Sleep Apnea: The Market Behind the Mask

Sleep is getting a lot of attention in the clinical community these days, and in particular, interrupted sleep. The obstructive sleep apnea market for treatment, monitoring and diagnostic products is forecast to grow at an almost 13% compound annual growth rate through the year 2010 based on only incremental changes to existing diagnostic and treatment modalities, according to "US Markets for Blood Gas/Electrolyte Monitoring, Pulmonary Function Assessment, and Sleep Apnea Management Products," published in December 2005 by Medtech Insight. But the field is beginning to see an influx of new kinds of treatments from both the medical device and pharmaceutical industries as well.