Sunshine Heart Inc Fund Company Profile

Description

Sunshine Heart, Inc., an early-stage medical device company, develops technologies for cardiac and coronary diseases. It focuses on developing, manufacturing, and commercializing its C-Pulse Heart Assist System (the C-Pulse System) for treatment of Class III and ambulatory Class IV heart failure. The C-Pulse System utilizes the principle of counterpulsation applied in an extra-aortic approach to assist the left ventricle by reducing the workload required to pump blood throughout the body, while increasing blood flow to the coronary arteries. Sunshine Heart, Inc. was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Eden Prairie, Minnesota.