Micro Pumps in Medical Device Technology- Market Opportunities beyond Drug Delivery

摘要

Micro pumps only recently became commercially available. This made it fairly difficult in past years to predict their impact on potential markets. Among the many interesting application fields medical device technology particularly stands out. This insight soon came to be shared by analysts, and several market studies took micro pumps into account. Unfortunately, the assertions of these market studies differ considerably from actual market needs and trends. For according to the latter micro pumps, such as the one described herein, will make their way first in portable devices which are to bring the diagnostic and analytical capabilities so far confined to the laboratories to the patient (point of care).