Medical Biosensor Applications and Market to 2008 - Diabetes Management, Point-of-Care and Related Applications

1. Medical Biosensors and Applications
The Medical Biosensor Industry Ecosystem
Medical Biosensor Applications
Competitive Market in Blood Glucose Monitoring
Competitive Market in ‘Other’ Medical Biosensors

2. Medical Biosensors Used For Diabetes Management
Blood Glucose Monitors and Test Strips
Increasing Diabetes Cases Drive Market Growth
Converging Factors Blamed For Obesity Trend

3. Medical Biosensors Used For Clinical Applications
In-Vitro Detection Tests - For Diagnostics
Enzyme Biosensor
Immunosensor
Enzyme Immunosensor
Point of Care Testing - For Continuous Monitoring
Blood Gas Sensor, Measuring Gases in Hemoglobin
Lactic Acid Sensor

4. Medical Biosensors Used in Artificial Organs
Artificial Pancreas
Diabetes and Obesity Epidemiology
Continuous Glucose Monitoring Systems
Artificial Kidney
Disease Epidemiology, Transplants and Hemodialysis
Bio-Artificial Kidney R&D
Artificial Livers
Patients Outnumber Available Livers for Transplant
R&D in Bio-Artificial Livers Suggests Promise

5. Medical Biosensor Market Forecast

6. Activities of Selected Medical Biosensor Companies
‘Glucose’ Medical Biosensors
Abbott Diabetes Care (unit of Abbott Labs)
Bayer AG (Diabetes and Diagnostics Div.)
Cygnus, Inc.
Roche Diagnostics AG (Hoffman-La Roche Ltd.)
‘Other’ Medical Biosensors
ABTECH Scientific
Bectin, Dickinson and Co. (BD Medical)
Medtronic Minimed (Medtronic)
vasamed (fmr. Optical Sensors Inc.)

7. Medical Biosensor R&D Activities at Academic Centers and Companies

8. Future Outlook for Medical Biosensors
Global Biosensor R&D Growth Trends
Medical Biosensor Future Directions
Medical Biosensor Outlook

9. Concluding Remarks
Turning R&D Results into Products
Blood Glucose Monitoring Was the Low Hanging Fruit

10.Appendix
Medical Biosensor Definition
Inventor of the First Medical Biosensor


List of Tables
Table 1. Medical Biosensor Applications
Table 2. ‘Blood Glucose Monitor’ Market Shares by Companies
Table 3. ‘Other Medical Biosensors’ Market Shares by Companies
Table 4. Selected Glucose Management Products for Diabetes
Table 5. Selected Medical Biosensors for Clinical Applications
Table 6. Total WW Medical Biosensor Market to 2008
Table 7. WW Medical Biosensor Market by Segments to 2008
Table 8. WW Medical Biosensor Market by Region to 2008
Table 9. R&D Centers Working On ‘Glucose’ Medical Biosensors
Table 10. R&D Centers Working On ‘Other’ Medical Biosensors
Table 11. Summary of Medical Biosensor and Future Directions
Table 12. Potential Medical Biosensor Components


List of Illustrations
Figure 1. Medical Biosensor Industry Ecosystem
Figure 2. Blood Glucose Meters and Test Strips
Figure 3. The Cygnus Glucowatch G2 Biographer
Figure 4. Micro- or Nano Cantilevers for Medical Biosensor
Figure 5. The Bayer Rapidpoint 400 Series for Whole Blood Analysis
Figure 6. Blood Gas Sensor, Nellcor Pulse Oximeter
Figure 7. Medtronic MiniMed 2007 Implantable Insulin Pump
Figure 8. Total WW Medical Biosensor Market
Figure 9. WW Medical Biosensor Market by Segments to 2008
Figure 10. WW Medical Biosensor Market by Region to 2008
Figure 11. Biosensor R&D By New Patents (1984-2004)
Figure 12. Immunosensor Schematic
Figure 13. Generic Diagram of a Medical Biosensor