Penumbra, Inc. announced the U.S. launch of its new POD® Packing Coil, designed to be used as a complementary device with Penumbra's Ruby® and POD (Penumbra Occlusion Device) embolization products. This latest launch adds to the company's rapidly expanding peripheral vascular product portfolio. Nearly 900,000 Americans each year suffer from peripheral vascular conditions involving acute clots or aneurysms that occur outside the brain or heart, and this represents a large and growing patient population.

Penumbra has developed a suite of thrombectomy and embolization products for use in a range of peripheral vascular conditions, and these products are driving significant growth: Penumbra's embolization platform includes Ruby and POD and the new POD Packing Coil, which is uniquely designed to pack very densely behind Ruby and POD to occlude arteries and veins throughout the peripheral vasculature, including aneurysms. Penumbra's next-generation Indigo® System is a continuous aspiration thrombectomy device designed to remove fresh, soft emboli and thrombi from the peripheral arteries and veins. The Indigo System includes four catheter sizes (CAT 3, 5, 6 and 8). The aspiration lumen is paired with a proprietary continuous vacuum aspiration pump to evacuate clot effectively and efficiently.