Wearable Artificial Organ Growth Opportunities

Wearable Artificial Organ Growth Opportunities

Healthcare providers typically manage kidney failure, diabetes, and respiratory failure with large, bulky medical equipment in a hospital setting. Conventional interventions typically reduce patient mobility; the treatment burden, mental anxiety, potential for non-compliance, and other drawbacks for specific therapies can result in poor health outcomes.

Wearable artificial organs are medical devices for the management of organ dysfunction. They perform the function of an organ while allowing patients to be mobile and independent inside or outside of their homes, or even in a hospital setting. This growth opportunity-technology (GO-TE) explores the emerging wearable artificial organ industry, discussing wearable kidneys, wearable pancreases, and wearable lungs.

The GO-TE explores various emerging innovations in the research stage and those that have been commercialized, and considers the future direction of each wearable. Technology and market drivers and challenges are explored in detail. Notable funding and acquisition activities in the last 2 years also are investigated. Growth opportunities offered by advanced sorbent technologies, artificial intelligence and the Internet of Things, advanced vascular access technologies, faster-acting insulin analogues, and dual-hormone insulin pumps are discussed. Strategic
recommendations for key participants are also put forth.

This research service also offers insights on the IP landscape and key patents in the last 5 years.


  • Strategic Imperatives
    • The Strategic Imperative 8™
    • The Impact of the Top Three Strategic Imperatives on the Wearable Artificial Organs Industry
    • Growth Opportunities Fuel the Growth Pipeline Engine™
  • Research Context
    • Research Scope: Key Questions the Research Will Answer
    • Research Methodology
    • Key Findings
  • Technology Snapshot
    • Diabetes and Poor Lifestyle are Common Causes of Organ Failure
    • Dialysis and Kidney Transplantation Are the Conventional Interventions for Kidney Dysfunction
    • Wearable Artificial Kidney Is the Next-generation Kidney Dialysis Therapy
    • Wearable Dialysis Devices Use Sorbent Technologies to Regenerate Dialysate
    • Glucose Management and Pancreas Transplantation Are the Conventional Interventions for Type 1 Diabetes
    • Wearable Artificial Pancreas Is a Closed-loop Insulin Delivery Device
    • Current-generation Wearable Pancreas Devices Are Hybrid Closed-loop Insulin Systems
    • Oxygen Therapy, Tracheostomy, and Mechanical Ventilation Are the Conventional Interventions for Chronic Respiratory Failure
    • Wearable Oxygen Concentrators and Ventilation Devices Provide Respiratory Support For Mobile Patients
    • Current-generation Portable Extracorporeal Oxygenation And Carbon Dioxide Removal Devices Allow ICU Mobility
    • Technology Segmentation: Wearable Artificial Organs Are Segmented Based on the Function
  • Wearable Artificial Organs: Industry Overview and Assessment
    • Impact Mapping of Growth Drivers of the Wearable Artificial Organs Industry
    • Shortage of Donor Organs will Drive the Wearable Artificial Organs Industry
    • Technology Advancements in AI, IoT, Telemedicine, and Nanoscience will Drive the Industry
    • Impact Mapping of Growth Challenges of the Wearable Artificial Organs Industry
    • High Cost of the Wearable Artificial Organs is a Major Challenge for the Industry
    • Emerging Bioartificial Organ Technology will Challenge the Industry
    • Increasing Incidence of Organ Dysfunction and Shortage of Donor Organs Enables the Growth of the Industry
  • Key Industry Participants
    • Technology Segment: Wearable Artificial Kidney
      • Unique Sorbent Technology for Wearable Dialysis Devices
      • Peritoneal Dialysis Device Based on Nanoporous Sorbents
    • Technology Segment: Wearable Artificial Pancreas
      • Implant Enabling Intraperitoneal Delivery of Insulin
      • AI-based Automated Insulin Delivery for Personalized Treatment
    • Technology Segment: Wearable Artificial Lungs
      • Wearable, Lightweight, and Detachable Ventilator
      • Fully Integrated Respiratory Dialysis System For Extracorporeal Carbon-dioxide Removal
  • Industry Trends and Technology Roadmap
    • Analysis of Funding Activities Shows Huge Interest in the Artificial Pancreas
    • Analysis of Key Acquisition Activities in Wearable Artificial Organs Industry Show Important Technology Deals
    • Wearable Artificial Pancreas Is Progressing Toward Fully Closedloop Systems and Dual-hormone Pumps
    • Wearable Artificial Kidney Segment Is Advancing Toward an Implantable Bioartificial Kidney
    • Wearable Extracorporeal Gas Exchange Devices Will Be the Future of Wearable Artificial Lungs
  • Growth Opportunities
    • Growth Opportunity 1: Integration of AI and IoT to Enable Automated and Personalized Function
    • Growth Opportunity 2: Advanced Sorbent Technologies to Enable Miniaturization and Increased Dialysis Efficiency
    • Growth Opportunity 3: Advanced Vascular Access Technologies to Enable Reduced Risk of Complications With Wearable Dialysis
    • Growth Opportunity 4: Fast-acting Insulin Analogues and Dualhormone Pumps to Enable Better Glucose Control With Wearable Pancreas
    • Conclusions and Strategic Recommendations
  • Intellectual Property Landscape
    • Increasing IP Activity Indicates Growing Interest and Progress in Wearable Artificial Organs
    • Key Patents
  • Key Industry Participants0
  • Next Steps
    • Your Next Steps
    • Why Frost, Why Now?

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