Therapeutic medical electronics

Manufacturers and sales agents for ME therapeuti instruments

I   Market Trends of Diagnostic Medical Electronics and Analysis on Market Players

1. Environment of Therapeutic Instruments Market

• Favorable sales are seen for high-end instruments at operation rooms caused by increase of operation rooms at large-scale facilities and by last-minute demands just before the consumption tax increase.

2. Transition of Market Size and Market Forecasts by Survey Items

• The market in FY2013 rose by 13.3% to attain 159.096 billion yen, and it is expected to rise by 8.7% to reach 172.979 billion yen in FY2014.  The market in FY2015 can decrease by 6.4% to stay at 161.895 billion yen
• Transition of Market Size and Market Forecasts by Survey Items
• Market leaders by item
• Annual Report on Statistics of Production by Pharmaceutical Industry

II      Transition of Size of Therapeutic Instruments Market by item

1. Endoscope Market (Optical visual tubes, Video scopes) for Endoscopic Surgery (Minimally Invasive Surgery)

• Video cameras, light sources, Pneumoperitoneum apparatus (CO2 Pull-ups), Treatment devices (Forceps/Clamps, Scissors, etc.,) clip appliers, trocars, brain endoscopes, and arthroscope systems

2. Ventilators

• Rental (home-use, hospital), home mechanical ventilation (HMV), non-invasive positive pressure ventilation (NPPV), tracheal positive pressure ventilation (TPPV), nasal crap, sleep apnea syndrome (SAS), sleep monitors

3. General Anesthesia System
4. Defibrillators

• External defibrillators, implantable cardiac defibrillators, AED, ICD, CRT-D

5. Electrosurgical Knives

• Bipolar, ABC, APC, RF

6. Ultrasonic Surgical Devices (Ultrasonic Scalpels, Ultrasonic Aspirators)
7. Laser Equipments (Nd: YAG, Ho: YAG, KTP/YAG, KTP)
8. CO2 Laser
9. High Output Semiconductor Laser Surgical Devices
10. Photodynamic Therapy (PDT)
11. Myocardial Laser Revascularization (TMR, PTMR)
12. Pain Relief Semiconductor Laser
13. Near-infrared Light He-Ne Laser　
14. Cosmetic Laser Surgery, including Birthmark Removal and Facial Peeling
15. Aesthetic Plastic Surgery

• Hair removal, facial laser, IPL, RF

16. Transurethral Nephrolithotripsy (Laser, Air, EHL, USL)
17. BPH (Benign Prostate Hypertrophy) Treatment Device

• VLAP, TURIS

18. ESWL

• Extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy, extracorporeal shock wave therapy, rental

19. Hyperthermia
20. Intra-aortic Balloon Pump (IABP)
21. Intra-operative and Post-operative Auto-transfusion Machine
22. Continuous Passive Motion (CPM)
23. Tourniquet System
24. Electrical Stimulation of Bone, Ultrasonic Bone Treatment
25. Low Frequency Treatment Devices

• Edema, varix prevention, hospital-use, home-use massage

26. Power Instrument Systems
27. Gamma Knives
28. Stereotactic Brain Surgery, Stereotactic Radiosurgery Systems
29. Surgical Microsopes, Navigation Systems
30. Nebulizers
31. Sterile Container Systems
32. Surgical Steel Instruments and Devices (Except for Endoscopic Surgery Instruments)

III     Analysis on Market Players