The increasing awareness amongst the people about fitness and wellness is one of the major factors fuelling the surge in the demand for wearable medical devices across the world. Several organizations and companies are regularly organizing awareness programs and campaigns for increasing the awareness in people regarding health and wellness and for making them understand the importance of staying healthy and fit. In addition to this, the wearable medical devices contain important information and advice from nutritionists and dieticians, which make them highly sought-after across the globe.
The rising prevalence of obesity and various other chronic diseases, soaring geriatric population, and surging preference for technologically advanced products are the other major factors boosting the demand for wearable medical devices throughout the world. Due to these factors, the revenue generated from the worldwide sales of wearable medical devices is expected to reach $67.2 billion by 2030, which is a considerable increase from the $10.6 billion revenue that the sales of these devices generated in 2019. The global wearable medical devices market is predicted to progress at a CAGR of 18.3% during the forecast period (2020–2030).
There are numerous types of wearable medical devices such as smartwatches, fitness trackers, hearing aids, smart cloths, breath analyzers, and patches. Out of these, the fitness trackers are projected to register the highest usage during the forecast period. This is mainly due to the fact that a majority of the people using these devices want to track their progress and fitness journey, number of steps taken, their health and fitness condition, and calories burnt. Moreover, these trackers are extremely cost-effective and are thus, being increasingly adopted by people across the world.
The most prominent trend currently being witnessed in the wearable medical devices market is the mushrooming number of product launches by the various wearable medical devices manufacturing companies across the globe. For instance, in October 2019, Sony Corporation introduced the mSafety, which is a platform that integrates wristwatch and a cloud-based backend solution. This product was launched for providing a ready-made platform for remote health tracking and monitoring and mHealth applications, to the mHealth app developers, users, and healthcare systems.
