Advanced Wound Closure Techniques Replacing Sutures and Staples.AMHERST, N.H. -- New Survey by Greystone Associates Examines Impact on Surgical and Wound Management Market With tens of millions of surgical procedures Surgical procedures have long and possibly daunting names. The meaning of many surgical procedure names can often be understood if the name is broken into parts. For example in splenectomy, "ectomy" is a suffix meaning the removal of a part of the body. "Splene-" means spleen. performed annually, the market for wound closure products and techniques is significant. In the U.S. alone, more than one hundred thousand surgeries are being performed daily. This market is expected to grow further as an aging world population creates increased demand for all types of surgical intervention, particularly cardiovascular, orthopedic, urological, and dermatological procedures. The emerging generation of wound closure products and technologies, comprised of biologically-derived and synthetic sealants and energy-based wound closure methods, are well-positioned to capitalize on Cap´i`tal`ize on` v. t. 1. To turn (an opportunity) to one's advantage; to take advantage of (a situation); to profit from; as, to capitalize on an opponent's mistakes s>. this growth. The trend toward faster, simpler closure techniques is being driven in large part by strides in the processing of proteins possessing natural adhesion properties. "Biological sealants based on natural adhesion promoters such as fibrin fibrin: see blood clotting. , platelet gels, modified collagen, and recombinant proteins Since human recombinants have replaced the animal version in human therapeutics, the prefix of "rh" for "human recombinant" appears less and less in the literature Human recombinants that replaced animal or harvested from human types These findings are contained in a new and comprehensive report: Advanced Wound Closure: Innovative Technology, Emerging Opportunities. The report contains a detailed assessment of advanced wound closure technology and products, profiles of market participants, industry data and forecasts, and detailed analysis of regulatory and market factors. Organized and written to be of maximum value to medical market professionals, technology providers, and market segment stakeholders Stakeholders All parties that have an interest, financial or otherwise, in a firm-stockholders, creditors, bondholders, employees, customers, management, the community, and the government. , the report provides a detailed assessment of the growing potential for new and emerging wound closure technology. More information is available at www.greystoneassociates.org. About Greystone Greystone Associates is a medical and healthcare technology consulting firm Noun 1. consulting firm - a firm of experts providing professional advice to an organization for a fee consulting company business firm, firm, house - the members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments; "he worked for a providing services in strategic planning Strategic planning is an organization's process of defining its strategy, or direction, and making decisions on allocating its resources to pursue this strategy, including its capital and people. , venture development, product commercialization, and technology and market assessment. |
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