thoratec surpasses 10,000 , page-5

Yes l recall that and it was on the grounds they weren't big enough and therefore have the capacity to grow their business at an acceptable rate so sell to a multi-national corp who do.
The question here is that because they are concerned about Heartwares impending impact on their market share or that they see the market as so large they haven't the capacity to address it in a timely manner? Either way a nice position for us all.