Abstract
STUDY GOALS AND OBJECTIVES
This report is intended to meet the need for an up-to-date look at the U.S.
patient monitoring market. It analyzes U.S. markets for these products in the
light of the most recent available information. In addition to looking at
current and future markets for patient monitoring devices, the report analyzes
technological, economic, and regulatory developments that are likely to have a
long-term impact on the size and structure of the market.
This report provides an analysis of the market for patient monitoring devices
and related equipment by application (e.g., intensive care, neonatal/pediatric
care), product type (central monitoring stations, portable bedside monitors,
wireless/telemetry monitors) and target markets, such as hospitals, long-term
care facilities, and individual consumers. Future market trends are analyzed,
with consumption forecasts for specific market segments.
More specific objectives are to
- Identify and segment the main types of patient monitoring devices that
have been commercialized to date;
- Analyze the historical and current value of shipments of each of these
product segments in specified applications and end-user markets;
- Identify and evaluate the impact of demographic, technological, regulatory
and other factors that will drive future demand in each of these segments;
- Forecast the value of future shipments in each segment;
- Identify promising new technologies and products still in the development
and testing stage that are likely to be commercialized successfully in the
next 5 years;
- Identify leading vendors of patient monitoring devices and related
equipment and analyze industry structure (e.g., market shares, concentration,
recent M&A activity); and
- Assess the long-term outlook for patient monitoring devices, taking into
account market opportunities as well as technological, financial, and economic
factors.
Highlights:
This report:
- Identifies and segments the main types of patient monitoring devices that
have been commercialized to date
- Analyzes the historical and current value of shipments of each of these
product segments in specified applications and end-user markets
- Identifies and evaluates the impact of demographic, technological,
regulatory and other factors that will drive future demand in each of these
segments
- Forecasts the value of future shipments in each segment
- Identifies promising new technologies and products still in the
development and testing stage that are likely to be commercialized
successfully in the next five years
- Details leading vendors of patient monitoring devices and related
equipment and analyzes industry structure (e.g., market shares, concentration,
recent M&A activity).
SCOPE OF REPORT
This report is an analytical business tool whose primary purpose is to
describe and analyze the dynamics of the U.S. market for patient monitoring
devices and related equipment. The report includes sections on the following
topics: Major product types and applications, both commercial and
developmental; U.S. market size and segmentation, including historical data on
sales by application, product type, and end-user group; Market drivers and
constraints; Detailed U.S. market projections through 2013; and Industry
structure, competition, and market shares.
METHODOLOGY AND INFORMATION SOURCES
The findings and conclusions of this report are based on information gathered
from manufacturers and distributors of patient monitoring devices, hospitals,
and other end users. Interview data were combined with information gathered
through an extensive review of secondary sources such as trade publications,
trade associations, company literature, and online databases to produce the
baseline market estimates contained in this report.
The base year for analysis and projection is 2007. With 2007 as a baseline,
market projections were developed for 2008 to 2013. These projections are
based on a combination of a consensus among the primary contacts combined with
our understanding of the key market drivers and their impact from a historical
and analytical perspective. The analytical methodologies used to generate the
market estimates are described in detail in the section on Detailed Market
Projections.
All dollar projections presented in this report are in 2007 constant dollars.
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