Yano Research Institute has conducted a study on p industry in Japan with following conditions.
Market Size in fiscal 2010 (forecast for fiscal 2011 in parentheses)
- Artificial joint in total ..... 174,000 units and 96,200 million yen
- Hip joint revision ..... 1,457 units
- Knee joint revision ..... 1,016 units
- Minimally invasive surgeries of hip joint ..... 50,200 cases
- Minimally invasive surgeries of knee joint ..... 35,000 cases
- Tumor prosthesis ..... 558 units (610 units)
- Artificial hip joint ..... 101,000 units (105,000 units)
- HA/AW glass coated and alkaline heat treated stem ..... 33,900 pieces
- HA/AW glass coated and alkaline heat treated cup ..... 26,600 pieces
- Zirconia head ..... below 7,000 pieces
- Metal to metal ..... below 5,400 pieces (3,100 pieces)
- Ceramic to ceramic ..... 4,200 to 4,300 pieces
- THR cup cross-linked polyethylene ..... 29,000 pieces (33,000 pieces)
- Bipolar ..... over 56,600 units
- Simple caput and unipolar ..... 658 units (587 units)
- Caput cap ..... 143 units (125 units)
- Artificial knee joint ..... 69,200 units (70,950 units)
- Mobile type knee joint ..... 10,840 units
- HA coated knee joint ..... 4,800 units
- Knee joint hemi replacement ..... 4,673 units
- Artificial shoulder ..... 1,650 units (1,706 units)
- Shoulder caput replacement ..... 1,398 units
- Artificial elbow ..... 965 units
- Artificial finger and other joints ..... 1,649 units
- Bone cement ..... 2,418 million yen (2,225 million yen)
- Neurosurgical cement (cranial bone cement) ..... 100 million yen (93 million yen)
- Internal fixation material ..... 47,779 million yen (51,273 million yen)
- CHS/DHS (incl. gamma type) ..... 92,800 cases and below 18,000 million yen
- Gamma type ..... 74,000 units (80,800 units)
- Cannulated screw ..... 27,824 cases (27,443 cases)
- Intramedullary nail (interlocking, ender, etc.) ..... 31,883 units
- Plate & screw ..... 38,500 units (47,700 units)
- Dual end screw ..... 19,148 pieces (21,040 pieces)
- Absorbable screw and pin ..... 1,303 million yen (1,294 million yen)
- Mini and micro plate system ..... 8,379 million yen (8,480 million yen)
- Cranial bone flap fixation ..... 46,100 pieces and 749 million yen (46,700 pieces and 755 million yen)
- Absorbable ..... 1,920 million yen (1,950 million yen)
- External fixator ..... 2,195 million yen
- Disposable ..... 1,933 sets (1,941 sets)
- Spinal fusion system ..... 67,355 units and 32,396 million yen
- Cervical vertebra ..... over 11,625 units
- Corpus vertebral spacer and intervertebral spacer (incl. ceramic) ..... 20,600 cases
- Artificial ligament ..... 24,110 pieces (24,350 pieces)
- ACL screw & staple ..... around 35,000 to 36,000 pieces
- Artificial bone ..... 7,888 million yen (8,200 million yen)
- Absorbable ..... 1,630 million yen (1,820 million yen)
*The information provided in the "Research Summary" is what is as of the date of announcement and could be altered or renewed without any prior notice.