One of the most problematic (read "costly") areas of healthcare is the treatment of chronic wounds, most often but not always caused by poor circulation. Due to the high cost of treating these wound (which are growing in prevalence alongside the increasing prevalence of obesity and diabetes), they have engendered aggressive development of alternative treatment [...]
The continued evolution of medical technologies is making it increasingly difficult, almost moot, to distinguish a medical device from other therapeutics. In Science Translational Medicine November 30, 2009, Harvard scientists report on the use of a polymer disc that stimulates an immune response that in turn shrinks tumors: In a new approach to fighting cancer, [...]
In treatment of acute and chronic wounds, the advanced wound technologies developed by manufacturers provide benefits that facilitate healing, minimize infection and provide other benefits toward reduced cost, less pain, faster healing and combinations of these and other benefits. Advanced products in wound care include film dressings, hydrocolloids, foam dressings, alginate dressings, hydrogels, non-adherent dressings, [...]
Products for the treatment of wounds can be divided into categories using a number of different classification systems. For the sake of analysis (as applied in the MMD report #S247), products and technologies in wound management can be divided generally into traditional products (simple bandages, dressings and closures) and advanced wound management. The advanced area [...]
Translation: Drug-eluting stents are to bare metal stents as bare metal stents were to percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty alone. In the September 1 post on the meta-analysis by researchers at Tuft Medical Center, we noted the overall findings in general terms of the value of drug-eluting stents compared to bare metal stents. It is worthwhile to [...]
Currently, the market penetration for drug-eluting stent (DES) devices ranges in the neighborhood of 60% (as high as 90% in China) and is growing at more than 7% per year worldwide. By comparison, the worldwide market for all coronary stents is currently growing at nearly 6% while the market for bare metal stents (BMS) is [...]
In our May 2009 report (#C245) entitled, "Worldwide Market for Drug-Eluting, Bare and Other Coronary Stents, 2008-2017," we assess the current state of technology and product development, current and forecast markets, market shares and the manufacturer opportunities for all stent types used in the treatment of coronary artery disease (CAD). Types of Coronary Stents [...]
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