Overview

• Executive Summary
• Introduction
• Market Forecasts
• Venture Capital in Medical Devices
• Reimbursement Strategies
• Medical Devices Glossary

Challenges

• Importance of Medicare and Medicaid Growing
• Managed Care Clamps Down on Device Spending
• Impending Impact of Baby Boomers on Healthcare System Holds Great Potential
• Influence of GPOs on Healthcare Industry Impacts Device Manufacturers
• Greater Restrictions on Reuse of Single-Use Devices Good News for Manufacturers
• Growing Market for Homecare Products and Services
• Rising U.S. Obesity Rates Lead to Sales of Bariatric Products
• Expanding International Market for Medical Devices Holds Opportunities
• Growing Use of E-Commerce in Medical Devices Industry
• Minimally-Invasive Procedures Becoming Standard of Care

Regulatory Environment

• History of Medical Device Regulation
• Classification of Medical Devices
• FDA Submission Process
• FDA GMP Standards and Registration
• Combination Products

Market Engineering Awards

• Entrepreneurial Company Award
• Technology Innovation Award
• Product Innovation Award
• Product Differentiation Innovation Award
• Market Penetration Award

Corporate Performance

Technolgies to Watch in 2003

End Users

Group Purchasing Organizations

• Revenues
• Research and Development

Cardiology Market

Orthopedic Market

Wound Care and Management Market

Surgical Instrumentation and Wound Closure Market

Neurology Market

Drug Delivery Market

Ophthalmology Market

• Pathology Overview
• Market Segmentation and Forecasts
• Drug Coated Stents - Part One
• Drug Coated Stents - Part Two
• Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy

Hearing Aid Market

• Pathology Overview
• Market Segmentation and Forecasts
• Emerging Technologies
• Bone Growth Stimulators
• Prosthetic Spinal Discs

Hemostats Market

• Pathology Overview
• Market Segmentation and Forecasts
• Emerging Technologies
• Silver Dressings - Part One
• Silver Dressings - Part Two
• Strategies in the Moist Wound Dressings Market

Biomaterials Market

• Introduction
• Market Segmentation and Forecasts
• Emerging Technologies
• The Changing Wound Closure Market
• Robotic Surgery Systems
• The Growing Market for Skin Resurfacing Procedures

Respiratory and Anesthesia Market

• Introduction - CSF Management and Interventional Neuroradiology
• Introduction - Neurostimulators
• Market Segmentation and Forecasts
• Emerging Technologies
• Using Shunts to Treat Alzheimer's Disease
• Neurostimulators Used to Treat Neuropsychiatric Conditions - Part One
• Neurostimulators Used to Treat Neuropsychiatric Conditions - Part Two

Endoscopy Market

• Introduction - Infusion Pumps
• Introduction - Other Products
• Market Segmentation and Forecasts
• Implantable Drug Pumps
• Disposable Pain Pumps
• Smart Insulin Pumps

Infection Control Products Market

• Pathology Overview
• Market Segmentation and Forecasts
• Conductive Keratoplasty and Customized Vision Correction

Durable Medical Equipment Market

• Introduction
• Market Segmentation and Forecasts
• Digital Signal Processing Hearing Aids
• Disposable Hearing Aids: Wave of the Future?

Miscellaneous Markets

• Introduction
• Market Segmentation and Forecasts
• Protein Based Tissue Sealants