NANOENGINEERED PROSTHETICS MARKET ANALYSIS

Nanoengineered Prosthetics MarketSize and Trends

Higher incidences of limb loss in the global population has been reported. For instance, according to the National center for Biotechnology Information, (NCBI), 2017, limb loss may occur in people suffering from disease, injury or surgery, while congenital limb loss exists from birth. Out of total amputations, lower limb and upper limb amputations account for 84% and 16% respectively. According to the same source, a person suffering from diabetes has chance of 10-30 times more of undergoing lower limb amputation as compared to the general population. Moreover, according to the same source, around 20%-50% of diabetes – amputees, world-wide, will require a second leg amputation within one to three years, and over 50% of the people undergone amputation in one limb will require another amputation within five years.