Meet Joe Willardsen: who suffered from a heart attack while on a mountain bike ride with his friends

Joe Willardsen started feeling immense pressure in his chest while out mountain biking with friends. After collapsing, he was taken to the hospital where he was diagnosed with a heart attack. Heart attacks affect more than 800,000 people a year in the US and can often have thrombus (blood clots) that are blocking the blood flow. Watch how Penumbra’s latest coronary thrombectomy technology is helping patients like Joe. Penumbra’s Indigo System CAT RX is for the removal of fresh, soft emboli and thrombi from the coronary and peripheral vasculature. Engineered with neuro-tracking technology, it is designed to navigate tortuous anatomy and track to distal coronary vasculature while maintain sustained mechanical aspiration with the Penumbra ENGINE®.
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About Penumbra’s Indigo system
Penumbra’s Indigo system is a portfolio product that removes clot from arteries and veins in the peripheral vasculature, and for treatment of pulmonary embolism. Penumbra’s CAT family of catheters
is made to be robust, trackable, atraumatic, and well suited to the peripheral anatomy where clots can form in long segments.
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About Penumbra
Penumbra, Inc., headquartered in Alameda, California, is a global healthcare company focused on innovative therapies. Penumbra designs, develops, manufactures and markets novel products and has a broad portfolio that addresses challenging medical conditions in markets with significant unmet need. Penumbra supports healthcare providers, hospitals and clinics in more than 100 countries. The Penumbra logo is a trademark of Penumbra, Inc. For more information, visit www.penumbrainc.com.