First patients in United States receive innovative device to treat moderate heart failure

Sunshine Heart, a global medical device company focused on innovative heart assist technologies, has announced that The Ohio State University Medical Center in Columbus, Ohio has successfully completed the first two implants of the Company's C-Pulse™ heart assist system under a 20 person clinical trial approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. These C-Pulse systems were implanted by Dr. Benjamin Sun, Chief, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery and Director, Cardiac Transplantation and Mechanical Support