Smoke evacuation systems market: growth and regional analysis

When lasers and electrosurgical units (ESUs) is been use in the operating room, a smoke evacuation system is a vacuum system comes in use to remove or eliminate the smoke produced during electrosurgical treatments. Smoke from the operating room must be completely taken out since it impairs vision and causes commotion with its unique odor. Most critically, surgical smoke comprises both viable and non-viable surgical materials and harmful gases, vapors, and particles. The risk of negative health impacts may increase with repeated exposure to such content.

In 2021, the market value of smoke evacuation systems was USD 128 million, and by 2030 it will be worth USD 195 million, at a 5.7% CAGR during the forecast period.

The market for smoke evacuation systems is driven by the Increasing demand for minimally invasive surgical treatments, the creation and advancement of energy-based electrocautery and ultrasonic equipment, and an increase in the world's elderly population.

Other significant growth factors include improvements in smoke evacuation technology, a rise in cosmetic surgery, and a sharp or rapid increase in surgeries performed on seniors.

Market Dynamics

Drivers

• Factors boosting market expansion are the growing incidence of Injuries, trauma, and orthopedic problems that affect a sizable section of the global population. An increase in orthopedic surgeries requiring elective procedures, such as hip and knee replacements, will create revenue-generating prospects for the smoke evacuation systems business.

• Significant factors driving the market's expansion include the rise in patient preferences for MI surgeries. And the rising popularity of orthopedic, laparoscopic, cosmetic, and Botox procedures that emit smoke plumes while being done. According to a recent survey, using local smoke evacuators during MI procedures, such as the para-incisional smoke evacuator, considerably lowered the average level of smoke by about 59.7%.

Restraint

Technical issues with using smoke evacuation devices and a lack of qualified specialists restrict the market's growth. Government regulations aimed at reducing overall healthcare costs will cap the market's growth rate. Future product failure reports and recalls will also provide a substantial time issue, slowing the market's expansion rate.

Opportunity 

Additionally, some elective procedures, such as bariatric, cosmetic, and plastic surgeries, are carrying out to enhance the patient's external aesthetics. For lipid removal, tissue resection, or tissue charring, these operations use high-temperature and energy-intensive instruments, all producing a sizable volume of the surgical plume. Due to a lack of data demonstrating the clinical benefits of smoke evacuation systems during elective surgeries, surgeons have stated a slight preference for these systems.

Market Segmentation 

Product Insights

On the basis of product, the market is expanding into smoke evacuation filters, smoke evacuation tubing, smoke evacuating systems, accessories, smoke evacuation pencils and wands, and smoke-Evac Fusion products.

The smoke evacuation system segment ruled the market with a 39.0% revenue share in 2020. When smoke detects inside a room, the smoke evacuation system activates fans to move the smoke outside the room.

The smoke evacuation filters segment will experience rapid growth during the forecast period. It is due to their roles in cauterizing vessels and vaporizing blood, tissues, and liquid created like smoke, a derivative of electro operations, as well as laser surgical treatment.

Application Insights

Because more cosmetic procedures is being performed, the medical aesthetic surgeries segment will expand at the fastest rate of 7.8%. The American Society of Plastic Surgeons predicts that minimally invasive cosmetic operations cost more than 16.7 billion dollars in the United States in 2019.

End-Use Insights

On the basis of end-user, the market is segmented into dental clinics, hospitals, veterinary healthcare, dental clinics, ambulatory surgical centers, and cosmetic surgery centers.

In 2020, the hospital segment was the market leader, with a revenue share of nearly 42.9%. The market is expanding due to the high volume of procedures, such as orthopedic and cosmetic surgeries.

Regional Overview 

In 2020, North America ruled the market and had a more than 40.0% revenue share. This is due to the widespread use of cosmetic procedures like Botox. Which employ laser treatment and thus produce smoke plumes during surgery. A sophisticated healthcare infrastructure, the availability of cutting-edge goods. And a competent workforce will make Europe the second-largest market for smoke evacuation systems.

Key Players 

• CONMED Corp
• Zimmer Biomet
• Medtronic
• Erbe Elektromedizin GmbH
• Pall Corp
• Stryker
• KLS Martin Group
• Ethicon Inc.
• Symmetry Surgical Inc.
• Olympus Corp

In 2021, the market value of smoke evacuation systems was USD 128 million. And by 2030 it will be worth USD 195 million, at a 5.7% CAGR during the forecast period. The market for smoke evacuation systems is primarily driven by electrocautery and ultrasonic technology developments. A rising desire for minimally invasive procedures, and simple product accessibility.

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