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1.3.2 Plan of Report Chapter Two: Medical Ceramics: Current Use and Major Technology Trends 2.1 Ceramic Composites: Key Medical Medical-Related Trends 2.1.1 Ceramic Compositions and Processes 2.1.2 New Production Methods Increase Application of Medical Ceramics 2.1.3 Ceramic Injection Molding Produces Small High Precision and Intricate Implants 2.2 Bioactive ceramic coatings 2.2.1 Calcium Phosphate Coatings 2.2.2 Hydroxyapatite coatings 2.2.3 Glass ceramic coatings 2.2.4 Diamond-Like Like Carbon Coatings 2.3 Alumina and Zirconia Ceramics 2.4 Future Advances with Piezo Piezo-ceramics and Sensors 2.5 Current and Future Applications of Medical Nano Nano-Ceramics 2.6 Predominantly Glass and Partially Filled Glass Ceramics 2.7 Key Points Made in this Chapter Chapter Three: Applications Markets for Medical Ceramics 3.1 Major Factors Impacting the Medical Ceramics Market 3.1.1 Clinical Trials 3.1.2 Environmental Regulations 3.1.3 Intellectual Property Issues 3.1.4 Globalization and Trade Barriers 3.1.5 Research and Development 3.2 Medical Ceramics in Orthopedics 3.2.1 1 Total Hip and Joint Replacements Page | 2
3.2.2 Ceramic composites as Artificial Joint Systems and Bioglass Implantable Components 3.2.3 Regeneration of Bone Tissue Using Scaffold Scaffold-Guided Guided Tissue Engineering 3.2.4 Other Orthopedics Applications 3.2.5 Eight-Year Forecast ecast of Medical Ceramics in Orthopedics, by Material and Medical Procedure 3.2.6 Notable Companies and Other Organizations Influencing the Use of Ceramics in Orthopedics 3.3 Medical Ceramics in Dentistry 3.3.1 Main Applications for Medical Ceramics in Dentistry 3.3.2 Eight-Year Year Forecast of Medical Ceramics in Dentistry by Material and Dental Procedure 3.3.3 Notable Companies and Other Organizations Influencing the Use of Ceramics in Dentistry 3.4 Medical Ceramics in Medical Equipment 3.4.1 Surgical Equipment 3.4.2 Diagnostic Equipment 3.4.3 Ceramics in Implantable Electronic Devices 3.4.4 Eight-Year Year Forecast of Medical Equipment, by Material and Equipment Type 3.4.5 Notable Companies and Other Organizations Influencing the Use of Ceramics in Medical Equipment 3.5 Injectable Ceramic and Ceramic Composites for In Vivo Regeneration of Hard and Soft tissues 3.5.1 Eight-Year Year Forecast of Medical Ceramics in Regeneration Procedures 3.5.2 Notable Companies and Other Organizations Influencing the Use of Ceramics in Regeneration Procedures Chapter Four: Summary of Forecasts and Geographical Analysis 4.1 Summary of Eight-Year Year Market Forecasts 4.1.1 Summary by Procedure 4.1.2 Summary by Type of Equipment/Implant Page | 3
4.1.3 Summary by Type of Medical Ceramic Material 4.2 Markets rkets for Medical Ceramics in the U U.S. 4.2.1 Regulatory Environment 4.2.2 Trends and Opportunities 4.3 Eight-Year Year Forecasts of Markets for Medical Ceramics in Europe 4.3 Markets for Medical Ceramics in Europe 4.3.1 Regulatory Environment 4.3.2 Trends and Opportunities pportunities 4.3.3 Eight-Year Year Forecasts of Markets for Medical Ceramics in Europe 4.4 Markets for Medical Ceramics in Japan 4.4.1 Regulatory Environment 4.4.2 Trends and Opportunities 4.4.3 Eight-Year Year Forecasts of Markets for Medical Ceramics in Japan 4.5 Markets for Medical Ceramics in China 4.5.1 Regulatory Environment 4.5.2 Trends and Opportunities 4.5.3 Eight-Year Year Forecasts of Markets for Medical Ceramics in China 4.6 Other Notable National and Regional Markets for Medical Ceramics 4.6.1 Eight-Year Forecasts casts of Markets for Medical Ceramics in Other Parts of the World Page | 4
Although there are a few risks and ambiguities regarding the use of implants and an medical devices based on ceramics, NanoMarkets certainly believes that the market for implantable bioceramics will continue to grow in the future. This growth can possibly be converted into profitable businesses by the companies manufacturing the medical ceramic devices and the firms that supply the necessary raw materials.
The leading multinational manufacturers account for approximately two thirds of the global implant market and pursue premium strategies. The remainder of the market is very ve fragmented, consisting of several hundred competitors, the majority of which have a local country or regional focus. The competition in the global dental implant market is intense intense, with only a few large players, Page | 6 including Nobel Biocare, Straumann, Dent Dentsply, and Zimmer. The main drivers of the global dental market include low dental implant penetration rates and an increasing worldwide elderly population. Another factor that drives the dental market is longer life expectancies, expectanc because an increase in life e expectancy results in a more elderly population. Increasing consumer incomes income and increasing urban population populations are other major factors that are boosting the dental market. Bone implants: Alumina and zirconia are the main ceramic materials for bone implants, implan largely due to their mechanical strength and chemical inertness. Morgan Technical Ceramics (MTC) is one of the globally renowned medical ceramic manufacturers that has substantial experience in developing clinically proven ceramic joints using alumina and zirconia. MTCs Vitox AMC alumina matrix composite bioceramic material used in hip joints has been shown to have exceptionally low wear rates compared with alternative materials. It is therefore a dependable solution that does not have the potential health ealth risks associated with metal hip joints, and it is longer lasting, thus enabling patients to continue to lead active lifestyles. Medical-grade grade silicon nitride ceramics have good potential to find applicability in the spinal and arthroplasty segments. Ceramics are also used in bone tissue engineering because of their osteoinductive and biocompatible properties. Scaffolds that typically act as engineered bone grafts can be used in several specialty applications applications, such as bone regeneration and wound healing.
The scenario described above suggests that not only the number of small implants used by the global population is growing and likely to continue to grow, but also the magnitude of sales are steadily increasing. Due to this steady growth in the small implants market, NanoMarkets expects the bioceramics materials market to continue to grow over the next eight years. In this growing market, bioceramics materials suppliers will have expanded opportunities to Page | 7 generate new business revenues from both natural substrates and composites and novel manufacturing technologies technologies, such as injection molding and electro-spinning. spinning. However, the significant contributors to clinical success will be mat materials that are bioactive, , improve lifetimes, and reduce manufacturing costs. The implant manufacturing giants like Nobel Biocare, Strauman Strauman, and Zimmer offer end-to-end solutions to patients that receive bone and joint replacements, s, from computed tomography tomograph (CT) scans to the actual devices s. More than 20 percent of all of the prosthetic elements (tooth-based (tooth and implant-based) ) were produced using computer-aided design/computer-aided aided manufacturing (CAD/CAM) in 2012. Although the majority of prosthetic element elements s are still made by hand, the share of dentists using CAD CAD/CAM prosthetic elements continues to increase.
NanoMarkets has been providing comprehensive industry analysis of the medical ceramics markets for several years, and this report presents information on the existing markets and emerging opportunities in the field. Th Thus, the goal of this report is to analyze and forecast the prospects for bioceramic materials and implants in the coming eight years. We have extensively studied ied the market dynamics in the medical ceramics materials sector and Page | 8 analyzed what we perceive to be the different opportunities that are emerging for materials used in both implantable bioceramics and ceramics. The These opportunities are summarized in detailed forecasts both in revenue and volume terms for all of the predominantly used materials in medical ceramics, as well as the latest substrates and composites composites.
In Chapter Four, we provide summary eight-year forecasts of the bioceramics materials sector secto based on application, functionality, and type of material, with considerable focus on the processing and fabrication technologies. We also present our eight-year year forecasts for key geographies, including the U U.S., Europe, Japan, China, and the rest of the world. Page | 9