A small tube positioned in the peripheral vein in order to manage medication directly into the circulation is known as a peripheral catheter. In addition to medication administration, peripheral catheters are used to withdraw blood from veins for testing. Advanced peripheral catheters are equipped with supplementary safety features to circumvent needle stick injuries. Because of their straight connection with the circulatory system, peripheral catheters are prepared with non irritation material like silicone, which do not possess any side effects yet when peripheral intravenous catheters are left in contact with the circulatory system for numerous months or weeks.

Market Dynamics

Peripheral catheters are commonly used for vascular contact. Medicine is managed through a peripheral catheter which enters directly into the flow of blood and shows quick results. As an advantage of rapid action, peripheral catheters are widely used in urgent patient situations, surgical patients and patients undergoing vomiting, unconscious patients, pediatric patients, and geriatric population, who are having difficulty in gulping down medicines. Factors like aging population and progress in treatment and surgical technologies are driving the worldwide peripheral catheters market. On contrary, factors like high cost of closed catheters, painful insertion and necessity of skilled medical expert to use peripheral catheters is restricting the growth of global peripheral catheters market. Use of integrated/closed catheters is speedily progressing over conventional catheters due to capability of integrated catheters to affect power while inserting medicine in the circulation. Integrated catheters are used for inserting contrast media into transmission system prior to computed tomography imaging. Further, high cost associated with integrated peripheral intravenous (IV) catheters is majorly restricting the market growth in economically backward markets.

Market Classification

The global peripheral catheters market is classified into type, and geography. Based on the type of commercially available catheters, the global peripheral catheters market is classified as: integrated/closed catheters and peripheral insertion catheters. Based on the major geographic regions, the market is partitioned into North America, Latin America, Europe, Asia-Pacific and Middle East & Africa.

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Market Participants

Some of the major companies contributing to the peripheral catheters market include B. Braun Melsungen AG, Smiths Medical, VIGMED AB, Becton, Dickenson and Co., C.R. Bard Inc., Tangent Medical Technologies, Terumo Corporation, Teleflex Inc., Argon Medical Devices Inc., Vascular Pathways Inc., Vygon SA and Medical Components Inc. among others.

Market Segmentation

Market By Catheter Type

o   Integrated/Closed catheters

o   Peripheral insertion catheters

Market By Geography

·         North America

o   U.S.

o   Canada

o   Mexico

·         Europe

o   UK

o   Germany

o   France

o   Rest of Europe

·         Asia-Pacific

o   China

o   Japan

o   India

o   Australia

o   Rest of Asia-Pacific

·         Latin America

o   Brazil

o   Chile

o   Rest of Latin America

·         Middle East and Africa (MEA)

o   South Africa

o   Saudi Arabia

o   Rest of MEA