ELECTRICAL STIMULATION BLOOD PRESSURE TREATMENT DEVICES MARKET ANALYSIS

Electrical Stimulation Blood Pressure Treatment Devices MarketSize and Trends

Prevalence of hypertension is highest among the low and middle income countries in Africa, Latin America, and South-East Asian regions according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Moreover, inadequate market penetration, large patient pool and aging population are the major factors that will drive the demand for electrical stimulation devices for the treatment of blood pressure in these regions. Moreover, hypertension is also one of the major causes of morbidity and mortality in the Unites States. In Canada, almost 20% of the hypertension patients have their blood pressure above the normal level in spite of using an optimal combination of at least three antihypertensive drugs. This statistics by the Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health (CADTH) is of the opinion that collaboration between clinical specialties will be needed to appropriately identify patients who may benefit from this procedure.

The electrical stimulation devices for blood pressure are under trials to establish their effectiveness. Barostim neo system has received humanitarian device exemption for use in patients with resistant hypertension from the U.S. FDA. However, it can only be used in patients who had received implantation of the earlier generation, bilateral Rheos Carotid Sinus Leads (now discontinued) during clinical trials. Successful outcomes from the current trials will expedite the commercialization of the device in next five years.