Fuji Chimera Research Institute Publishes Report on Medical Materials.Tokyo, Japan, Feb 6, 2006 - (JCN JCN Japan Corporate News JCN Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience JCN Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing JCN Journal of Christian Nursing JCN Job Control Number JCN Journal of Child Neurology JCN joint communications network (US DoD) ) - Fuji Chimera Research Institute, a marketing and 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 , has published "Medical Material 2006: Present Aspect & Future Outlook." The company conducted research on companies in the medical materials market from November 2005 to January 2006. The report indicates that the market for medical materials reached 846 billion yen ($7.1 bil) in 2005. The market is expected to reach 996.6 billion yen ($8.4 bil) in 2009, up 18% from 2005. In particular, the report cites three segments that will maintain sound growth: ophthalmic materials, artificial organs artificial organs, n.pl the devices used to support life because of the failure or limited capacity of the human organ. The most effective is the artificial kidney, which consists of a set of tubes that pass the blood through a dialysate solution where and dental materials. The sector for ophthalmic materials, which reached 167.3 billion yen ($1.4 bil) in 2005, will expand to 271.1 billion yen ($2.3 bil) in 2009. Contact lenses contact lenses contact npl → verres mpl de contact contact lenses contact npl → Kontaktlinsen pl contact lenses npl accounted for 90% of the sector. Demand for intraocular lenses are expected to grow in response to an increase in the number of patients who have cataract cataract, in medicine, opacity of the lens of the eye, which impairs vision. In the young, cataracts are generally congenital or hereditary; later they are usually the result of degenerative changes brought on by aging or systemic disease (diabetes). . The sector for artificial organs, in which artificial kidneys accounted for more than 40%, is expected to rise from 146.9 billion yen ($1.2 bil) to 164.1 billion yen ($1.4 bil) over the four-year period. The sector for dental materials, which reached 16.9 billion yen ($142.0 mil) in 2005, will increase to 21.5 billion yen ($180.6 mil) in 2009. Currently, artificial dental roots account for more than 50% of the sector, and needs for implant-based dental reconstruction are steadily growing. The report also refers to five specific items for which demands will substantially grow over the next several years. They are DNA chips, artificial bones made of ceramics, intraocular lenses, implanted pacemakers Pacemakers Definition A pacemaker is a surgically-implanted electronic device that regulates a slow or erratic heartbeat. Purpose Pacemakers are implanted to regulate irregular contractions of the heart (arrhythmia). and artificial kidneys (dialyzers). The 263-page report (in Japanese) is available for 101,850 yen ($860). Copyright [c] 2006 Japan Corporate News Network. All rights reserved. |
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