Corneal Topographers Market: Analysis of Rising Business Opportunities with Prominent Investment Ratio by 2026
Corneal
topographer is a non-invasive imaging device that allows
mapping and examination of the corneal surface. Topographer provides
detailed description of various curvature and shape characteristics
of cornea. Mapping the topography of cornea is important for
assessing quality of vision as refractive power of the eye
significantly depends on cornea and overall corneal health.
Corneal
topography with topographers is used in cataract surgery (to study
post-surgery astigmatism), in refractive surgery such as LASIK (to
screen candidates for normal corneal shape, patterns and ruling out
suspicious or keratoconic patterns) or in assessing contact lenses
fitting. Moreover, it helps in determining the suspect of the
Keratoconus (intraocular pressure imparts the cone shape to cornea),
incision placement and intrastromal ring placement in keratoconus,
and to study and diagnose corneal and ocular surface disorders such
as pterygium, limbal dermoid, and localized corneal scars.
Topographer thus, plays an important role in diagnosing and treating
major eye diseases related with cornea.
Corneal
Topographers Market - Market Dynamics
Increasing
number of population facing cataract related eye problem and
refractive error is a major factor contributing to significant growth
of corneal topographer market. Moreover, the market is expected to
witness positive growth with high prevalence of cataract and
refractive error diseases worldwide, as corneal topographer is
important imaging device to evaluate pre and post cataract and
refractive error surgery.
According
to the 2017 factsheet by World Health Organization (WHO), around 253
million people worldwide suffer from vision impairment, 36 million
are blind, and 217 million have moderate to severe vision impairment.
Moreover, the statistics indicate that refractive errors are the
first cause of visual impairment and the second cause of visual loss
worldwide, as 43% of visual impairments are attributed to refractive
errors.
Moreover,
international and national efforts to increase awareness about
cataract would help improve cataract surgeries thereby increased use
of corneal topographer, World Health Organization (WHO) and Task
Force of International NGO have jointly prepared and launched a
common agenda for global action called ‘The Vision 2020- the right
to sight’ in 1999 with aim to eliminate blindness worldwide by
2020.
However,
complications and post-surgery errors observed with LASIK surgeries
to correct refractive error may deter the market growth. According to
a report by the U.S Food and Drug Administration (FAD), 2017, 45% of
refractive error surgeries observe some form of error. Moreover, some
clinicians prefer other technique such as optical biometry,
pachymetry over corneal topography, which further may limit growth of
the corneal topographer market.
Corneal
Topographers Market - Regional Insights
On
the basis of Geography, corneal topographers market is segmented into
North America, Latin America, Europe, Asia Pacific, Middle East, and
Africa. North America is expected to hold dominant position in the
corneal topographers market during forecast period. The U.S. has one
of highest population of contact lens users in the world. According
to Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in 2017, around 45
million people in the U.S. wear contact lenses. The average age of
contact lens wearers in the U.S. is 31 years. Corneal topographers
would be of maximum utility for ophthalmologist and optician with
such high user base for contact lens, which in turn is expected to
boost growth of the corneal topographers market in the region.
Moreover,
high preference for LASIK surgeries to correct nearsightedness and
farsightedness is expected to propel growth of the market. This is
owing to use corneal topographer in LASIK surgeries to evaluate the
extent to which corneal changes are required to be done, with the
help of topographic map of cornea. According to statistics by
National Eye Institute in 2010, Astigmatism— the root cause for
refractive errors, affects around 1 in every 3 people and may occur
in combination with near- or farsightedness.
Asia Pacific is expected to witness a positive market growth, owing
to high number of cataract patients and proportionate rise in
cataract surgeries. According study published in Advanced Medical and
Health Research in 2015, overall prevalence of blindness is 1.1%, the
principal cause for this blindness is cataract (62.6%) which affects
over 9 million people.
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Corneal
Topographers Market - Competitive Landscape
Key
players operating in the corneal topographers Market include, Alcon
plc., Abbott Laboratories, Topcon Corporation, Allergan, Inc.,
Essilor International SA, Bausch Health Companies, Inc., Valeant
Pharmaceuticals International, Inc., STAAR Surgical Company, NIDEK
Co., Ltd., and Carl Zeiss Meditec, Inc.
Key
players are focused on launching novel topographers that are designed
to use with specific application such as cataract surgery, contact
lens fitting. Moreover, products that combine corneal topography with
optical biometry, pachymetry and techniques for comprehensively
measuring and assessing corneal surface are being developed. For
instance,
In November 2017, Johnson and Johnson Vision granted with FDA
approval for iDESIGN System for LASIK, for treatment of hyperopia –
with and without astigmatism. The iDESIGN System requires less time
for procedures as it can capture five different measurements such as
wavefront aberrometry, wavefront refraction, corneal topography,
keratometry, and pupillometry in a single capture sequence.
In January 2017, Topcon Medical System’s Aladdin Biometer with
corneal topographer HW3.0 was granted with FDA approval for
distribution in the U.S. New version of this topographic system
consists of lens thickness, central pachymetry, and a generic toric
IOL calculator that expands the capabilities of the device.
In 2016, Bausch + Lomb, introduced the ORBSCAN 3 anterior segment
analyzer, which is the third generation of the multidimensional
ORBSCAN topographer.
Corneal
Topographers Market - Market Taxonomy
On
the basis of products the global corneal topographers market is
segmented into
Placido ring system
Schiempflug camera topographer system
On
the basis of applications, the global corneal topographers market is
segmented into
Cataract surgery evaluation
Corneal disorder diagnosis
Refractive surgery evaluation
Contact lens fitting
Others
On
the basis of end users, the global corneal topographers market is
segmented into
Hospitals
Eye Clinics
Ambulatory Care Centers
Others
On
the basis of geography, the global corneal topographers market is
segmented into:
North America
Latin America
Europe
Asia Pacific
Middle East
Africa
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