Instrument Manufacturing Leads Toward Smarter Surgeries

According to Allied Market Research, the global surgical equipment market is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate of 6.3% by 2027.¹ Innovation in this category is driven by the ever-widening applications for creative robot-assisted and minimally invasive (MI) surgical procedures. Surgical instrument design, material selection, and manufacturing are trending toward more complex, multifunctional instruments that help surgeons perform procedures with more efficiency, resulting in less risk to the patient and shorter time on the operating table. These tools have a variety of uses, ranging from shaping and holding to access, visualization, and removal of medical implants. They can be either reusable or one-time disposable instruments for both mini-open or MI surgeries.

Instrumentation embraces any component used in a surgical procedure that does not remain in the body. These include taps and drills, as well as the normal retractors, holders, and screwdrivers. Robotics and supporting navigation tools are also considered instruments. Disposable instruments are becoming more popular in hospitals for reducing infection risk and the cost of sterilizatio