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Company

Sunshine Heart, Inc

Sydney, OS

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Stories naming Sunshine Heart, Inc. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.

News

Sunshine Heart - First U.S. C-Pulse Implants

Sunshine Heart reports the first two US implants of its C-Pulse heart assist device, performed at Ohio State under a 20-patient FDA-approved feasibility trial running across six American hospitals.

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FDA Approves Reimbursement Category for C-Pulse

Sunshine Heart says the US FDA approved a reimbursement category for its C-Pulse heart assist trial, opening Medicare reimbursement; it retained Quorum Consulting and expects patient enrollment at six US institutions in late 2008.

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FDA Approval for C-Pulse US Clinical Trial

Sunshine Heart says the US regulator has conditionally cleared its first American trial of the C-Pulse heart assist device, with about twenty patients to enrol across six US hospitals from late 2008.

Key hire

Heart failure experts appointed as Co-Principal Investigators for Sunshine Heart's

Two American heart failure specialists have agreed to serve as co-principal investigators for Sunshine Heart's C-Pulse feasibility trial, which the company says adds credibility as it prepares a wider US study in 2007.

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