01-May-2010

First implant at Pennsylvania State University

Sunshine Heart, Inc. (ASX: SHC) announced that on Friday, 30 April Pennsylvania State University successfully completed an implant of the Company’s C- PulseTM heart assist system in a patient under a clinical trial approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). This patient, whose progress is as expected, is the first implanted at Pennsylvania State University and the sixth patient to be treated with the C-Pulse heart assist system.