The use of bioengineered tissues is often considered for organ regeneration and regeneration of other macro structures (ears, pancreas, etc.), but it seems clear from recent research that a wealth of applications of bioengineering will be realized on smaller scales. Why players in the medtech industry should consider this is that some applications have the [...]
Out of curiosity, since I see Medtronic so frequently on patents and patent applications, I decided to take a one month snapshot, from July 25 to August 24 (today) of patent applications referencing the phrase “medical device” and examine it for the patent assignee company or other company reference. Here’s what came out:
Medtronic’s dominance [...]
We’ve added a new feed to our list of rss/xml feeds on medical technology content. The new feed is entitled, “Sample content from the medtech reports of MedMarket Diligence, LLC.” Here, we will regular post excerpts and other sample data from the library of medical technology market reports we have published (or are about to [...]
The dynamic market for energy-based devices used in general surgery is growing steadily with compounded annual growth rates of 12% projected for the short term. This market includes devices based on ultrasonic, radio frequency (RF), light, thermal, hydromechanical, cryogenic and microwave technologies.
The popularity of ultrasonic devices is due in large part to the fact [...]
These are the startup companies we identified and have published in the August 2006 issue of MedMarkets.
Artisan Therapeutics, Inc. — Framingham, MA; no URL
Andrew Tehnologies, Inc. — Haddonfield, NJ; http://andewtechnologies.com [under contruction]
Nitric BioTherapeutics, Inc. — Brisol, PA; no URl
Recovery Science, LLC — Hollywood, MD; no URL
SurgiQuest, Inc. — Fairfield, CT; no URL
Source: MedMarkets, August 2006, [...]
The total world market for all orthopedic devices and materials was worth $20 billion in 2005 and is growing at annual rates in the range 7-10%; the US accounts for almost half the market overall. A major contributor to the market, both in terms of size and growth, is orthopaedic biomaterials. This segment contributed $4.6 [...]
Two of the most important milestones in the development of products for the treatment of diabetes include the development of the completely non-invasive glucose monitor and the “artificial pancreas”, or closed loop system that monitors blood glucose and administers insulin to produce a homeostatic-like control of glucose. Both systems represent areas of tremendous development activity, [...]
I continue my discussion of our use of the Medicare 100% file and other datasets to serve specific needs of medical product manufacturers.As I mentioned, the Medicare 100% file is large (measured in gigabytes) unwieldy and, as anyone who has purchased raw data from the U.S. government can attest, the file is not constructed in [...]
[The data we offer, and discussed below, includes data on the top volume hospitals by DRG or ICD-9. We drive the data reports from the 100% Medicare file (a very big, unwieldy file that is impractical to work with unless you have the resources and need to work with it). This is the 2005 volume [...]
Bulking Agents for Stress UI
One important weapon in the arsenal of noninvasive or minimally invasive therapies for Stress Urinary Incontinence (SUI) comprises bulking agents—injectable substances that expand the intrinsic sphincter of the bladder, allowing it to withstand greater pressures.
There are several companies exploring or developing bulking agents for SUI (see chart). For many of these, [...]