Surgical products, technologies, companies and clinical practice, from MedMarket Diligence, LLC

Surgical products, technologies, companies and clinical practice, from MedMarket Diligence, LLC Technologies, products, companies, clinical practice in surgery, from the published Market and Technology Reports and ongoing research of MedMarket Diligence, LLC http://www.mediligence.com/rpt/surgical-technology.htm Business/Business_Services/Consulting/Medical_and_Life_Sciences Copyright 2008, MedMarket Diligence, LLC en-us Mon, 19 Oct 2009 22:23:32 -0700 rss@mediligence.com (Patrick Driscoll) Mon, 19 Oct 2009 21:58:49 -0700 webmaster@mediligence.com (Patrick Driscoll) FeedForAll v2.0 (2.0.2.9) http://www.feedforall.com http://www.mediligence.com/rss/MMD_logo_144x63pxl.jpg Surgical products, technologies, companies and clinical practice, from MedMarket Diligence, LLC http://www.mediligence.com/rpt/surgical-technology.htm Technologies, products, companies, clinical practice in surgery, from the published Market and Technology Reports and ongoing research of MedMarketet Diligence, LLC 144 63 Advanced wound care products accelerating healing and market, according to new MedMarket Diligence report
The general wound management market is a mature established business sector including both long-established product groups and more recently evolved approaches to wound management. The main components of the market may be summarized as follows:

Traditional wound care products.  These include bandages, dressings and swabs made of generic cotton and textile fabrics.

Wound closures. This sector includes long-established devices including sutures and staples, as well as newly developed methods of wound closure such as tissue sealants and glues; also haemostatic devices to help arrest bleeding while closing the wound. These are mainly used in the surgical environment.

Advanced wound management products.  These include dressings based on moist wound healing concepts (made of, biopolymers, hydrocolloids, composites, foam materials, films, etc). These are used mainly for chronic and slow-to-heal wounds. The sector also includes so-called active therapies including tissue engineered products, biomaterial composites, and new physical modes of activating wound healing, the latter having made major inroads into the marketplace within the past 2-3 years. Newly emerging classes of products in this sector include growth factors and angiogenesis promoters.

Consumer wound care.  This sector includes a wide range of wound care products, mainly designed for wound closure and protection, and mostly for use in a first aid context.

Historically, wounds were treated with absorbent coverings that were designed to absorb the high levels of exudates produced from surgical, traumatic, or chronic wounds. These dressings delivered the benefit that they aesthetically covered up the sight of the wound, offered some absorptive capacity, and protected the wounds from getting dirty, offering some protection from infectious agents.

The ideal wound dressing achieves a number of goals. It should cover the wound and control odor; be conformable, mimicking the elasticity and stretch characteristics of skin, and yet easy to apply to the wound. It is now recognized that ideal wound dressings should control the fluid level at the wound surface in moist wound healing conditions, while absorbing excess liquid exudates.  Wound dressings should also exclude infectious agents, and disinfect pathological levels of infectious agents. These dressings should require to be changed as infrequently as possible without detriment to the wound healing process, and acceleration of wound healing without scar formation is an elusive goal. Clearly a number of wound dressings with different attributes are required to address the wide variety of wound types, symptoms and the variability within any single wound.

Advanced wound care products are growing in use due to their ability to accelerate wound healing, a benefit readily perceived by physicians and healthcare providers for its better outcome and reduction in cost of care.  Select advanced wound care products are growing at or near double digit rates, including hydrocolloid dressings, physical wound therapies (e.g., negative pressure) and growth factors.

Worldwide Wound Management Market, 2008-2017. Report #S247
Worldwide Market for Drug-Eluting, Bare Metal and Other Coronary Stents, 2008-2017. Report #C245
Worldwide Surgical Sealants, Glues, Wound Closure and Anti-adhesion Markets, 2009-2013. Report #S175
Ablation Technologies Worldwide Market, 2008-2017. Report #A125

For additional information, contact Patrick Driscoll, patrick at mediligence dot com, tel: 949-859-3401.

Tags: surgery, surgical, interventional, wound management, dressings, bandages, negative pressure, non-adherent, decubitus ulcer, stasis ulcer, surgical sealant, surgical glue, stent.]]> http://mediligence.com/blog/category/surgery/ patrick@mediligence.com (Patrick Driscoll) Business/Healthcare/Products_and_Services/ 33F1A166-1046-47FA-BA15-F5981C53CF13 Fri, 16 Oct 2009 10:44:58 -0700 MedMarket Diligence, LLC Hemostats market: dominant players, but many competitors
The "advanced medical technologies" blog highlights the worldwide market for hemostats, drawn from the MedMarket Diligence report #S175, "Worldwide Surgical Sealants, Glues, Wound Closure and Anti-Adhesion, 2009-2013."

(See the description, table of contents, and list of exhibits for Report #S175.)

For additional information, contact Patrick Driscoll, patrick at mediligence dot com, tel: 949-859-3401.

Tags: surgical sealant, surgical glue, fibrin sealant, fibrin glue, medical glue, medical adhesive, anti-adhesion, hemostasis]]> http://mediligence.com/blog/2009/10/13/hemostats-market-dominant-players-but-many-competitors/ patrick@mediligence.com (Patrick Driscoll) Business/Healthcare/Products_and_Services/ http://mediligence.com/blog/2009/10/13/hemostats-market-dominant-players-but-many-competitors/ Wed, 14 Oct 2009 09:26:45 -0700 MedMarket Diligence, LLC Neurological applications of surgical sealants, closure and hemostasis
The "advanced medical technologies" blog reviews the potential applications and prevalence of caseload for neurological use of surgical sealants, closure and hemostasis.

Data and analysis was drawn from Report #S175, "Worldwide Market for Sealants, Glues and Wound Closure, 2009-2013."

MedMarket Diligence's global analysis on the market and opportunities for products in surgical securement (surgical sealants, glues and other wound closure, hemostasis, and anti-adhesion) is described, with complete table of contents and list of exhibits at this link.

For additional information, contact Patrick Driscoll, patrick at mediligence dot com, tel: 949-859-3401.

Tags: surgical sealant, surgical glue, fibrin sealant, fibrin glue, medical glue, medical adhesive, anti-adhesion, hemostasis>]]> http://mediligence.com/blog/2009/10/05/neurological-applications-of-surgical-sealants-closure-and-hemostasis/ patrick@mediligence.com (Patrick Driscoll) Business/Healthcare/Products_and_Services/ F47D1B04-CCDF-44F7-B45D-9E4C2E5389B2 Tue, 6 Oct 2009 09:23:30 -0700 MedMarket Diligence, LLC Trends in the management of surgical wounds
Surgical wounds are projected to increase in number at an annual rate of 3.1%, but overall the severity and size of surgical wounds will continue to decrease over the next ten years as a result of the continuing trend toward minimally invasive surgery.

Surgical procedures generate a preponderance of acute wounds with uneventful healing and a lower number of chronic wounds, such as those generated by wound dehiscence or post-operative infection. Surgical wounds are most often closed by primary intention, using products such as sutures, staples, or glues, where the two sides across the incision line are brought close and mechanically held together. Surgical wounds that involve substantial tissue loss or may be infected are allowed to heal by secondary intention where the wound is left open under dressings and allowed to fill by granulation and close by epithelialization. Some surgical wounds may be closed through delayed primary intention where they are left open until such time as it is felt it is safe to suture or glue the wound closed.

A significant feature of all wounds is the likelihood of pathological infection occurring. Surgical wounds are no exception, and average levels of infection of surgical wounds are 7%-10% dependent on the procedure. These infections can be prevented by appropriate cleanliness, surgical discipline and skill, wound care therapy, and antibiotic prophylaxis. Infections usually lead to more extensive wound care time, the use of more expensive products and drugs, significantly increased therapist time, and increased morbidity and rehabilitation time. A large number of wounds will also be sutured to accelerate closure, and a proportion of these will undergo dehiscence and require aftercare for healing to occur.

The MedMarket Diligence 2009 report on the Worldwide Wound Management Market selects, for discussion and analysis, those products that may be categorized as representing advanced wound management approaches and technologies, and the companies involved in this field. The report provides information of the causes and expected route of healing for wounds, to provide a clear understanding of the numbers of wounds that need to be treated characterized by wound type, and describe the role of advanced wound care products and services in overall wound management. The report describes the focus and strategies of key companies and outline their total sales in the advanced wound management sector.

MedMarket Diligence's September 2009 report, "Worldwide Wound Management, 2008-2017: Established and Emerging Products, Technologies and Markets in the U.S., Europe, Japan and Rest of World", assesses the current and forecast market, and market opportunities, for established and emerging products and technologies in wound management. The report is described, with complete table of contents and list of exhibits, at this link.

For additional information, contact Patrick Driscoll, patrick at mediligence dot com, tel: 949-859-3401.

Tags: wound care, wound management, dressings, bandages, negative pressure, non-adherent, decubitus ulcer, stasis ulcer.]]> http://mediligence.com/blog/category/wound-management/ patrick@mediligence.com (Patrick Driscoll) Business/Healthcare/Products_and_Services/ 36FE85BC-C5BB-4240-A3E2-2A3BF202DD1F Tue, 6 Oct 2009 09:20:52 -0700 MedMarket Diligence, LLC Costs, chronic wounds and the focus of medical technology development
A recent post on the "advanced medical technologies" blog notes the impact of cost on the focus of medical technology development  effortss.

MedMarket Diligence's pending (September 2009) report, "Worldwide Wound Management, 2008-2017:  Established and Emerging Products, Technologies and Markets in the U.S., Europe, Japan and Rest of World", assesses the current and forecast market, and market opportunities, for established and emerging products and technologies in wound management.

The report is described, with preliminary table of contents and list of exhibits, at this link.

For additional information, contact Patrick Driscoll, patrick at mediligence dot com, tel: 949-859-3401.

Tags: wound care, wound management, dressings, bandages, negative pressure, non-adherent, decubitus ulcer, stasis ulcer]]> http://mediligence.com/blog/2009/09/04/high-medical-cost-the-target-of-chronic-wound-treatments/ patrick@mediligence.com (Patrick Driscoll) Business/Healthcare/Products_and_Services/ C83A246A-0BE1-4C44-ACAD-75B02CCD833F Sat, 5 Sep 2009 10:48:02 -0700 MedMarket Diligence, LLC Structure of the wound management products market
Traditional wound care products.  These include bandages, dressings and swabs made of generic cotton and textile fabrics.
Wound closures.  This sector includes long-established devices including sutures and staples, as well as newly developed methods of wound closure such as tissue sealants and glues; also haemostatic devices to help arrest bleeding while closing the wound. These are mainly used in the surgical environment.

Advanced wound care products.  These include dressings based on moist wound healing concepts (made of, biopolymers, hydrocolloids, composites, foam materials, films etc). These are used mainly for chronic and slow-to-heal wounds. The sector also includes so-called active therapies including tissue engineered products, biomaterial composites, and new physical modes of activating wound healing, the latter having made major inroads into the marketlace within the past 2-3 years. Newly emerging classes of products in this sector include growth factors and angiogenesis promoters.

Consumer wound care.  This sector includes a wide range of wound care products, mainly designed for wound closure and protection, and mostly for use in a first aid context.

Many major wound management businesses provide products within all the categories above. They source these through their own proprietary manufacturing capabilities, and where technologies are old and generic, companies source them from specialist wound dressing manufacturers. Within the categories of active therapies, wound management businesses may have to partner with specialist developers of these new technologies, to pay a premium for the uniqueness of their technologies, and often to acquire the technologies or companies in order to optimize manufacture and supply.

MedMarket Diligence's pending (September 2009) report, "Worldwide Wound Management, 2008-2017:  Established and Emerging Products, Technologies and Markets in the U.S., Europe, Japan and Rest of World," assesses the current and forecast market, and market opportunities, for established and emerging products and technologies in wound management.

The report is described, with preliminary table of contents and list of exhibits, at this link.

For additional information, contact Patrick Driscoll, patrick at mediligence dot com, tel: 949-859-3401.

Tags: wound care, wound management, dressings, bandages, negative pressure, non-adherent, decubitus ulcer, stasis ulcer]]> http://mediligence.com/rpt/rpt-s247.htm#Wound_Management_#2009 patrick@mediligence.com (Patrick Driscoll) Business/Healthcare/Products_and_Services/ http://mediligence.com/rpt/rpt-s247.htm#Wound_Management_#2009 Tue, 25 Aug 2009 22:30:03 -0700 MedMarket Diligence, LLC An established, yet continually emerging wound care market
MedMarket Diligence's pending (September 2009) report, "Worldwide Wound Management, 2008-2017:  Established and Emerging Products, Technologies and Markets in the U.S., Europe, Japan and Rest of World", assesses the current and forecast market, and market opportunities, for established and emerging products and technologies in wound management.

The report is described, with preliminary table of contents and list of exhibits, at this link.

For additional information, contact Patrick Driscoll, patrick at mediligence dot com, tel: 949-859-3401.

Tags: wound care, wound management, dressings, bandages, negative pressure, non-adherent, decubitus ulcer, stasis ulcer]]> http://mediligence.com/blog/2009/08/21/an-established-yet-continually-emerging-wound-care-market/ patrick@mediligence.com (Patrick Driscoll) Business/Healthcare/Products_and_Services/ http://mediligence.com/blog/2009/08/21/an-established-yet-continually-emerging-wound-care-market/ Sat, 22 Aug 2009 14:25:49 -0700 MedMarket Diligence, LLC Approved neurosurgery indications for high-strength surgical glues in Europe
We have reviewed applications and indications of commercial products and include a list of approved and indicated neurosurgery procedures in the European Union, as it illustrates the growing potential for these high-strength glues once they gain universal approval and adoption within the surgical community worldwide.

(See the complete list of procedures in Europe for high strength glues, encompassing the specific procedures in cardiac surgery, digestive tract endoscopy, general surgery, gynecological surgery, urological surgery, interventional radiology and vascular neuroradiology, pediatric surgery, and ENT surgery in Report #S175.)

MedMarket Diligence's global analysis on the market and opportunities for products in surgical securement (surgical sealants, glues,  other wound closure, hemostasis, and anti-adhesion) is described, with complete table of contents and list of exhibts at this link.

For additional information, contact Patrick Driscoll, patrick at mediligence dot com, tel: 949-859-3401.

Tags: surgical sealant, surgical glue, fibrin sealant, fibrin glue, medical glue, medical adhesive, anti-adhesion, hemostasis]]> http://mediligence.com/blog/2009/08/19/approved-neurosurgery-indications-for-high-strength-surgical-glues-in-europe/ patrick@mediligence.com (Patrick Driscoll) Business/Healthcare/Products_and_Services/ http://mediligence.com/blog/2009/08/19/approved-neurosurgery-indications-for-high-strength-surgical-glues-in-europe/ Wed, 19 Aug 2009 10:26:56 -0700 MedMarket Diligence, LLC Worldwide Surgical Sealants, Glues, Wound Closure and Anti-Adhesion Markets, 2009-2013
This report is a market and technology assessment and forecast of surgical sealants, glues, hemostasis, other wound closure and anti-adhesion. The report details the current and emerging products, technologies and markets involved in wound closure and sealing using sutures and staples, tapes, hemostats, fibrin and sealant products, medical adhesives and products to prevent surgical adhesions. The report provides a worldwide current and annual forecast to 2013 of the markets for these technologies, with particular emphasis on the market impact of new technologies through the coming decade.  The report provides specific forecasts and shares of the worldwide market by segment for the U.S., Europe (United Kingdom, German, France, Italy, BeNeLux), Latin America, Japan and Rest of World.

The report provides background data on the surgical, disease and traumatic wound patient populations targeted by current technologies and those under development, and the current clinical practices in the management of these patients, including the dynamics among the various clinical specialties or subspecialties vying for patient population and facilitating or limiting the growth of technologies.

The report establishes the current worldwide market size for major technology segments as a baseline for and projecting growth in the market over a ten-year forecast. The report also assesses and projects the composition of the market as technologies gain or lose relative market performance over this period.

MedMarket Diligence's global analysis on the market and opportunities for products in surgical securement (surgical sealants, glues,  other wound closure, hemostasis, and anti-adhesion) is described, with complete table of contents and list of exhibts at this link.

For additional information, contact Patrick Driscoll, patrick at mediligence dot com, tel: 949-859-3401.

Tags: surgical sealant, surgical glue, fibrin sealant, fibrin glue, medical glue, medical adhesive, anti-adhesion, hemostasis]]> http://www.mediligence.com/rpt/rpt-s175.htm#ssg patrick@mediligence.com (Patrick Driscoll) Business/Healthcare/Products_and_Services/ http://www.mediligence.com/rpt/rpt-s175.htm#ssg Sat, 15 Aug 2009 10:49:46 -0700 MedMarket Diligence, LLC Clinical application of alternative wound closure technologies
The advanced medical technologies blog highlights the closure and securement applications, products and clinical options in wound healing.

MedMarket Diligence has published its global analysis on the market and opportunities for products in surgical securement (surgical sealants, glues,  other wound closure, hemostasis, and anti-adhesion). See report #S175).

For additional information, contact Patrick Driscoll, patrick at mediligence dot com, tel: 949-859-3401.

Tags: surgical sealant, surgical glue, fibrin sealant, fibrin glue, medical glue, medical adhesive, anti-adhesion, hemostasis]]> http://mediligence.com/blog/2009/08/05/wound-closure-clinical-application-of-alternative-technologies/ patrick@mediligence.com (Patrick Driscoll) Business/Healthcare/Products_and_Services/ CCEDE42E-C0CE-4884-8A26-A2EFC8574F61 Wed, 5 Aug 2009 11:38:03 -0700 MedMarket Diligence, LLC Growth in surgical procedures and new techniques driving markets for surgical closure and securement
The advanced medical technologies blog explores this underlying set of drivers for the use of advanced surgical closure and securement products, including surgical sealants, glues, hemostasis and other wound management products.  These products are continuing to penetrate traditional products for management of surgical and traumatic wounds.

MedMarket Diligence has published its global analysis on the market and opportunities for products in surgical securement (surgical sealants, glues,  other wound closure, hemostasis, and anti-adhesion). See report #S175).

For additional information, contact Patrick Driscoll, patrick at mediligence dot com, tel: 949-859-3401.

Tags: surgical sealant, surgical glue, fibrin sealant, fibrin glue, medical glue, medical adhesive, anti-adhesion]]> http://mediligence.com/blog/2009/07/27/new-surgical-techniques-drive-market-opportunity-for-advanced-surgical-closure-and-securement/ patrick@mediligence.com (Patrick Driscoll) Business/Healthcare/Products_and_Services/ 3AADE199-B147-4791-A216-180B0893C150 Tue, 28 Jul 2009 08:38:31 -0700 MedMarket Diligence, LLC High-strength surgical glues: From the outside looking in
The advanced medical technologies blog highlights high strength glues and their opportunities and challenges, with data drawn from the MedMarket Diligence report #S175, "Worldwide Market for Surgical Sealants, Glues and Wound Closure, 2009-2013."

For additional information, contact Patrick Driscoll, patrick at mediligence dot com, tel: 949-859-3401.

Tags: surgical sealant, surgical glue, fibrin sealant, fibrin glue, medical glue, medical adhesive, anti-adhesion]]> http://mediligence.com/blog/2009/07/08/high-strength-surgical-glues-from-the-outside-looking-in/ patrick@mediligence.com (Patrick Driscoll) Business/Healthcare/Products_and_Services/ http://mediligence.com/blog/2009/07/08/high-strength-surgical-glues-from-the-outside-looking-in/ Wed, 8 Jul 2009 11:51:25 -0700 MedMarket Diligence, LLC Surgical sealants, glues and hemostats market expanding with new products, clinical acceptance advanced medical technologies blog highlights the growth and opportunity in the use of surgical sealants, glues, hemostasis and other wound management products as a result of the introduction of new, effective products and their adoption and routine use by clinicians.  These products are demonstrating market growth and potential by penetrating existing caseload and expanding the total market for securement and closure of soft tissue.

MedMarket Diligence has published its global analysis on the market and opportunities for products in surgical securement (surgical sealants, glues,  other wound closure, hemostasis, and anti-adhesion). See report #S175).

For additional information, contact Patrick Driscoll, patrick at mediligence dot com, tel: 949-859-3401.

Tags: surgical sealant, surgical glue, fibrin sealant, fibrin glue, medical glue, medical adhesive, anti-adhesion]]> http://mediligence.com/blog/2009/07/02/sealant-glues-and-hemostatis-market-expanding-with-new-products-clinical-acceptance/ patrick@mediligence.com (Patrick Driscoll) Business/Healthcare/Products_and_Services/ 8C3E132A-5549-47C2-9DE6-6C6AFA0DABBC Sat, 4 Jul 2009 11:36:44 -0700 MedMarket Diligence, LLC Ablation technologies proliferate from their many clinical benefits blog highlights the growth versus market size balance for the different ablation modalities.

Ablation technologies and their worldwide markets are subject of the market report from MedMarket Diligence report #A125.

For additional information, contact Patrick Driscoll, patrick at mediligence dot com, tel: 949-859-3401.

Tags: ablation, rf ablation, microwave, ultrasound, HIFU, laser, radiation, thermal ablation, electrosurgery.]]> http://mediligence.com/blog/2009/06/29/ablation-technologies-proliferate-from-their-many-clinical-benefits/ patrick@mediligence.com (Patrick Driscoll) Business/Healthcare/Products_and_Services/ FC5361A7-78AD-49E0-9906-D4FF06683A05 Mon, 29 Jun 2009 23:06:55 -0700 MedMarket Diligence, LLC Worldwide Market: Surgical Sealants and Glues (plus hemostasis, anti-adhesion) advanced medical technologies blog highlights the global opportunities for products in surgical securement (surgical sealants, glues,  other wound closure, hemostasis, and anti-adhesion), drawn from the worldwide surgical sealants, glues and wound closure report from MedMarket Diligence (report #S175).

For additional information, contact Patrick Driscoll, patrick at mediligence dot com, tel: 949-859-3401.

Tags: surgical sealant, surgical glue, fibrin sealant, fibrin glue, medical glue, medical adhesive, anti-adhesion]]> http://mediligence.com/blog/2009/06/25/worldwide-market-surgical-sealants-and-glues-plus-hemostasis-anti-adhesion/ patrick@mediligence.com (Patrick Driscoll) Business/Healthcare/Products_and_Services/ http://mediligence.com/blog/2009/06/25/worldwide-market-surgical-sealants-and-glues-plus-hemostasis-anti-adhesion/ Sat, 27 Jun 2009 10:24:03 -0700 MedMarket Diligence, LLC Sutures (slowly but surely) giving way to cyanoacrylate-based and other high-strength medical adhesives
The advanced medical technologies blog highlights cyanoacrylates and other high-strength glues, drawn from the worldwide surgical sealants, glues and wound closure report from MedMarket Diligence (report #S175).

For additional information, contact Patrick Driscoll, patrick at mediligence dot com, tel: 949-859-3401.

Tags: surgical sealant, surgical glue, fibrin sealant, fibrin glue, medical glue, medical adhesive, anti-adhesion]]> http://mediligence.com/blog/2009/06/17/high-strength-medical-adhesives-surgical-glues/ patrick@mediligence.com (Patrick Driscoll) Business/Healthcare/Products_and_Services/ http://mediligence.com/blog/2009/06/17/high-strength-medical-adhesives-surgical-glues/ Sun, 21 Jun 2009 21:12:51 -0700 MedMarket Diligence, LLC Ablation technologies and their variable penetration of clinical applications
Ablation technologies and their worldwide markets are subject of the market report from MedMarket Diligence report #A125.

For additional information, contact Patrick Driscoll, patrick at mediligence dot com, tel: 949-859-3401.

Tags: ablation, rf ablation, microwave, ultrasound, HIFU, laser, cancer, oncology]]> http://mediligence.com/blog/2009/06/16/ablation-technologies-and-their-variable-penetration-of-clinical-applications/ patrick@mediligence.com (Patrick Driscoll) Business/Healthcare/Products_and_Services/ http://mediligence.com/blog/2009/06/16/ablation-technologies-and-their-variable-penetration-of-clinical-applications/ Tue, 16 Jun 2009 22:29:39 -0700 MedMarket Diligence, LLC Surgical, traumatic and other wound type prevalence worldwide; targets for surgical securement products Worldwide Surgical Sealants, Glues and Wound Closure, 2009-2013."

A useful starting point for determining which adjunctive surgical closure and securement products are appropriate for different wound healing treatments is to recognize the major distinction between different wound types. Surgical wounds are usually appropriate for treatment with adjunctive surgical closure and securement products because they are created under clean conditions, the usual acute healing cascade of events begins immediately and control of the bleeding and closure process can lead to accelerated healing, improved prognosis, and enhanced aesthetic effects such as reduced scarring.

Surgical wounds offer the potential for devices to ensure hemostasis, prevent internal adhesions and anastomoses, soft tissue securement, and closure of the skin. Traumatic wounds also offer potential for skin closure products and for hemostats, and adhesion prevention during post-trauma surgery. New wound-covering sealant products may also offer potential for treatment of cuts, grazes, and burns.

Chronic wounds are generally not amenable for treatment by adhesives, sealants and hemostats unless the wound has been debrided to a sterile bleeding surface (in which case it becomes like a surgical wound), or the product offers some stimulant activity; many hemostats exhibit some inflammatory and cytokinetic activity, which has been associated with accelerated healing.

To help determine how these applications for closure and securement products may translate into market potential, it is relevant to note the prevalence as well as the growth rates for each of the different types of wounds; The exhibit below illustrates this.

Advanced securement products are part of the worldwide market report from MedMarket Diligence report #S175.

For additional information, contact Patrick Driscoll, patrick at mediligence dot com, tel: 949-859-3401.

Tags: surgical sealant, surgical glue, fibrin sealant, fibrin glue, medical glue, medical adhesive, anti-adhesion]]> http://mediligence.com/blog/2009/06/03/surgical-wound-closure-and-securement-market-size-versus-growth/ patrick@mediligence.com (Patrick Driscoll) Business/Healthcare/Products_and_Services/ http://mediligence.com/blog/2009/06/03/surgical-wound-closure-and-securement-market-size-versus-growth/ Wed, 3 Jun 2009 14:35:52 -0700 MedMarket Diligence, LLC Growth in patient caseload for surgical securement products
"Worldwide, over 100 million surgical and traumatic wound types and applications are potential candidates for use of these products, and the breadth of these applications illustrate the great clinical utility of these products," says Patrick Driscoll of MedMarket Diligence.  "These applications span cardiovascular, orthopedic and arthroscopic, digestive, urological, neurological, cosmetic, and general surgery, displacing many traditional wound closure  products."

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 circumstances. There is now a continuum between simple closure using sutures and the use of specially designed devices and delivery systems with new bioresorbable securement materials either as supplements to conventional closure methodology or as stand-alone replacements.

Among all potential clinical applications, surgical securement products play critical roles in reducing mortality and complications for roughly 26 million surgical procedures and, in another 50 million surgical procedures, securement products provide distinct improvements in clinical outcomes.  In another 40 million procedures, securement product reduce procedure time, provide cost savings or provide other benefits.

The MedMarket Diligence report #S175, "Worldwide Surgical Sealants, Glues, Wound Closure and Anti-Adhesion Markets, 2009-2013," is a market and technology assessment and forecast of products in wound closure. The report details the current and emerging products, technologies and markets involved in wound closure and sealing using sutures and staples, tapes, hemostats, fibrin and sealant products, medical adhesives and products to prevent post-surgical adhesions. The report provides a worldwide current and annual forecast to 2013 of the markets for these technologies, with particular emphasis on the market impact of new technologies through the coming decade.  The report provides specific forecasts and shares of the worldwide market by segment for the U.S., Europe (United Kingdom, German, France, Italy, BeNeLux), Latin America, Japan and Rest of World.

The report provides background data on the surgical, disease and traumatic wound patient populations targeted by current technologies and those under development, and the current clinical practices in the management of these patients, including the dynamics among the various clinical specialties or subspecialties vying for patient population and facilitating or limiting the growth of technologies.

The report establishes the current worldwide market size for major technology segments as a baseline for and projecting growth in the market over a ten-year forecast. The report also assesses and projects the composition of the market as technologies gain or lose relative market performance over this period.

For more details on this report, including description, table of contents, list of exhibits and ordering information, see http://www.mediligence.com/rpt/rpt-s175.htm.

The report may be ordered online (for immediate download) from http://www.mediligence.com/store/page29.html or may be ordered via fax order form from http://www.mediligence.com/order_forms/s175_order.pdf.

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Tags: surgical sealant, surgical glue, fibrin sealant, fibrin glue, medical glue, medical adhesive, anti-adhesion]]> http://www.prlog.org/10245895-caseload-grows-for-surgical-sealeants-glues-hemostasis.html patrick@mediligence.com (Patrick Driscoll) Business/Healthcare/Products_and_Services/ http://www.prlog.org/10245895-caseload-grows-for-surgical-sealeants-glues-hemostasis.html Thu, 28 May 2009 21:33:35 -0700 MedMarket Diligence, LLC Degenerative disc diseases, implications for spinal surgery technologies blog, in an excerpt from the MedMarket Diligence report on Spine Surgery, reviews the clinical background for these conditions.

The MedMarket Diligence report on the "Worldwide Spine Surgery Market" is described here. and is available for purchase and immediate download here.

Tags: spine surgery, disc replacement, spine fusion, interbody fusion]]> http://mediligence.com/blog/2009/02/16/degenerative-disc-diseases/ patrick@mediligence.com (Patrick Driscoll) Business/Healthcare/Products_and_Services/ 3C80C2B7-9313-43D1-9568-2A59079D5EA3 Tue, 26 May 2009 21:40:27 -0700 MedMarket Diligence, LLC Adoption of surgical securement products by clinical category and key determinants

The development, adoption, use and markets for securement products worldwide are described in the MedMarket Diligence report #S175.

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Tags: surgical sealant, surgical glue, fibrin sealant, fibrin glue, medical glue, medical adhesive, anti-adhesion]]> http://mediligence.com/blog/2009/05/18/adoption-of-surgical-securement-products-by-clinical-category-and-key-determinants/ patrick@mediligence.com (Patrick Driscoll) Business/Healthcare/Products_and_Services/ AFC1225E-1739-493F-835A-2642D03E27F6 Sat, 23 May 2009 10:58:09 -0700 MedMarket Diligence, LLC Dermal repair disorders, prevalence and applications for securement products
The advanced medical technologies blog, drawing on MedMarket Diligence report #S175 on the Worldwide Market for Surgical Sealants, Glues and Wound Closure," illustrates the potential for surgical securement products for their application in treatment of venous ulcers, pressure ulcers, and burns, as well as for their significant volume of usage in plastic surgery.

Securement products worldwide are described in the MedMarket Diligence report #S175.

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Tags: surgical sealant, surgical glue, fibrin sealant, fibrin glue, medical glue, medical adhesive, anti-adhesion]]> http://mediligence.com/blog/2009/05/18/adoption-of-surgical-securement-products-by-clinical-category-and-key-determinants/ patrick@mediligence.com (Patrick Driscoll) Business/Healthcare/Products_and_Services/ http://mediligence.com/blog/2009/05/18/adoption-of-surgical-securement-products-by-clinical-category-and-key-determinants/ Sat, 23 May 2009 11:02:58 -0700 MedMarket Diligence, LLC Ablation technologies in cardiology, oncology, general surgery, gynecology, elective surgery, and orthopedics. Worldwide market 2007-2017
The MedMarket Diligence report #A125 details the worldwide market, to 2017 for each of these modalities, with segmentation by U.S., Canada, Brazil, Mexico, United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, France, Spain, BeNeLux, Japan, China, India, Australia and Rest of World.

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Tags: ablation, rf ablation, microwave, ultrasound, HIFU, laser]]> http://mediligence.com/PR/PR2009-04-02b.htm patrick@mediligence.com (Patrick Driscoll) Business/Healthcare/Products_and_Services/ http://mediligence.com/PR/PR2009-04-02b.htm Sun, 24 May 2009 21:15:11 -0700 MedMarket Diligence, LLC