Global guidewires market is expected to grow at a significant pace from 2016 to 2024 owing to rising number of diseases related to cardiovascular and neurovascular among the geriatric population. Catheter placements in the arteries use guidewires. They are flexible, thin tubes which possess unique biomechanical properties such as steerability, flexibility, prolapsed tendency, and torque ability. Its components include core, distal tip and outer covering. Guidewires types are coronary, peripheral, neurovascular and urology.
Interventional and diagnostic purposes use guidewires in medical practices. Surgeries for placing IV catheter, endotracheal tube, central venous line and gastric feeding tubes require guidewires. Their properties can be customized according to the medical practitioner’s need. Due to these factors, their market demand in the medical sector is expected to grow over the forecast period.
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- Publication Date
- May 3, 2018
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- English
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- Science & Medicine
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- By (author): susan hill
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