AMENDED AND RESTATED EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

1)

Scope. Stereotaxis, Inc. (the “Company” or “Stereotaxis”) and Melissa Walker (“Employee”) hereby agree to the terms and conditions of this Amended and Restated Employment Agreement, in consideration for Employee’s continued employment and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged. These terms and conditions replace in the entirety the At Will Employment Agreement and Attachment A, Confidentiality and Non-Compete Agreement, entered into by the Parties on February 16, 2001. Employee accepts and agrees to the terms of the Stereotaxis offer letter dated February 15, 2001. Both parties agree that Employee’s employment by Stereotaxis shall be subject to these terms and conditions. The offer letter and these Terms and Conditions together are the “Agreement”.

2)

Definitions.

a)

“Cause” means: (i) the institution of criminal charges against the Employee, or the admission by Employee of, or any action or omission by Employee that constitutes embezzlement, theft or other intentional misappropriation of any property of Company, (ii) any willful act involving moral turpitude which brings disrepute or disparagement to the Company or substantially impairs its good will and reputation, or results in a conviction for or plea of guilty to a felony involving moral turpitude, fraud or misrepresentation, (iii) material neglect of duties which, if curable, is not cured by the Employee, provided however, the Employee shall receive a reasonable opportunity to cure within at least fifteen (15) days after written notice of such neglect of duties if such material neglect of duties is curable within such period, (iv) material breach of fiduciary obligations to Company after written notice of such breach, or (v) chemical dependence that materially affects the performance of Employee’s duties and responsibilities.

b)

“Change of Control” means (i) an event whereby any natural person, corporation, general partnership, limited partnership, joint venture, proprietorship or other business organization (each, a “Person”), including such Person’s affiliates, or “group” (as such term is defined under Section 13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) acquires beneficial ownership of capital stock of the Company entitling the holder(s) thereof to more than fifty percent (50%) of the voting power of the then outstanding capital stock of the Company with respect to the election of the Company’s directors, or (ii) a sale or transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company to any Person.

c)

“Confidential Information” means any information pertaining to the Stereotaxis Business and/or other information of the Company acquired by Employee during the course of or as a result of employment with the Company, which is not publically known, such as but not limited to, trade secrets, know-how, processes, designs, products, documentation, data, research and development plans and activities, standard operating procedures and validation records, drawings, tools, techniques, software and computer programs and derivative works, inventions (whether patentable or not), improvements, copyrightable material, business and marketing plans, projections, sales data and reports, confidential evaluations, the confidential use, nonuse or compilation by the Company of technical or business information in the public domain, customers and prospects, customer requirements, costs, profitability, sales and marketing strategies, pricing policies, operational methods, strategic plans, training materials, internal financial information, operating and financial data and projections, distribution or sales methods, prices charged by or to Company, inventory lists, sources of supplies, supply lists, lists of current or past employees and information concerning relationships between Company and its employees, collaborators, or customers.

d)

“Restricted Period” means during executive’s employment plus the later of one year following the date of (i) the final day of the Severance Period or (ii) termination of employment for any reason; however the Restricted Period shall not exceed two years beyond the date of termination of employment.

e)

“Severance Period” means the period during which the Employee receives any salary continuation and/or continuation of benefits due to termination without Cause or termination in the event of Change of Control under Section 15.

f)

“Stereotaxis Business” means a) the development, manufacture, and sale of (1) equipment, software, devices, and methods in the field of remote, computer-controlled or computer-aided navigation and delivery of interventional medical devices, with or without the use of magnetic devices or systems, and (2) workstations, software, and networks used in or with medical procedures, and b) research and planning and business development that is planned or implemented by Company during the term of employment, with respect to which Employee receives Confidential Information during employment.

3)

Position; Base Salary; Incentive Compensation. Employee shall serve as Senior VP of Regulatory, Quality and Compliance or in such other capacity, and shall report to Mike Kaminski or such other person, in each case as the Company may from time to time direct. Employee shall be paid according to the terms of the offer letter or as provided in the future by Employer from time to time in writing, and all payments shall be subject to applicable withholdings and deductions.

4)

Company Benefits. While employed by the Company, Employee shall be entitled to receive such benefits of employment as the Company may offer from time to time. Company-paid time off for vacation, sick leave, and other personal needs will be governed by the Employee Handbook and Company policies as modified from time to time by the Company.

5)

Employment Services; Employee Handbook and Company Policies. Employee agrees that throughout the term of Employee’s employment, as a condition of Employee’s employment, Employee shall (a) diligently, in good faith and to the best of Employee’s abilities render such services as may be delegated to the Employee by the Company and (b) follow and act in accordance with all of Company’s rules, policies and procedures of Company, including, but not limited to this Agreement, the Company rules and policies, and the Employee Handbook, any of which may be revised from time to time at the sole discretion of the Company, with or without prior notice.

6)

At-Will Employment. The Company is an “at-will” employer. This means that the Company or the Employee may terminate Employee’s employment at any time, for any reason or for no reason and/or with or without cause. Stereotaxis makes no promise that Employee’s employment will continue for a set period of time, nor is there any promise that it will be terminated only under particular circumstances. No raise or bonus or discussion of possible or potential future benefits, if any, or changes to Employee’s capacity, reporting, or compensation shall alter Employee’s status as an “at-will” employee or create any implied or express contract or promise of continued employment. No manager, supervisor or officer of Stereotaxis has the authority to change Employee’s status as an “at-will” employee.

7)

Inventions and Developments.

a)

Any and all ideas, inventions, discoveries, patents, patent applications, continuation-in-part patent applications, divisional patent applications, technology, copyrights, derivative works, trademarks, service marks, improvements, trade secrets and the like, which are developed, conceived, created, discovered, learned, produced and/or otherwise generated by Employee, whether individually or otherwise, during the term of Employee’s employment whether or not during working hours, that relate to Stereotaxis Business or any work performed by Employee for Company (collectively, “Inventions and Developments”), shall be the sole and exclusive property of Company, and Company shall own any and all right, title and

interest to such Inventions and Developments. Employee assigns and agrees to assign to Company any and all right, title and interest in and to any such Inventions and Developments whenever requested to do so by Company, at Company’s expense, and Employee agrees to execute any and all applications, assignments or other instruments which Company deems desirable or necessary to protect such interests, both during and after the term of Employment.

b)

By way of clarification, Paragraph 6(a) shall not apply to any invention for which no equipment, supplies, facilities or Confidential and Trade Secret Information of Company was used and which was developed entirely on Employee’s own time, unless (i) the invention relates to Stereotaxis Business or to Company’s actual or demonstrably-anticipated research or development, or (ii) the invention results from any work performed by Employee for Company.

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Confidential Information. Employee agrees to keep secret and confidential, and not to use or disclose to any third parties, except as directly required for Employee to perform Employee’s employment responsibilities for Company, any of Company’s Confidential Information. Excluded from the scope of these restrictions is Confidential Information that becomes generally available to the public in any manner other than by a breach of this Agreement by the Employee.

9)

Company Materials. All notes, records, correspondence, data, hardware, software, documents or the like obtained by or provided to the Company regarding Stereotaxis Business, or otherwise made, produced, or compiled during the course or as a result of employment with the Company which contain Confidential Information, regardless of the type of medium in which such is preserved, (“Company Materials”), are the sole and exclusive property of the Company, and shall be surrendered to the Company on request or upon Employee termination for any reason. During Employee’s employment, Employee will not copy, reproduce or otherwise duplicate, record, abstract, summarize or otherwise use, any Company Materials except as expressly permitted or required for the proper performance of Employee’s duties on behalf of the Company.

10)

Attention to Duties; Conflict of Interest.

a)

Employee represents that the execution and delivery of the Agreement and Employee’s employment with Company do not violate any previous employment agreement or other contractual obligation of Employee, and there are no outstanding commitments or agreements inconsistent with any of the terms of this Agreement or the services to be rendered to Stereotaxis.

b)

While employed by the Company, Employee shall devote Employee’s full business time, energy and abilities exclusively to the business and interests of Stereotaxis and shall not, without the Company’s prior written consent, obtain any direct or indirect interests in or relationships with any organization that might affect the objectivity and independence of the Employee’s judgment or conduct in carrying out duties and responsibilities to the Company under this Agreement or that would interfere with the performance of Employee’s duties under this Agreement. However, nothing herein shall preclude employee from pursuing Employee’s personal, financial and legal affairs, or, subject to the prior written consent of the Company, (i) serving on any corporate or governmental board of directors, (ii) serving on the board of, or working for, any charitable, not-for-profit or community organization, or (iii) pursuing any other activity; provided that Employee shall not engage in any other business, profession, occupation or other activity, for compensation or otherwise, which would violate the provisions of this Agreement or would otherwise conflict or interfere with the performance of Employee’s duties and responsibilities hereunder, either directly or indirectly.

c)

If in the course of Employee’s employment, Employee becomes aware of any obligations or commitments under Paragraph (a) or any real or apparent conflicts of commitment or conflicts of interest, Employee shall immediately disclose them to Employee’s supervisor.

11)

Non-Competition, Non-solicitation. Employee agrees that during the Restricted Period, and regardless of how Employee’s termination occurs and regardless of whether it is with or without Cause, Employee shall not, directly or indirectly (whether individually or as owner, partner, consultant, employee or otherwise):

a)

engage in, assist or have an interest in, enter the employment of, or act as an agent, advisor or consultant for, any person or entity that then is or intends to be in competition with the Company with respect to Stereotaxis Business. A person or entity will be deemed “in competition” if it is involved in research, development, manufacture, supplying or sale of a product, process, apparatus, service or development which is competitive with a product, process, apparatus, service or development on which Employee worked, or with respect to which Employee has or had access to Confidential Information during the Employee’s employment.

b)

solicit, divert, or take away, or attempt to solicit, divert or take away from the Company the business of any customers for the purpose of selling or providing to such customer any product or service which is included in the Stereotaxis Business as defined herein;

c)

knowingly to cause or attempt to cause any customer, vendor, or other third party collaborating with the Company to terminate or reduce its existing relationship with the Company;

d)

knowingly solicit, induce, or hire, or attempt to solicit, induce, or hire, any employee, consultant, or distributor of the Company to leave the employ of the Company and/or to work for any competitor of the Company.

12)

Notification; Non-disparagement. Employee shall notify any prospective employer of the existence and terms of this Agreement, prior to acceptance of employment outside of the Company. Company may inform any person or entity subsequently employing, or evidencing an intention to employ Employee of the nature of the information Company asserts to be Confidential Information, and may inform that person or entity of the existence of this Agreement, the terms hereof, and provide to that person or entity a copy of these terms and conditions. Neither party shall in any way disparage the other, including current or former officers, directors and employees of the Company, and neither party shall make or solicit any comments, statements or the like to the media or to others, including their agents or representatives, that may be considered to be derogatory or detrimental to the good name or business reputation of the other party.

13)

Acknowledgments Regarding Restrictions. Employee acknowledges, understands, and agrees that:

a)

The provisions relating to confidentiality, conflicts of interest, non-competition, and their post-employment continuation are material consideration for the compensation and other benefits of Employee’s employment by Company, and without Employee’s agreement to these provisions and restrictions, Employee would not be employed by the Company.

b)

Employee agrees that the covenants relating to non-competition, non-solicitation, and disparagement in this Agreement are appropriate and fair and necessary to avoid conflicts of interest and commitment and to protect the Company’s legitimate interests in its Confidential Information, goodwill, and relationships.

c)

The restrictions contained herein are not limited geographically in view of Company’s worldwide operations and the nature of the Confidential Information, customers and /or other business relationships to which Employee will have access. These restrictions may preclude, for a time, Employee’s employment with competitors of Company. Company agrees, however, that if it is commercially reasonable, after the Employee’s employment and within the Restricted Period it may provide written permission for Employee to provide services to or be employed by firms that are engaged in Stereotaxis Business, so long as such services or employment are provided to divisions, departments, or affiliates that are not engaged in Stereotaxis Business within those firms. Such permission shall not be deemed to waive or diminish the prohibitions on disclosure or use of Confidential Information or the covenants of non-competition in this Agreement.

d)

None of these restrictions is intended to prevent the Employee from owning up to one percent (1%) of the publicly traded stock of any company during the Restricted Period.

e)

In the event of a breach or threatened breach of any of Employee’s duties and obligations under Sections 7-12, Company shall be entitled, in addition to any other legal or equitable remedies (including any right to damages), to temporary, preliminary and permanent injunctive relief restraining such breach or threatened breach. Employee expressly acknowledges that the harm that might result to Company’s business as a result of any noncompliance by Employee with