1. | EXECUTIVE SUMMARY & CONCLUSIONS |
1.1. | Why Might Electronic Products in Healthcare Need to be Flexible? |
1.2. | Broader Successes When Competing on More Than Cost |
1.3. | Healthcare Spending is Rising Around the World |
1.4. | Remote Care of Patients is on the Rise |
1.5. | The Outlook for Remote Patient Monitoring - a Key Market for Printed Electronics in Healthcare |
1.6. | Electronic Skin Patches |
1.7. | E-Textiles |
1.8. | Electrochemical Test Strips |
1.9. | Smart Packaging |
1.10. | Stretchable Electronics: Where is the Money So Far? |
1.11. | Change in Form Factor Supported by Flexible Sensors |
1.12. | Market Forecast: Flexible Electronics in Healthcare |
2. | INTRODUCTION |
2.1.1. | Report Scope |
2.1.2. | Why Might Electronic Products in Healthcare Need to be Flexible? |
2.1.3. | What is Printed, Flexible, Organic Electronics? |
2.1.4. | Cost Reduction Has Been Commercially Successful |
2.1.5. | Broader Successes When Competing on More Than Cost |
2.1.6. | Creating New Markets |
2.1.7. | Change in Form Factor Supported by Flexible Sensors |
2.1.8. | Printed and Flexible Electronics Applied to Healthcare Products |
2.1.9. | Examples of Flexible Electronics in Healthcare |
2.2. | Trends in Healthcare Supporting Flexible Electronics |
2.2.1. | Healthcare Spending is Rising Around the World |
2.2.2. | Mobile Health is Becoming the Norm |
2.2.3. | Consumer-Driven, Patient Centered Healthcare |
2.2.4. | Remote Care of Patients is on the Rise |
2.2.5. | From Connected to Wearable |
2.2.6. | Skin Patches are Emerging as a Key Form Factor |
2.2.7. | Medical Adherence is a Billion-Dollar Opportunity |
2.2.8. | The Outlook for Remote Patient Monitoring - a Key Market for Printed Electronics in Healthcare |
3. | MARKET FORECASTS |
3.1. | Methodology and Assumptions |
3.2. | Market Forecast: Flexible Electronics in Healthcare |
3.3. | Market Forecast: Flexible Electronics in Skin Patches for Healthcare Applications |
3.4. | Market Forecast: Flexible Electronics in E-Textiles for Healthcare Applications |
3.5. | Market Forecast: Flexible Electronics in Other Product Types for Healthcare Applications |
4. | HEALTHCARE PRODUCTS USING FLEXIBLE ELECTRONICS |
4.1. | Electronic Skin Patches |
4.1.1. | Definitions and Exclusions |
4.1.2. | Electronic Skin Patches |
4.1.3. | The Case for Skin Patches: Improving Device Form Factor |
4.1.4. | Application Overview |
4.1.5. | Skin Patches Competing with Established Products |
4.1.6. | New Market Creation Around Skin Patches |
4.1.7. | Ambulatory Cardiac Monitoring |
4.1.8. | Economic and Healthcare Costs of Cardiovascular Disease |
4.1.9. | Cardiovascular Monitoring Via Wearable Devices |
4.1.10. | Towards Ambulatory Cardiac Monitoring |
4.1.11. | Differentiation Between Ambulatory Cardiac Monitors |
4.1.12. | Wearable vs Implantable Monitoring |
4.1.13. | Wearable, Ambulatory Cardiac Monitoring: Comparison of Over 35 Players |
4.1.14. | Printed Electronics in Cardiac Skin Patches |
4.1.15. | Cardiac Skin Patch Types: Traditional Holter Monitor / Other Wired Options |
4.1.16. | Cardiac Skin Patch Types: Cordless Patch with Snap Fasteners |
4.1.17. | Cardiac Skin Patch Types: Flexible Patch with Integrated Electrodes |
4.1.18. | Conclusions: Cardiac Monitoring Skin Patches |
4.1.19. | iRhythm: ZIO |
4.1.20. | Byteflies & Quad Industries |
4.1.21. | DMS Service |
4.1.22. | QT Medical |
4.1.23. | Conclusions: Cardiac Monitoring Skin Patches Market |
4.1.24. | Inpatient Monitoring |
4.1.25. | Inpatient Monitoring: The Case for Removing the Wires |
4.1.26. | Skin Patches for Inpatient Monitoring |
4.1.27. | Sensium (Surgical Company Group) |
4.1.28. | VitalConect |
4.1.29. | Isansys Lifecare |
4.1.30. | Leaf Healthcare |
4.1.31. | Moving Outside the Hospital |
4.1.32. | LifeSignals |
4.1.33. | MC10 |
4.1.34. | Conclusions & Related Areas |
4.1.35. | Conclusions - Patient monitoring |
4.1.36. | Diabetes Management |
4.1.37. | The Cost of Diabetes |
4.1.38. | Diabetes Management Process |
4.1.39. | Diabetes Management Device Roadmap: Glucose Sensors |
4.1.40. | Skin Patches for Diabetes Management |
4.1.41. | CGM: Overview of key players |
4.1.42. | Abbott: FreeStyle Libre |
4.1.43. | Dexcom |
4.1.44. | Medtronic |
4.1.45. | Diabetes Management Device Roadmap: Insulin Delivery |
4.1.46. | Insulin Pumps: Introduction |
4.1.47. | Insulin Pumps Currently Available |
4.1.48. | Insulin Patch Pumps |
4.1.49. | Today: Hybrid Closed Loop Systems |
4.1.50. | The Future: Closing the Feedback Loop |
4.1.51. | Conclusions - Diabetes Management |
4.1.52. | Temperature |
4.1.53. | Approaches and Standards for Medical Temperature Sensing |
4.1.54. | Skin Patches for Temperature Sensing |
4.1.55. | Skin Patch Temperature Sensing: Use Cases Across 12 Case Studies |
4.1.56. | VivaLNK |
4.1.57. | Blue Spark |
4.1.58. | Life Science Technology |
4.1.59. | Isansys Lifecare |
4.1.60. | Conclusions: Temperature Sensing |
4.1.61. | Motion |
4.1.62. | Introduction |
4.1.63. | Applications for Skin Patch Motion Sensors |
4.1.64. | Case Study - Concussion Detection |
4.1.65. | X2 Biosystems |
4.1.66. | US Military Head Trauma Patch / PARC |
4.1.67. | Triax |
4.1.68. | Conclusions: Motion sensing |
4.2. | E-Textiles |
4.2.1. | Introduction |
4.2.2. | E-textiles: Where Textiles Meet Electronics |
4.2.3. | Commercial Progress with E-textile Projects |
4.2.4. | Types of Revenue |
4.2.5. | Smart Clothing for Sports Used to be the Major Focus |
4.2.6. | Medical & Healthcare |
4.2.7. | Wound Care with E-textiles |
4.2.8. | Urinary Incontinence |
4.2.9. | Example: LifeSense Group |
4.2.10. | Beyond Apparel |
4.2.11. | Patient Monitoring Using E-textiles |
4.2.12. | Bedsore / Pressure Ulcer Prevention |
4.2.13. | Example: Sensing Tex |
4.2.14. | Side-effect Management for Diabetes |
4.2.15. | Bonbouton |
4.2.16. | Measuring Gait |
4.2.17. | Industry Challenges for E-textiles |
4.2.18. | Case Study: Biometric Monitoring in Apparel |
4.2.19. | Integrating HRM into Clothing |
4.2.20. | Companies with Biometric Monitoring Apparel Products |
4.2.21. | Sensors Used in Smart Clothing for Biometrics |
4.2.22. | Example: ChronoLife |
4.2.23. | Example: Hexoskin |
4.2.24. | Example: Myant |
4.2.25. | Example: Xenoma |
4.3. | Test strips and In-Vitro Diagnostics |
4.3.1. | Flexible Electronics in In-vitro Diagnostics |
4.3.2. | Diabetes Management Device Roadmap: Glucose Sensors |
4.3.3. | Anatomy of a Test Strip |
4.3.4. | Manufacturing steps of Lifescan Ultra |
4.3.5. | Profitability in the Test Strip Industry is Falling |
4.3.6. | Strategy comparison amongst the largest players |
4.3.7. | Electrochemical test strips: cholesterol detection |
4.3.8. | Cholesterol electrochemical test strips - Key players |
4.3.9. | Other electrochemical test strips for CVD |
4.3.10. | Conclusions: IVD & Test Strips |
4.4. | Smart Packaging |
4.4.1. | Introduction: Smart packaging & logistics in healthcare |
4.4.2. | Sensors in Smart Packaging - What problems are we fixing? |
4.4.3. | RFID Sensors: main choices |
4.4.4. | Examples of Battery Assisted Passive (BAP) RFID sensors |
4.4.5. | Three main markets in the data logger business today |
4.4.6. | Conclusions: Smart packaging as an application for flexible electronics in healthcare |
4.4.7. | Case Study: Medication Compliance |
4.4.8. | The Problem: Medication Non-Compliance - Statistics |
4.4.9. | The current solution |
4.4.10. | The printed electronics / RFID solutions |
4.4.11. | Trial scenarios with smart blister packs |
4.4.12. | Smart blister packs - not a big success yet |
4.4.13. | Things are changing & more players enter |
5. | TECHNOLOGY OVERVIEW AND DEVELOPMENT |
5.1.1. | Stretchable Electronics: Where is the Money So Far? |
5.1.2. | Design Trends to Accommodate Stretchable Electronics |
5.2. | Stretchable Substrates |
5.2.1. | Characterising a Stretchable Substrate |
5.2.2. | Substrate Choice for Stretchable Electronics |
5.2.3. | Key Parameters for Plastic Substrates |
5.2.4. | Flexible Glass |
5.3. | Conductive Inks |
5.3.1. | Conductive Inks |
5.3.2. | Stretchable Conductive Ink Suppliers Multiply |
5.3.3. | The Role of Particle Size and Resin in Stretchable Inks |
5.3.4. | Washability for Stretchable Conductive Inks |
5.3.5. | Encapsulation Choice for Stretchable Inks |
5.3.6. | The Role of the Encapsulant in Supressing Resistivity Changes |
5.3.7. | Graphene-based Stretchable Conductive Inks |
5.4. | Flexible Circuits |
5.4.1. | Stretchable or Extremely Flexible Circuit Boards |
5.4.2. | Examples of Thin and Flexible PCBs in Wearable and Display Applications |
5.4.3. | Stretchable Meandering Interconnects |
5.4.4. | Stretchable Printed Circuits Boards |
5.4.5. | Examples of Circuits on Stretchable PCBs |
5.4.6. | The Role of Pattern Design in Stretchable Conductive Inks |
5.4.7. | Stretchable Printed Electronic Circuits/Systems |
5.4.8. | Circuits Printed with Conductive Inks |
5.5. | Printed and Flexible Sensors |
5.5.1. | Sensors: Key Trends |
5.5.2. | Main Benefits of Flexible and Printed Sensors |
5.5.3. | Types of Sensors that can be Printed |
5.5.4. | Sensors: Technology Readiness |
5.5.5. | Electrodes |
5.5.6. | Introduction - Measuring biopotential |
5.5.7. | Technology Overview - The Circuitry for Measuring Biopotential |
5.5.8. | Textile Electrodes |
5.5.9. | Technology Overview - Electrode Properties |
5.5.10. | Temperature Sensors |
5.5.11. | Printed Temperature Sensors |
5.5.12. | Printed Thermistors Enable New Designs |
5.5.13. | Temperature Sensing Technology Options |
5.5.14. | Biosensors |
5.5.15. | Anatomy of a test strip: one example |
5.5.16. | Manufacturing Steps Of Lifescan Ultra |
5.5.17. | Inks for Biosensors |
5.5.18. | Force / Pressure Sensors |
5.5.19. | Technology Overview - Resistive/Piezoresistive Sensing |
5.5.20. | Force Sensing Resistors |
5.5.21. | Materials |
5.5.22. | Printed Piezoresistive Sensor |
5.5.23. | Technology Overview - Piezoelectric Sensing |
5.5.24. | Technology Overview - Capacitive Sensing |
5.5.25. | Others |
5.5.26. | Moisture Sensors |
5.6. | E-Textiles |
5.6.1. | Electronic Textiles (E-Textiles) |
5.6.2. | Strategies for Creating Textile-integrated Electronics |
5.6.3. | Challenges When Moving into the E-textiles Space |
5.6.4. | Materials and Components |
5.6.5. | Fibres & Yarns |
5.6.6. | Examples of Traditional Conductive Fibres |
5.6.7. | Hybrid Yarns can be Conductive, Elastic and Comfortable |
5.6.8. | Electronic Components Integrated into Yarns |
5.6.9. | Textiles and Fabrics |
5.6.10. | Stretchable Electronic Fabrics |
5.6.11. | Connectors for E-textiles |
5.6.12. | Textile Cabling |
5.6.13. | Metal Wiring Integrated into Textiles |
5.6.14. | Inks and Encapsulation |
5.6.15. | Novel Approaches to Conductive Textiles: CNT & Graphene |
5.6.16. | Challenges with Conductive Inks in E-textiles |
5.6.17. | Conductive Polymers |
5.6.18. | Carbon Rubbers as Electrodes in Compression Garments |
5.6.19. | E-textile Material Use Today |
5.6.20. | Example suppliers for each material type |