Power supply market for medical electronics grew 4% in 2012, as per IMS

IMS has reported the market for power supplies used in medical applications grew 4.0 percent in 2012. The other findings shared by IMS includes: Growth is largely being driven by Asia and America, helping compensate for the struggles at present of the Europe-Middle East-Africa (EMEA) region, according to a new report entitled “The World Market for Power Supplies in Medical Applications” from IMS Research, now part of IHS Inc. (NYSE: IHS). EMEA, however, will recover in two years and then also figure in helping fuel growth. The largest segment of the power supplies market in medical applications was clinical care, with 60 percent of revenue last year. Applications here include anesthesia devices, patient monitor devices and neonatal incubators. The medical imaging market made up one-third, and the consumer market took up the remainder of market revenue. Growth this year is projected at by 3.7 percent, with the Americas representing the largest market. The power supplies market for medical applications often appears complicated for power supply manufacturers. The space is driven directly by the medical equipment markets that are affected, in turn, by factors like demographic and social trends, reimbursement legislation and trends in healthcare provision. Furthermore, a broad range of products exists with widely differing power demands, ranging from low-power consum...