Trends In MIS, Part I: Pushing Surgical Boundaries
The market for minimally invasive surgical products continues to grow, driven by increasing demand and advances in laparoscopic technologies and techniques. Medical device manufacturers are developing new and innovative endomechanical and energy devices, as well as improved camera systems, which are allowing surgeons to safely push surgical boundaries and expand the minimally invasive surgery (MIS) approach into more complex surgical procedures than ever before. From a market perspective, manufacturers are driving growth in the MIS product market by targeting underpenetrated and emerging markets, particularly in Asia and Latin America, and by focusing education, sales, and product development efforts on growing clinical areas with good potential for increasing MIS adoption.
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Tim Schmid, executive VP and worldwide chairman of J&J MedTech, expects Shockwave, acquired in April, and Abiomed, purchased in late 2022, to be “long-term gems” for the company. Cardiovascular is among higher-growth segments where J&J has concentrated investments in recent years, along with robotic surgical systems.
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The US FDA has published a trio of draft guidance documents for its Assessment Scheme for Conformity Program, which began as a pilot in September 2020 to capitalize on the role of standards in the regulation of medical devices.
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The US FDA has published a trio of draft guidance documents for its Assessment Scheme for Conformity Program, which began as a pilot in September 2020 to capitalize on the role of standards in the regulation of medical devices.
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UK-based Biocomposites will begin selling in the UK its next-generation osteoinductive bone graft substitute, NanoBone, which came with its acquisition of Artoss GmbH in June 2023. Meanwhile, the company has purchased remaining shares in the manufacturers of SYNICEM and Subiton antibiotic bone cements and preformed antibiotic-loaded spacers.
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US FDA has greenlighted Senseonics’ Eversense 365 continuous glucose monitor, which must be replaced just once a year. Capable of being integrated with compatible insulin pumps as part of an automated insulin delivery system, the fully implantable device lasts 185 days longer than the Eversense E3 sensor and far outstrips competing CGMs, which last only for 10-14 days.
