Options Brief: Thoratec

Shares of Thoratec THOR are lower on the session by 0.25%, trading at $35.35. Overall put volume is now running at 4.55x the daily average, with 38% of all puts traded being purchases on the offer. 8,048 contracts have traded on the session so far. Thoratec Corporation is a manufacture of mechanical circulatory support (MCS) with a product portfolio to treat a range of clinical needs for advanced heart failure patients. The company develops, manufactures and markets medical devices used for circulatory support. b