Negative Pressure Wound Therapy Market Evaluation

A Survey of Twenty General Surgeons and Forty-Five Wound Care Nurses

December 2007

Price $2500

Deliverable:  Survey with key findings.

Study Description:

Topic

Negative pressure wound therapy market outlook

Respondent Type

Surgeons and nurses

Specialties Covered

General surgery and wound care

Region

United States Only

Methodology

Online survey, self-administered via a Panel Intelligence website

Duration: 15 minutes

Size: 65 respondents

Fielding Dates: December 4, 2007 to December 12, 2007

Objectives:

To assess the impact of Smith and Nephew’s re-release of Blue Sky’s product on the negative wound care space.

§    Test awareness and satisfaction with current products in the market.

§    Rate perceptions of companies in the space.

§    Rate sales forces of companies.

§    Determine product attributes of greatest interest to users.

§    Allocate current and future use by product.

§    Re-allocate following presentation of a new product profile.

§    Allocate current and future use (as percentage of eligible cases).

Companies and Products Mentioned in This Report:

Company

Ticker Symbol

Product(s)

Kinetic Concepts Inc. (KCI)

KCI

V.A.C. Therapy

Medela

N/A

Invia Healing System

Smith and Nephew

SNN

Versatile 1 System

Inclusion Criteria and Respondent Demographics:

Inclusion Criteria

 

§    Surgeons and wound care nurses

§    Between 2 and 30 years since training

§    Spend at least 75% of professional time in clinical practice

§    Ordered or implemented negative wound care pressure therapy (NWPT) at least 10 times over the past 12 months

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