Spinal Devices: Market opportunities and technology trends

SUMMARY

Spinal Devices: Market opportunities and technology trends reviews the latesttechnology advances in the fastest growing segment of the orthopaedics market.The report provides essential business intelligence on the latest spinal productdevelopments, with detailed company profiles and market forecasts that will beinvaluable to companies planning future product portfolios. In addition, thisreport' s in-depth analysis of the key orthopaedics market, which includescomplete chapters on the US, Europe and Japan, will also examine the latestregulatory and reimbursement issues for spinal devices.

Find out the latestnews and developments and achieve success in the competitive spinal devicemarket.

Use this report to:

• Learn about the key company and product developments over the last twoyears
• Gain insight into the latest market trends and drivers from key opinionleaders and clinicians
• Capitalise on the strengths and weaknesses of your competitors and theirmarket shares
• Assess the latest development in regulations, reimbursement, litigationand surgeon training
• Benefit from the report' s analysis of factors leading to success and planyour company' s strategy

Contents:

Chapter 1 Introduction

Chapter 2 Products and Technology Advances

Chapter 3 The Global Market for Spinal Implants

Chapter 4 The US Spine Market

Chapter 5 The European Spine Market

Chapter 6 The Japanese Spine Market

Chapter 7 Company Profiles

Executive Summary:

Back pain is a very common cause for patients to consult doctors. Commoncauses of spine disease include degeneration of the intervertebral discs,trauma, deformity such as scoliosis and tumours. For patients where conservativetreatment has failed, a range of surgical procedures is available to treat theircondition.

The spine devices market is still relatively young and dynamic, dueto the continual improvement of treatment techniques and introduction of newtechnologies. The spine market is the fastest growing segment of the worldwideorthopaedics market, having grown at greater than 20% per annum since sales ofthese products first began in the late 1980s. The regions covered by this reportare the global market, the US market, Europe and Japan.

The US is by far thebiggest market for spine devices. In 2003, sales of spine products in the USaccounted for 66% of the global market. Europe was the next biggest market forspine devices, with Germany and France having the biggest share within theEuropean market. Japan is the third largest market for spine devices while otherAsian countries such as China and Korea have small, but fast growing spinemarkets