Indigo System LITNG12XTORQ100Recalls & reported problems
Penumbra, Inc. · CAT12 100 New XTORQ shape Plus Lightning, CE · Class 2
All models of Indigo System (64)
Data updated Oct 18, 2026 from official FDA records · Editorial policy
- Adverse event reports
- 2
- Deaths reported
- 0
- Injuries reported
- 2
- Recalls naming it
- 0
Summary
The FDA's MAUDE database contains 2 adverse event reports that list this exact device (DI 00815948022911), received between Sep 26, 2024 and Mar 17, 2026 — classified as 2 injuries.
Reports come from manufacturers, hospitals and patients and are not verified by the FDA. A report does not prove the device caused the event, and counts can't be used to compare devices or estimate failure rates. What reports can and can't tell you · How this data works · Data updated Oct 18, 2026.
Reports received per month
Most reported problems
Device problems
- Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem2
Patient problems
- Pulmonary Embolism1
- Thromboembolism1
Recent adverse event reports
The 2 most recent of 2 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.
InjuryMar 17, 2026Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
ON (B)(6) 2025, THE PATIENT UNDERWENT A THROMBECTOMY PROCEDURE IN THE PULMONARY ARTERIES AND RIGHT VENTRICLE (RV) USING AN INDIGO SYSTEM ASPIRATION CATHETER 12 (CAT12), AN INDIGO SYSTEM SEPARATOR 12 (SEP12), AND A PENUMBRA ENGINE (ENGINE). DURING THE PROCEDURE, THE PHYSICIAN REMOVED THROMBUS FROM THE TARGET VESSELS. HOWEVER, IT WAS REPORTED RESIDUAL CLOT REMAINED IN THE RV. THERE WERE NO REPORTED PROCEDURAL COMPLICATIONS. FOLLOWING THE PROCEDURE, THE PATIENT RECEIVED A 10-HOUR INFUSION OF INTRA-ARTERIAL TPA ALTEPLASE. ON (B)(6) 2025, ONE DAY POST PROCEDURE, THE PATIENT¿S VITAL SIGNS WERE STABLE, WITH A HEART RATE OF 80 BEATS PER MINUTE, A RESPIRATORY RATE OF 18 BREATHS PER MINUTE, AND AN OXYGEN SATURATION OF 99%. ON (B)(6) 2025, TWO DAYS POST PROCEDURE, THE PATIENT REPORTED RECURRENT DYSPNEA. AT THAT TIME, THE HEART RATE HAD INCREASED TO 120 BEATS PER MINUTE, THE RESPIRATORY RATE TO 36 BREATHS PER MINUTE, AND THE OXYGEN SATURATION HAD DECREASED TO 80%. IT WAS REPORTED THAT THERE WAS THROMBUS MIGRATION FROM THE RV TO THE PULMONARY ARTERY. THE PATIENT WAS GIVEN INTRAVENOUS (IV) INFUSION (NOREPINEPHRINE & DOBUTAMINE) AND UNDERWENT A THROMBECTOMY PROCEDURE TO TREAT THE MIGRATED THROMBU
Patient problems: Thromboembolism
MAUDE report 24614503 ↗InjurySep 26, 2024Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
ON (B)(6) 2024, THE PATIENT UNDERWENT A THROMBECTOMY PROCEDURE IN THE APICAL SEGMENTAL, RIGHT LOWER LOBE, AND LEFT PULMONARY ARTERY USING AN INDIGO SYSTEM ASPIRATION CATHETER 12 (CAT12), AN INDIGO SYSTEM SEPARATOR 12 (B)(6), AND A PENUMBRA ENGINE (ENGINE). THERE WERE NO REPORTED PROCEDURAL COMPLICATIONS. ON (B)(6) 2024, THE PATIENT¿S GENERAL CONDITION SUDDENLY DETERIORATED, WITH THE OCCURRENCE OF A PULSELESS ELECTRICAL ACTIVITY (PEA) CARDIAC ARREST. CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION (CPR) WAS INITIATED, AND AFTER ADMINISTRATION OF ADRENALINE, THE PATIENT WAS SUCCESSFULLY RESUSCITATED. THE PATIENT WAS THEN INTUBATED AND TRANSPORTED FOR A FOLLOW UP COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY (CT) SCAN OF THE HEAD AND PULMONARY ARTERIES. THE CT OF THE HEAD REVEALED NO OBVIOUS SIGN OF FRESH BLEEDING, BUT THE CT ANGIOGRAPHY OF THE CHEST SHOWED A RECURRENCE PULMONARY EMBOLISM (PE) IN THE LEFT AND RIGHT PULMONARY ARTERIES. FEATURES OF RIGHT VENTRICULAR OVERLOAD WERE NOTED, INDUCING PULMONARY EDEMA. THE PATIENT WAS THEN TRANSFERRED TO ANOTHER HOSPITAL FOR CARDIAC SURGERY AND PLACED ON EXTRACORPOREAL MEMBRANE OXYGENATION (ECMO). AFTER SUCCESSFUL TREATMENT, THE PATIENT WAS RETURNED TO THE ORIGINAL HOSPITAL. THE EVENT I
Patient problems: Pulmonary Embolism
MAUDE report 20308552 ↗
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Sources and updates
- Device record: FDA GUDID, file dated Oct 13, 2026 · View this device in AccessGUDID ↗
- Adverse event reports: FDA MAUDE, file dated Oct 14, 2026 · each report above links to its original FDA record
- Recalls: FDA Medical Device Recalls, file dated Oct 16, 2026
- Page last rebuilt: Oct 18, 2026. Data downloaded through openFDA, which notes it is not validated for clinical or regulatory use.
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