Surgical Glues, Sealants, Hemostats and Wound Closure Worldwide Markets

MISSION VIEJO, Calif. - April 7, 2015 - PRLog -- The products and technologies focused on the management of acute wounds, encompassing hemostasis, closure and sealing represent a significant, growing segment of the total medical device market. The global market for surgical sealants, glues, and wound closure devices reached over $10.8 billion in 2014 and is forecast to increase to about $14 billion in 2018, exhibiting an overall compound annual growth rate (2014-2018) of 7.0%, according to the latest global report on wound closure and related products, published by MedMarket Diligence.

"We have tracked this market as manufacturers introduced novel wound sealing and closure technologies intended to integrate with one of the highest volume areas of healthcare," says Patrick Driscoll, President of MedMarket Diligence. According to Driscoll, the level of innovation has been remarkable — from the advent of fibrin glues, to the continued evolution of sutures and staples, to the emergence of products working alone or in tandem to achieve better outcomes in a cost sensitive climate.

This market is comprised of sutures/staples, vascular closure devices, surgical tapes, surgical hemostats, and surgical sealants and glues. There are well over 100 companies active in the marketing and development of these products, with the associated technologies running the gamut from devices to biologics to synthetics.

Wound closure has become a clinical practice that is rapidly evolving from what was once simple suturing or taping wounds to more sophisticated procedures that ensure rapid cessation of blood loss, prompt closure, strong adhesion of wound edges, tight sealing, reduced scarring, reduced risk of infection and more rapid healing — all accomplished largely with existing surgeon skills and with reasonable costs for healthcare payers and margins for manufacturers.

Surgical sealants and glues are expected to demonstrate the highest growth rate over the forecast period, but the largest segment in terms of revenues is the sutures and staples market, which comprise about half of the worldwide total. Hemostats represent the next largest segment, followed by surgical sealants and glues, tapes, and vascular closure devices.

The market leaders in this area are Johnson & Johnson, Covidien, B. Braun, and 3M, but market shares have proven to be fluid as innovations from hundreds of competitors are gaining and expanding footholds in the big companies' territories.

The MedMarket Diligence report, "Worldwide Surgical Sealants, Glues, and Wound Closure Markets, 2013-2018", provides specific forecasts and shares of the worldwide market by segment for Americas (detail for U.S., Rest of North America and Latin America), Europe (detail for United Kingdom, German, France, Italy, Spain, Rest of Europe), Asia/Pacific (detail for Japan, Korea, Rest of Asia/Pacific) and Rest of World.

The report also 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 sub-specialties 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 through 2018. The report also assesses and projects the composition of the market as technologies gain or lose relative market performance over this period.

The report profiles the top companies by revenue and a reasonable selection of the most promising or otherwise noteworthy companies in the markets covered in this report, providing data on their current products, current market position and products under development.

The report is described in detail at http://www.mediligence.com/rpt/rpt-s192.htm and may be ordered for immediate download from http://www.mediligence.com/store/page50.html.