U.S. Copyright
Office or any non-U.S. equivalent; or (iv) register or acquire any domain name or domain name
rights, then the provisions of Section 1 shall automatically apply thereto, and Grantor shall use
commercially reasonable efforts to give PFG advance notice thereof in writing and in any event
shall thereafter give PFG prompt notice thereof in writing, in no event later than five Business
Days from the date of any such action. Grantor shall further provide PFG with a copy of the
foregoing and shall take such further actions as PFG may reasonably request from time to time to
perfect or continue the perfection of PFG’s interest in such intellectual property.



     4. This Agreement is being executed and delivered pursuant to the Loan Agreement; nothing
herein limits any of the terms or provisions of the Loan Agreement, and PFG’s rights hereunder and
under the Loan Agreement are cumulative. This Agreement, the Loan Agreement and the other Loan
Documents set forth in full all of the representations and agreements of the parties with respect
to the subject matter hereof and supersede all prior discussions, oral representations, oral
agreements and oral understandings between the parties. This Agreement may not be modified or
amended, nor may any rights hereunder be waived, except in a writing signed by the parties hereto.
In the event of any litigation between the parties based upon, arising out of, or in any way
relating to this Agreement, the prevailing party shall be entitled to recover all of its costs and
expenses (including without limitation attorneys’ fees) from the non-prevailing party. This
Agreement and all acts, transactions, disputes and controversies arising hereunder or relating
hereto, and all rights and obligations of PFG and Grantor shall be governed by, and construed in
accordance with the internal laws (and not the conflict of laws rules) of the State of California.



     4. Grantor agrees that simultaneously with the execution of this Agreement, and thereafter



 









 




upon any amendment of Schedule A, Schedule B, Schedule C or Schedule
D, the appropriate entities constituting Grantor shall execute notices in the forms appended
hereto (each, a “Notice”), as appropriate, with respect to all of the pledged Intellectual
Property, now owned or hereafter acquired, and shall deliver each Notice to PFG for the purpose of
recordation at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office or the U.S. Copyright Office, or otherwise, as
appropriate. Whether or not Grantor executes such a Notice reflecting new Intellectual Property,
Grantor hereby irrevocably appoints PFG as its lawful attorney-in-fact without any further
authorization to file such notices, liens or other instruments as may be customary from time to
time for PFG to perfect security interests in Grantor’s Intellectual Property. With respect to the
power of attorney granted in the attached Domain Rights Collateral Agreement and Notice, so long as
no default has occurred and is continuing under the Loan Documents, PFG shall not take any action
referenced therein in the name of Grantor.




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	Address of Grantor: 	 Cardiovascular Systems, Inc.

	 
	Cardiovascular Systems, Inc. 	By:  	                                              /s/ Laurence L. Betterley
 	 
	651 Campus Drive 	 	Name:  	Laurence L. Betterley                                       	 
	St. Paul, MN 55112 	 	Title:  	CFO 	 
	 



	 	 	 	 	 
	Address of PFG:	 PARTNERS FOR GROWTH III, L.P.
	 
	Partners for Growth III, L.P. 	By:  	                                        /s/ Lorraine Nield
 	 
	180 Pacific Avenue 	 	Name:  	Lorraine Nield 	 
	San Francisco, California 94111 	 	Title:  	Manager, Partners for Growth III, LLC	 
	 	 	Its: 	General Partner