Penumbra (company)
| Penumbra, Inc. | |
|---|---|
| legal form | Incorporated |
| ISIN | US70975L1070 |
| founding | 2004 |
| Seat | Alameda in California , USA |
| management | Adam Elsesser ( CEO ) |
| Number of employees | 1500 (2016) |
| sales | $ 263 million (2016) |
| Branch | Medical technology |
| Website | www.penumbrainc.com |
Penumbra, Inc. , based in Alameda , California, USA, is a publicly traded manufacturer of medical technology . Penumbra designs, develops, manufactures and sells medical devices. Its core businesses are therapies in neurovascular and vascular medicine . The company was founded in 2004 by Adam Elsässer and Arani Bose. The company name is derived from the medical term penumbra , a cerebral infarction.
Products (selection)
The “penumbra” system is used for mechanical thrombectomy as a treatment for acute stroke . Here, with the help of reperfusion catheters and aspiration pumps, the thrombus is either sucked off directly or pulled into the catheter so that the blood clot can be removed by carefully withdrawing the catheter. The "Indigo" system applies this procedure to occlusions of the peripheral vascular system.
Key figures
The company had approximately 1,500 employees in 2016 and had sales of USD 263 million .
Web links
- Penumbra website
- reuters.com: Profile: Penumbra Inc (PEN) Retrieved December 18, 2017