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About Medical Device
Coatings
The value of worldwide sales for all categories of coatings and
surface treatment processes used in manufacturing medical devices
reached $2.96 billion in 2005.
Fueled by an explosive growth in
high-value combination products, such as arterial stents and
antimicrobial-coated catheters, the global medical device coatings
business will experience an average annual growth rate (AAGR) of
12.4%, reaching worldwide sales of $5.31 billion by 2010.
The swift acceptance of drug-eluting
stents as a "gold standard" treatment by surgeons around the globe
suggests that the demand for other coated versions of existing
medical devices will be equally swift. An analysis further
suggests that there will be a correspondingly swift acceptance of
new coated devices as they are introduced.
(
http://www.bccresearch.com/hlc/HLC049A.asp )
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