The emergence of customized guidewires to reduce surgery time, injuries, and associated risks have brought a significant growth in the vascular guidewire market. This is primarily to lessen the risk and complications caused during procedures. The need for specialty guidewires with tactile-based surgical tool has enhanced the consideration and adoption of vascular guidewires in vascular treatment procedures by physicians and surgeons.Many large and small companies are developing next-generation guidewires.However, many of these technologies, most of which have been developed by small companies, are still under clinical trials or designated as investigational devices. For instance, the Cardiovascular Systems has recently got the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for its ViperWire Advance peripheral guidewire. This guidewire provides improved navigation and flexibility and ease-ofuse to reach arteries that are hard to reach.The market was dominated by the coronary guidewires segment with 58.01% in 2015, growing at a moderate rate. Rise in cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) or coronary heart diseases (CHDs) is the primary market driver for the coronary guidewires market.

PART 01: Executive summary 6

Highlights 6

PART 02: Scope of the report 8

Market overview 8

Top-vendor offerings 9

PART 03: Market research methodology 14

Research methodology 14

Economic indicators 14

PART 04: Introduction 15

Key market highlights 15

PART 05: Vascular guidewires: An overview 17

Background 17

Basics of guidewire technology 17

Definition 17

Regulatory environment 21

PART 06: Market landscape 24

Market overview 24

Market size and forecast 27

Five forces analysis 29

PART 07: Market segmentation by product type 30

Coronary guidewires 30

Peripheral guidewires 30

PART 08: Global coronary guidewires market 33

Market overview 33

Market size and forecast 33

PART 09: Global peripheral guidewires market 35

Market overview 35

Market size and forecast 35

PART 10: Market segmentation by end-user 38

PART 11: Geographical segmentation 40

Vascular guidewires market in Americas 44

Vascular guidewires market in EMEA 45

Vascular guidewires market in APAC 46

PART 12: Buying criteria 48

Key 48

PART 13: Market drivers 49

Increasing incidences of cardiac disorders and rise in

older population 49

Rise in adoption of vascular procedures 50

Growing demand for MI procedures 50

Favorable reimbursement policies 51

PART 14: Impact of drivers 52

PART 15: Market challenges 53

Complications and risks associated with guidewires 53

Growing complexities in manufacturing vascular

guidewires 54

Pricing pressure coupled with lack of product

differentiation 54

PART 16: Impact of drivers and challenges 56

PART 17: Market trends 57

Innovations in technology 57

Growing need for cost-effective vascular guidewires 58

Rise in demand for soft-tapered and non-tapered

guidewires 58

Rise in use of nitinol in vascular guidewires 59

PART 18: Vendor landscape 61

Competitive scenario 61

PART 19: Key vendor analysis 63

Abbott Vascular 63

Boston Scientific 65

Cook Medical 67

Cordis 68

Medtronic 69

Terumo 71

Other prominent vendors 74

PART 20: Appendix 76

List of abbreviations 76

PART 21: Explore Technavio 77