partnership question

reading over the latest - Sunshine Heart: Potential '10 To 100 Bagger' Revisited - Part IV

"the option of Sunshine Heart going it alone, versus a takeover by, or a partnership with, a large medical device company such as Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), Medtronic (MDT), or even Boston Scientific (BSX)."


im all against a buyout however , a partnership which can accelerate the trial , patient enrollment and such

hypothetically speaking , lets say a partnership is announced , with medtronic for example .

what happens to the stockof SSH ?

can we go it alone and partner with a med giant , helping the commercialization of the cpulse and speeding of the trial etc , ?

at the end of day all we care about is

1- the success of the device + saving/improving the lives of many people

2- having the highest return to our investment

wouldn't a partnership accelerate both these aims ?