Smart Medical Devices Market Poised to Achieve Significant Growth in the Years to Come


Smart medical devices refers to the electrical devices that have an autonomous processing system within them and are used to monitor a range of health and fitness parameters on an everyday basis. These devices provide a multitude of advantages to the patient and caregiver in monitoring and measuring various healthcare regimens such as sensing the lowered levels of insulin through artificial intelligence among type 1 diabetes patients and delivering insulin. Smart medical devices have radically changed the perspective of disease management by offering easy and sustainable solutions to patients at home and reducing the turn-around hospital visits. The integration of emerging technologies such as internet of things (IoT) in the smart medical devices have helped to build an interface between functionality and communication. These devices assists in simplifying the medical complexities and convert it into logical format that helps to obtain results in understandable form. Smart medical devices have the potential to enable the patients to deal with serious health disorders, which required the intervention of healthcare professionals in the earlier days.


Market Dynamics -

Increasing demand for better disease management tools and shift of populace towards smart medical devices are major factors propelling growth of global smart medical devices market. Chronic diseases such as diabetes, hypertension, asthma, and other chronic obstructive pulmonary disorders (COPD) are highly prevalent across the globe, which increases the demand for tools and services to manage their symptoms. For instance, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), in 2017, the number of people over 18 years of age suffering from diabetes have increased from 4.7% in 1980 to 8.5% of the global population by 2014. Moreover, the WHO also states that over 235 million people across the globe are suffering from asthma. The development of smart medical devices such as continuous glucose monitors as well as smart sensing wearable devices to monitor the patients suffering from various chronic diseases have resulted in the growth of smart medical devices market.

Regional Insights -

On the basis of region, the global smart medical devices market is segmented into North America, Latin America, Europe, Asia Pacific, Middle East, and Africa. North America holds the dominant position in the global smart medical devices market and is expected to retain its dominance over the forecast period, owing to technological advancements and broadened recommendation of healthcare professionals for the use of these devices. For instance, Cycadia Health, a U.S. based start-up introduced a novel product named iTBra in 2017 with inbuilt sensors that helps to keep track of patient’s breast health by monitoring the rhythmic pattern and conditions of the breast tissues.

Competitive Insights -

The key players operating in the global smart medical devices market include Apple, Inc., Fitbit, Inc., F. Hoffmann-La-Roche, Abbott Laboratories, Medtronic Plc, Dexcom, Inc., NeuroMatrix, Inc., Johnson & Johnson, and others. Market players are focused towards providing technologically advanced products to sustain their presence in the market. For instance, in April 2018, Teradata introduced the first 4D analytics that can be used in wearable and personal medical devices to translate the three dimensional geospatial location data with time as the fourth dimension.

Market Taxonomy -

On the basis of device type, the global smart medical devices market is segmented into:

Diagnostics and Monitoring Devices:
  • Blood Glucose Monitors
  • Heart Rate Monitors
  • Pulse Oximeters
  • Breath Analyzers
  • Medical Tricoders
  • Smart Clothing
  • Smart Watches
  • Others
  • Therapeutic Devices
  • Insulin Pumps

Portable Oxygen Concentrators & ventilators:
  • Hearing Aids
  • Others


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