1.0 Background This document serves as a sample Market-IP analysis report. It proposes to provide the reader with information relating to the products in the market and in general to patent landscape analysis. This summary incorporates analysis techniques well known in this kind of study. Landscape analysis techniques proprietary to MaxVal are, however not included in this summary. 1.1 Scope of the Assignment The project involved a detailed time line analysis of patent filing activities and product development segments across various companies using wireless technologies in medical devices. This report attempts to: Identify relevant patent documents in medical devices field employing wireless technology, and conducting a competitive patent landscape analysis Identify companies and products under all categories (such as cardiac, diabetes, etc.,) that are available in the market and under development possessing wireless technologies Identify emerging trends in wireless medical technology space 1.2 Process adopted This project involved identification of relevant patent documents in medical devices employing wireless technologies resulting in about 5550 patents/applications. The appropriate databases were investigated for any changes in assignment to obtain an updated set of assignees. These patents/applications were further analyzed to identify commercially active patents, general filing trends for the period 2000-2010 and filing trends of top assignees for the period 1998-2010. Subsequently, extensive Web search was conducted to identify products employing wireless technologies in therapeutic applications across all categories viz. cardiac, diabetes, pulmonary management, hypertension, and physiological measurement such as temperature, fitness, blood oxygen and their marketing status (FDA approved, or under development). P a g e 1
A focused search was also conducted to identify recent research activities at universities/ institutions in this space. Research papers, publications, journals and recently filed IP (2007 onwards) were scrutinized to identify emerging technologies. Major Wireless Technologies o Bluetooth o Infra red o UVVB o GPRS o Wibree o Wimax o Radio Frequency o Wi Fi o Zig Bee Major Therapeutic Area o Cardiac Management o Diabetes Management o Blood oxygen Management o Hypertension Management o Pulmonary Management o Temperature o Fitness Management o Others Emerging Technologies o ZigBee/UWB Technology o Implantable devices o Wireless image transfer o Closed loop Dosing IP Scenario Incumbents o Medtronic o Cardiac Pacemaker o Philips Respironics Emerging o Bayer o Transoma o Triage o Abbott o Cardiomems Wireless Technologies in Medical Devices (Current Landscape) Top 10 Assignees Players & Products o 63 Companies possess 100 identified products o 25 products relating to cardiac are marketed and 5 are in clinical trials o 17 products relating to diabetes o 15 products relating to blood oxygen o 11 products relating to hypertension o 6 products relating to temperature and fitness o 4 products relating to pulmonary management o Medtronic o Cardiac Pacemakers o Philips Respironics o Abbott Diabetes Care o Pacesetter o Triage Wireless, o CardioMEMS o Bayer o Transoma Medical o Cardionet P a g e 2
PATENT ANALYTICS A total of 5550 patents/applications were analyzed and interpreted in terms of the overall innovation directions, leading assignees, new entrants and their patenting areas. The following are the highlights of the analysis: 1. Overall trends Major wireless technologies employed in medical devices Therapeutic areas that use wireless devices Number of companies employing different wireless technologies Coverage of different therapeutic areas by companies employing wireless technologies Wireless technology trends in medical devices (from 2000 to 2010) Filing trends in the last ten years 2. Prolific innovators in IP space Top ten assignees based on IP Companies with no corresponding IP, but possessing product(s) Filing trends of the top 10 assignees (from 1998 to 2010) Universities developing medical devices using wireless technology (2006 onwards) 3. Collaborations in IP space Representative IP, product availability, business partnerships/collaborations for top assignees 4. Emerging Technologies Emerging technologies and representative patent applications P a g e 3
PRODUCT ANALYTICS This section of the report provides a comprehensive list of: Wireless medical products used for managing different conditions Market status of wireless devices Manufacturers and number of wireless products Products and manufacturers relating to wireless medical devices based on various medical applications P a g e 4
Table of Contents 1.0 Background 1.1 Scope of the assignment 1.2 Process adopted 2.0 Overall trends 2.1 Major wireless technologies adopted in medicinal devices 2.2 Therapeutic areas that use wireless devices 2.3 Overview of number of companies employing wireless technology 2.4 Coverage of therapeutic areas by companies employing wireless technologies 2.5 Wireless technology filing trends in medical devices (from 2000 to 2010) 2.6 General filing trends in the past ten years (Since 2000) 3.0 Prolific innovators in IP space 3.1. Top assignees with representative IP 3.2 Manufacturers with product(s) but no corresponding IP 3.3 Filing trends of the top assignees (from 1998-2010) 3.4 Universities developing wireless technology-based medical devices (2006 onwards) 4.0 Collaborations in IP space 4.1 Representative IP, product availability, business partnerships/collaborations of top assignees 5.0 Products and Manufacturers 5.1 Overview of number of wireless medical devices among therapeutic area 5.2 Market status of wireless devices 5.3 Coverage of manufacturers and number of wireless products 5.4 Products and manufacturers relating to wireless medical devices 6.0 Emerging Trends 6.1 Emerging technologies with corresponding IP P a g e 5