U.S. Markets for Ventilators, Oxygen Therapy Systems, and Airway Management Accessories

For the purposes of this report, the segments comprising the United States (U.S.) markets for ventilators, oxygen therapy systems, and airway management accessories include:

• adult/pediatric ventilators;
• anesthesia/respiratory masks;
• heat/moisture exchangers (HMEs);
• humidifiers;
• incentive spirometers;
• laryngeal mask airways
• liquid oxygen systems;
• manual resuscitators;
• nebulizers;
• neonatal ventilators;
• oxygen concentrators;
• peak-flow meters;
• transport ventilators; and,
• ventilator circuits

In 2004, these market segments had a combined value of $1,342.0 million, with airway management accessories sales contributing $753.3 million (56.1% of total sales), oxygen therapy systems contributing $308.9 million (23.0% of total sales), and ventilators contributing $279.8 million (20.8% of total sales). During the forecast period covered by this report, combined sales of these 3 segments are projected to increase at a healthy compound annual rate of 6.3%, reaching an estimated $1,933.8 million in the year 2010. The oxygen therapy systems market is expected to grow the most rapidly over the next half-decade, while gains in the ventilators segment will be modest but steady; the airway management accessories market segment will remain the largest of the three, with dollar sales exceeding $1,130.5 million.