Sunshine Heart Changes Course Again: Pauses Neuromodulation To Focus On Aquadex

The company has switched from pursuing a counterpulsation technology to focusing on a fully implantable neuromodulation device, and is now directing its full attention to the recently acquired Aquadex FlexFlow ultrafiltration system for heart failure, all in a period of about three-to-four months.

Sunshine Heart Inc. announced a major shift in its overall focus for the second time in the last four months.

Under the "strategic realignment" announced Sept. 29, the company says it will pause clinical development of an implanted neuromodulation device to treat heart failure and focus resources instead on commercializing the Aquadex FlexFlow Aquapheresis system. Sunshine Heart acquired Aquadex Aug

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