Medical Automation Market - Global Forecasts to 2018

DUBLIN, April 23, 2014 /PRNewswire/ --

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/pm2msr/medical) has announced the addition of the "Medical Automation Market (Radiography, Capsule Endoscopy, da Vinci, POC, Intraoperative Ultrasound, Defibrillator, Infusion Pump, Automated Medication Dispensing, Microplate Reader, Pneumatic Tube Systems, RFID, RTLS) - Global Forecasts to 2018" report to their offering. 

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In recent years, the medical automation market has witnessed a large number of technological advancements, due to which new and advanced products are being launched in the market. The global market is valued at $43,213.6 million in 2013 and is expected to reach $66,920.5 million by 2018, at a CAGR of 9.1%. The medical automation market is broadly classified based on application, end users, and geography.

The applications market is further divided into diagnostics and monitoring automation, therapeutic automation, lab and pharmacy automation, and logistics and training automation. The diagnostic and monitoring automation market is sub-divided into automated imaging, automated image analysis, and point of care testing. The automated medical imaging market is further segmented into automated radiography, automated fluoroscopy, automated microscopy, and endoscopic capsules. The therapeutics automation market is classified into non-surgical automation and surgical automation. The non-surgical automation market is classified into automated defibrillators (automated external defibrillator, wearable cardioverter defibrillator, implantable cardioverter defibrillator) and automated medication delivery systems (implantable drug pumps and wearable drug pumps). The surgical automation market includes surgical simulators, surgical navigation, surgical robots (da Vinci, RIO, Cyberknife, Renaissance), intraoperative imaging (intraoperative MRI, intraoperative CT, intraoperative ultrasound), and intelligent operating rooms.

The lab automation market includes automated liquid handling, microplate readers, stand-alone robots, automated storage and retrieval systems, and software and informatics systems. The pharmacy automation market is further segmented into automated medication compounding systems, automated medication dispensing systems, and automated packaging and labeling systems. The logistics and training automation market is divided into automated hospital pickup and delivery, hospital asset management and tracking, and trainers. 

The automated hospital pickup and delivery market includes pneumatic tube systems and automated guided vehicles, whereas the hospital asset management and tracking market includes radiofrequency identification and real time location systems. The diagnostics and monitoring automation segment dominates the medical automation market, followed by the therapeutic automation segment. Based on end users, the medical automation market is segmented into hospitals and diagnostic centers, pharmacies, research labs and institutes, and home/ambulatory and others. The home/ambulatory and others segment dominates the market, with a market share of around 51% in 2013.

Key Topics Covered: 

1 Introduction 

2 Executive Summary

3 Market Overview

4 Global Diagnostics & Monitoring Automation Market 

5 Global Therapeutic Automation Market 

6 Lab & Pharmacy Automation Market 

7 Medical Logistics & Training Automation Market

8 Global Medical Automation Market, By End User 

9 Geographic Analysis 

10 Competitive Landscape 

11 Company Profiles

Companies Mentioned: 

• Accuray, Inc
• Asahi Kasei Corp
• Awarepoint Corp
• Beckman Coulter, Inc (A Subsidiary Of Danaher)
• Brainlab Ag
• CAE, Ltd
• Carefusion Corp
• Carl Zeiss Group
• Ekahau, Inc
• GE Healthcare (Subsidiary of General Electric Company)
• Given Imaging Ltd
• ICAD, Inc
• Intuitive Surgical Inc
• Laerdal Medical AS
• Lifescan, Inc (A Subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson)
• Medtronic, Inc
• Moog, Inc
• Omnicell, Inc
• Omron Corp
• Parata Systems Llc
• Philips Healthcare (A Subsidiary of Royal Philips Electronics)
• Roche Holding Ag
• Siemens Healthcare (Subsidiary of Siemens AG)
• Simsurgery As
• St Jude Medical, Inc
• Stanley Black and Decker, Inc
• Stryker Corp
• Swisslog Holdings AG
• Tecan Group Ltd

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