Enteral feeding devices deliver nutrients through a tube to patients who are unable to swallow their food. Enteral nutrition is generally administered to pediatric and geriatric patients using nasogastric tube and gastrostomy or Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy (PEG) tube. Enteral nutrition is often used for pediatric and geriatric patients. Gastroenteric tube feeding is used in the management of patients with poor voluntary intake, chronic neurological or mechanical dysphagia or gut dysfunction. Increasing prevalence of cancer and other chronic diseases is also expected to aid in growth of the market. Moreover, increasing expenditure on gastrointestinal disorders along with rapidly increasing geriatric population is anticipated to assist the growth of the market during the forecast period.
Market Dynamics
Key players operating in the market are focusing on development and launch of novel enteral feeding devices which is anticipated to drive the market growth over the forecast period. For instance, in March 2017, Vygon S.A, a medical devices company launched easymoov6, an intuitive enteral feeding pump for management of chronic condition.
Moreover, small bore connectors are expected to have maximum impact on enteral feeding industry in upcoming years due to the increasing number of premature infants in critical care. For instance, according to the World Health Organization's February 2018 key facts, every year, an estimated 15 million infants are born preterm worldwide.
Furthermore, Increasing number of accidents and growing geriatric population is expected to boost growth of the market. For instance, according to National Informatics Center, India recorded a total of 467,044 road accidents in 2018. Moreover, according to United Nations Population Fund, geriatric population in Asia Pacific is expected to triple between 2010 and 2050 to reach 1.3 billion people by 2050.
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