Medical Devices Industry News

The global glaucoma surgery devices market is expected to witness extensive growth in the coming years because of increasing prevalence of glaucoma and incidence of associated surgeries. The subsequent rise in glaucoma surgical procedures can be majorly attributed to increasing geriatric population across the world, which bears a higher risk of the disease due to the weak optic nerve as a result of aging. According to the National Eye Institute statistics (2010), glaucoma affects more than 2.7 million people aged 40 years and above, ever year, in the U.S. Glaucoma surgery devices include various laser- and non-laser-based implants and other devices used for reducing the intraocular pressure in the eye by draining extra accumulated eye fluid. The glaucoma devices market is bifurcated into open-angle glaucoma and closed-angle glaucoma, on the basis of treatment, of which the open-angle glaucoma treatment category is expected to account for the larger share in the glaucoma su...

External defibrillators and implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) are the two products in the North American defibrillators market. The ICD category is further bifurcated into transvenous implantable cardioverter defibrillators (T-ICDs) and subcutaneous implantable cardioverter defibrillators (S-ICDs). Among these two, T-ICD is expected to be the faster growing category in this market, advancing at a CAGR of 4.3% during the forecast period. Among the various external defibrillators available in the North American defibrillators market, automated external defibrillator (AED) is expected to lead the market, in terms of size as well as growth, in the coming years. This category is expected to grow at the fastest CAGR of 5.9% during the forecast period. Request to Get the Sample Pages at:    Given the growing awareness about the life-saving potential of defibrillators in case of emergencies, the installation of these devices is increasing in public places s...