Abstract
THIS REPORT:
- Provides an in-depth review of the global market for gastrointestinal
endoscopy equipment
- Identifies major segments including equipment directly used for
gastrointestinal endoscopy for humans and those used for animals, as well as
peripheral equipment directed toward gastrointestinal endoscopy equipment and
procedures
- Analyzes the historical and current volume and value of these segments in
specified applications and geographical markets
- Forecasts through 2014 the worldwide market for gastrointestinal endoscopy
equipment, from a product and technology perspective
- Discusses regulations in the U.S. and global markets for consumer safety,
production information and product safety
- Identifies leading manufacturers.
STUDY GOALS AND OBJECTIVES
BCC' s primary goal in conducting this study was to explore the different
factors affecting the industries involved with gastrointestinal endoscopy
equipment. Growth in this field is affected by many factors, including an
aging global population and an increase in the number of gastrointestinal
conditions and treatments (e.g., colon and rectal cancer treatments, obesity
treatments, the use of gastric banding as an aid for weight loss for the
morbidly obese). Also, revolutionary technology evolution is allowing
less-invasive and more real-time diagnosis of gastrointestinal problems.
There are many different and complex analytical technologies involved, as well
as many different types of gastrointestinal endoscopy equipment, depending on
the sophistication of the medical facility performing the treatment. Thus, it
is imperative that the stakeholders in the innovation, manufacture, and
production of endoscopy equipment; medical practitioners and facilities
performing related treatments; and investors in the more generalized medical
and surgical field understand the economic growth factors for this field
within a volatile economy.
REASONS FOR DOING THE STUDY
With a globally aging population and new standards for preventative diagnostic
screening required by many insurance organizations (obesity is now recognized
as a disability, which leads to more treatments for morbidly obese patients
recognized and covered by even conventional medical insurance companies), this
study will show the overall landscape of gastrointestinal endoscopy equipment.
Additionally, it will identify many different companies offering innovative
and more conventional equipment relating to gastrointestinal endoscopy,
including current and forecasted revenues, as well as targeted population
disease and condition statistics as they are available.
SCOPE OF REPORT
The scope of this study encompasses several different specific technology- and
procedure-based areas relating directly to gastrointestinal endoscopy. It
primarily focuses on those industry stakeholders providing advanced
technological solutions for human conditions, but it also includes a smaller,
less-granulated analysis of comparable products offered to the veterinary use
of gastrointestinal endoscopy on its patient population.
BCC analyzed the industry on a worldwide basis from the market, product, and
technology perspectives. Regulations in the U.S. and global markets were also
examined to identify consumer safety, product introduction and product safety
regulatory issues for stakeholders and potential stakeholders in this industry.
Consideration has been given for the changing economy, and all statistical
reporting and forecasting takes into account current trends and other
available data indicating company, product, and application stability or
instability. Clearly, not every factor can be taken into account, particularly
because companies with no indication of financial instability have gone almost
instantly from near giants in their field to bankruptcy and dissolution. In
reality, close scrutiny of financial reporting should reveal many such trends,
however, there are increasing indications that either through inefficient or
positively deceptive accounting and fiscal reporting, or through
mismanagement, a remarkably large number of these companies have stated that
they have been genuinely been unaware of their pending status changes.
METHODOLOGY
BCC presents an analysis across the entire gastrointestinal endoscopy
equipment market based on revenue dollars and units shipped as reported to the
SEC and/or other governmental agencies. We also analyzed data gathered from
various research sources via the Internet, including the United States Patent
Office (USPTO) database, the U.S. Patents and Patent Applications database,
Micropatent' s searchable databases for U.S. and international patents and
other IP issues, and the European Patent Office for World and U.S. Patents and
Patent Applications searchable database.
INFORMATION SOURCES
BCC interviewed primary sources from many different identified organizational
stakeholder companies in the gastrointestinal endoscopy equipment and supply
industry and analyzed public documents, SEC filings, corporate white papers,
and other technical documentation for several dozen U.S. and international
companies directly involved in manufacturing and distributing of
gastrointestinal endoscopy equipment.
Additionally, BCC analyzed more than 1,100 design and utility patents filed in
the U.S. and throughout the world on gastrointestinal endoscopy-related
inventions, reducing the number to 559 patents directly relevant to the
subject matter of this market research report.
ANALYST CREDENTIALS
Sarah LoPrinzi is a senior partner at Celtic Wolf Consulting, a Utah-based IT
and IP consulting company. She is a technology analyst and writer with more
than 20 years' of experience, who formerly served as a U.S. Army Intelligence
Analyst. LoPrinzi specializes in technology and intellectual property
strategies, and also develops IP documentation and analysis studies for
Fortune 100 companies, with particular emphasis on IT technology and
algorithmically based inventions. Her publications for BCC Research include
RFID: Technology, Applications, and Market Potential (IAS020A); The Global
Market for Energy Management Information Systems (EGY052A); Technologies for
Air Pollution Monitoring, Prevention, and Control (IAS001G); Artificial
Sensing: Technologies and Emerging Markets (IAS021A); Advanced Materials for
Sensors (AVM058A); Active, Controlled, and Intelligence Packaging for Foods
and Beverages (FOD038B); Emergency Response Technologies: Global Markets
(SAS014A); Process Spectroscopy Market and Technology Update (IAS008C);
Entertainment Technology Market Dynamics and Technology Innovations (IFT067A);
Home Theater Technologies and Services: The Global Market (IFT069A); and
Portable Analysis Instrumentation: The Global Market (IAS028A).
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