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Technology platforms and clinical applications overlap

Diverse technologies have a surprising number of common threads, whether in the technologies themselves or in the clinical applications.  For this reason, manufacturers need to consider that: 1. A technology platform can be the launchpad for products in clinically diverse areas. Case in point, cell therapy, which as a fundamental scientific discipline can have uses [...]

Wound prevalence and wound management

(Update, September 2009:  MedMarket Diligence has published its 2009 report #S247 on the Worldwide Wound Management Market.) Wound management encompasses a wide range of products: fabric dressings, first aid dressings, dressings and internal wound management products for surgery, advanced wound management products, active pharmaceutical wound care products, tissue engineering, physical therapies for wound care, and pressure [...]

Tissue closure and securement as benchmark for medical device usage

The market for surgical closure and securement (sealants, glues, sutures, staples, tapes, hemostasis, anti-adhesion) has entered a phase in which major driving forces are the introduction of new procedures and techniques by the surgical profession, the development by the medical device industry of new wound closure devices and biomaterials, and the growing willingness of surgical [...]

Manufacturers of medical and surgical sealants, glues, hemostasis, wound closure and anti-adhesion products

The MedMarket Diligence Report #S175, "Worldwide Surgical Sealants, Glues, Wound Closure and Anti-Adhesion Market, 2009-2013," details the complete range of sealants & glues technologies used in traumatic, surgical and other wound closure, from tapes, sutures and staples to hemostats, fibrin sealants/glues and medical adhesives. The report details current clinical and technology developments in this huge and rapidly growing [...]

Glues, sealants, hemostasis, anti-adhesion market growth

The market for surgical closure and securement has entered a phase in which major driving forces are the introduction of new procedures and techniques by the surgical profession, the development by the medical device industry of new wound closure devices and biomaterials, and the growing willingness of surgical specialists to use these devices in appropriate [...]

Surgical closure and securement products defined

The market for securement pRoducts may be subdivided into the following product categories: sutures, staples and other mechanical closure devices; tapes; hemostats; fibrin and other sealants; high-strength medical adhesives; and post-surgical adhesion prevention. The total securement market is forecast to grow from almost $7.3 billion in 2007 to reach $11.8 billion in 2013 at a [...]

Consolidation, competition on the rise in sealant, glue, anti-adhesion market

The market for surgical closure and securement — sealants, glues, sutures, tapes, and anti-adhesion — has entered a phase in which major driving forces are the introduction of new procedures and techniques by the surgical profession, the development by the medical device industry of new wound closure devices and biomaterials, and the growing willingness of [...]

Sealants, Glues, Wound Closure, Anti-Adhesion

[Below is an excerpt from Report #S145, "Worldwide Surgical Sealants, Glues & Wound Closure", published Feb. 2007.  This report is the subject of a new analysis, Report #S175, to be published December 2008.] Introduction The market for surgical closure and securement has entered a phase in which major driving forces are the introduction of new [...]

The Uses of Adjunctive Surgical Closure and Sealant Products

From MedMarket Diligence report #S145, “Worldwide Surgical Sealants, Glues and Wound Closure Market, 2007-2011.” See link. The use of products such as tapes and sutures for wound closure and securement leads to faster wound healing with less risk of contamination by debris and infectious agents, and with improved cosmetic outcomes. Failure to use these products [...]