The Increasing Demand for Anesthesia Gas Blenders in the U.S. and Beyond
An anesthesia gas blender is a main component of an anesthesia delivery machine. The prime function of the anesthesia gas blender is for mixing two or more gases to provide controlled anesthesia during surgery.
The anesthesia gas blenders comes with a knob for manual handling or it can be electronic for automated handling, to control the flow of gases. Gases such as oxygen are mixed with nitrous oxide and other anesthesia gases in order to deliver a blend of gases in a measured amount to the patient undergoing prolonged surgery.
Anesthesia Gas
The gas passing the module for the delivery of inhalation anesthetics and carrying vaporized anesthetics into the breathing system is called the carrier gas. Oxygen is the absolutely indispensable component of the carrier gas. Additive gaseous components can be medical air (nitrogen), nitrous oxide, cyclopropane, or xenon, the latter three being anesthetic gases themselves.
As review articles on nitrous oxide recommend unequivocally not using this gas routinely, and many anesthetists already consistently omit any use of this gas, the alternative carrier gases are either a mixture of medical air and oxygen or pure oxygen. A nitrogen/oxygen mixture is absolutely inert with respect to metabolism or environment; there are no contraindications or shortcomings at all.
The use of pure oxygen will result in high oxygen concentrations, improving the patients’ safety by increasing the pulmonary oxygen reservoir and rendering impossible the development of hypoxic gas mixtures within the breathing system.
Whether the incidence of postoperative wound infections or postoperative nausea and vomiting is reduced by perioperative hyperoxia is still under scientific discussion. In general, the use of high oxygen concentrations over a period of 6-8 h is not harmful for the patient, assuming the performance of recruitment maneuvers, consistent use of positive end-expiratory pressure, and thorough observance of the contraindications that can result from the increased vulnerability of tissues to hyperoxia.
Nitrous oxide should not be used routinely as a component of the carrier gas any more. A mixture of medical air and oxygen must be acknowledged to be the gold standard. Pure oxygen may be used as a carrier gas if medical air or properly performing flow controls for medical air are not available.
Increased Demand
The global anesthesia gas blenders market is expected to grow by $110 million over the next four years.
The growth of the market can be attributed to factors such as the increasing prevalence of diseases and their related risk factors, increasing the number of medical surgeries, and the use of inhalational anesthesia among special population. A notable increase in the mortality rate due to incorrect administration of anesthesia to the patient has also increased the demand for anesthesia gas blenders.
North America will retain its position as the largest market for anesthesia gas blenders over the forecast period.
The growth of the region can be attributed to the rising public and private expenditure on healthcare infrastructure, increasing number of surgeries, and the growing prevalence of chronic diseases. The increasing focus on delivering safe and accurate anesthesia is expected to further boost the growth of the anesthesia gas blenders market in North America.
Some of the other notable developments in the global anesthesia gas blender market that are likely to impact the market are:
For Use as Ventilators
The Food and Drug Administration recently has allowed modifications to certain respiratory devices amid fears of a shortage in the supply and availability of agency-cleared ventilators for treating patients during the coronavirus outbreak. The policy for manufacturers authorizes the “emergency use of ventilators, anesthesia gas machines modified for use as ventilators, and positive pressure breathing devices modified for use as ventilators” as well as related ventilator tubing connectors and accessories.”
GE Healthcare, which has a global installed base of more than 100,000 anesthesia devices, noted on its website distinctions from ventilators but acknowledged the need during the pandemic. The company also said it doubled its ventilator production capacity since the start of the COVID-19 outbreak and plans to double it again by the end of the second quarter (2020).
According to FDA’s EUA, the “known and potential benefits” of anesthesia gas machines and positive pressure breathing devices modified for use as ventilators “when used to treat patients during the COVID-19 pandemic, outweigh the known and potential risks of such products.”
“Ventilators that are currently used by anesthesiologists, that are used in outpatient clinics and in other procedures, can be converted to be used as ventilators for people struggling with the effects of the coronavirus,” said Vice President Mike Pence, chair of the White House Coronavirus Task Force.
For the sickest COVID-19 patients in hospital ICUs, a shortage of the breathing machines could mean the difference between life and death.
Ambulator Surgical Centers
The increase in the number of successful outpatient surgeries occurring over the globe are the significant drivers behind the development of ambulatory surgical centers.
Outpatient surgeries
The development in the worldwide anesthesia-gas blenders segment is driven primarily by the patient preference for a reduced hospital stay, an increase in successful outpatient surgeries worldwide.
Growth in Emerging Economies
The surge in anesthesia awareness, increasing number of operations each year increasing medical tourism and technological development are expected to boost the Asia Pacific anesthesia gas blenders market in coming years.
Increasing awareness among patients or practitioners of anesthesia and an increase in well-equipped, multi-specialty hospitals and surgical centers is also anticipated to change with the high pace of development.
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