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Penumbra’s portfolio focuses largely on devices used in mechanical thrombectomies, a minimally invasive procedure to remove blood clots, and for neurovascular conditions.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 15, 2026

While there have been remote thrombectomies carried out before on a silicon model, a 3D printed replica and on an animal, this is thought to have been the first procedure on a human body.

From BBC • Nov. 10, 2025

In that yawning gap, Yavagal sees the potential for rapid gains: If you’re only doing 20 thrombectomies a year, doubling that to 40 over a couple of years is achievable.

From New York Times • Mar. 1, 2023

It was 2009, and Goyal, a neuroradiologist who works at Foothills and the adjoining University of Calgary, had already been trying thrombectomies for about half a decade.

From New York Times • Mar. 1, 2023

Fourteen percent of the people who had thrombectomies died, compared with 26 percent in the medical therapy group.

From Washington Post • Jan. 24, 2018