Market Challenges And Opportunities

Global Handheld Imaging Devices Market Drivers

Moreover, new products with improved technology providing ease, convenience, and better patient outcomes are expected to propel global handheld imaging devices market growth. For instance, Kent Imaging Inc., launched a multispectral imaging device, Snapshot NIR, in 2017, which has application in tissue oxygenation imaging. It captures the extent of oxygenated blood available in tissue. This helps in improved decision making before, during, and after a wound care or surgical care.

Moreover, in 2017, Orca Medical (Healcerion) introduced a mobile ultrasound system, SONON 300C, which is of the size of the transducer and is compatible with iOS and Android technology. The weight of the ultrasound system is around 13 ounces (360 grams) equipped with an inbuilt lithium-ion battery, which can be recharged, and can connect to Wi-Fi, 3G, and LTE networks, in order to send Dicom compliant still images and videos to other mobile devices or to different hospitals or clinics. Sonon 300C is useful for visualization of body parts such as tendons, muscle, joints, blood vessels, internal organs such as abdomen and bladder. The ultrasound also features color Doppler functionality for the diagnostic procedure in obstetrics and gynecology.

Global Handheld Imaging Devices Market Restraints

Handheld imaging devices are not foolproof as they may differ in some areas with the centralized laboratory tests. Moreover, diagnosis with hand held imaging devices requires less time and may affect the specificity or sensitivity of the results while centralized laboratory test are very sensitive. Another major challenge of using hand held imaging devices is storage of data. According to National Center for Biotechnology Information, (NCBI), 2019, hand-held imaging devices were found to be less useful when diagnosing vascularity (in case of oncology), ectopic pregnancies, and handling obese patients. The above factors are expected to restrain the global handheld imaging devices market over the forecast period.