Handheld Surgical Devices and Equipment Market Report 2025

This Handheld Surgical Devices and Equipment market report provides a comprehensive analysis of the market’s characteristics, size, and growth, including segmentation, regional and country-level breakdowns, competitive landscape, market shares, trends, and strategies. It also tracks historical and forecasted market growth across various geographies.

The handheld surgical devices and equipment market size has grown rapidly in recent years. It will grow from $8.76 billion in 2024 to $9.76 billion in 2025 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 11.4%. The growth in the historic period can be attributed to aging population, minimally invasive surgery (mis), healthcare infrastructure, regulatory compliance.

The handheld surgical devices and equipment market size is expected to see strong growth in the next few years. It will grow to $13.79 billion in 2029 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 9%. The growth in the forecast period can be attributed to telemedicine and remote surgery, emerging markets growth, robotics and automation, personalized medicine. Major trends in the forecast period include miniaturization and portability, smart and connected devices, sustainable and eco-friendly materials, augmented reality (ar) and virtual reality (vr).

The growing demand for aesthetic surgeries is a key driver for the handheld surgical devices and equipment market. This demand is primarily linked to an increase in per capita disposable income. According to the 2022 data from the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS), approximately 1.5 million cosmetic procedures were performed in 2022 alone. Notably, liposuction ranked as the leading cosmetic surgery in 2022, with a remarkable 325,669 surgeries performed.

The increasing prevalence of chronic disorders is expected to boost the handheld surgical devices market. Chronic diseases, also known as non-communicable diseases (NCDs), encompass long-term medical conditions that typically advance slowly and persist over an extended duration. The rising incidence of chronic diseases has led to a growing demand for handheld surgical devices tailored for minimally invasive procedures. These devices empower healthcare professionals to execute surgeries with enhanced precision and minimal invasiveness, contributing to improved patient outcomes. For instance, as of September 2022, the World Health Organization reported that chronic diseases, or NCDs, accounted for approximately 74% of global annual deaths, totaling 41 million deaths. These chronic diseases include 17.9 million deaths from cardiovascular diseases, 9.3 million deaths from cancer, 4.1 million deaths from chronic respiratory diseases, and 2 million deaths from diabetes. Hence, the increasing prevalence of chronic diseases is a driving force behind the growth of the handheld surgical devices market.

In the United States, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) classifies medical devices into Class I, Class II, and Class III based on their associated risks and the regulatory controls required to ensure safety and effectiveness. Hand-held surgical devices, including instruments such as scalpels, forceps, and retractors, fall within Class I medical devices. Class I devices typically present the lowest risk to both patients and users and are exempt from premarket notification procedures (510(k)).

Major companies in the handheld surgical devices market are innovating with technologies like UIMG image technology and 2D decoder chips to enhance precision and accuracy during surgical procedures. UIMG image technology is a standardized format designed for efficient, cross-platform image handling with adaptive compression and resolution. For example, in November 2023, a Netherlands-based company specializing in data capture technology launched the IVD Product Line at MEDICA. In response to this market development, Newland EMEA introduced a range of high-performance and user-friendly barcode scanners. These scanners are designed for easy integration into IVD instruments, offering ultrafast scanning performance that improves the speed and quality of diagnoses, detection, prevention, and care.

In October 2022, Aspen Surgical Products, a portfolio company of Audax Private Equity based in the United States, acquired Symmetry Surgical for an undisclosed sum. This acquisition enhances Aspen's product portfolio with additional brands, diversifying its offerings. Symmetry Surgical is a U.S.-based manufacturer of surgical instrumentation.

Hand-held surgical devices and equipment are essential non-powered, hand-held, or manually manipulated tools used in a variety of general surgical procedures to aid in precision and control.

The primary product categories within hand-held surgical devices include scalpels, forceps, retractors, dilators, graspers, and other related instruments. Forceps, for example, are handheld tools designed for grasping and holding objects during surgical procedures. These devices find applications in a range of surgical specialties, including neurosurgery, cardiovascular surgery, orthopedic surgery, plastic and reconstructive surgery, obstetrics and gynecology, and other medical fields. These hand-held surgical devices are used by a diverse set of healthcare facilities and end-users, including hospitals, specialized clinics, long-term care centers, ambulatory surgery centers, and others, to support a wide array of surgical procedures.

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Major companies operating in the handheld surgical devices and equipment market include B. Braun Melsungen AG, Medtronic PLC, Smith & Nephew, Johnson & Johnson Services Inc., Integra LifeSciences Corporation, Zimmer Biomet, CooperSurgical Inc., Becton Dickinson and Company, Moria, Pelion Surgical, Elite Medical, Millennium Surgical, Gsource LLC, Medicon eG, Sklar Corporation, Ethicon US LLC., Erbe Elektromedizin GmbH, CONMED Corporation, Synergetics USA Inc., Stryker Corporation, Karl Storz SE & Co. KG, KLS Martin, Grena Ltd., Maxer Endoscopy GmbH, GPC Medical Ltd., Teleflex Incorporated, Cook Medical LLC, Richard Wolf GmbH, Microline Surgical Inc., Applied Medical Resources Corporation, Olympus Corporation, Boston Scientific Corporation, Wexler Surgical Inc., Surgmed Group.

North America was the largest region in the global handheld surgical devices market in 2024. Western Europe was the second-largest region in the global handheld surgical devices market. The regions covered in the handheld surgical devices and equipment market report are Asia-Pacific, Western Europe, Eastern Europe, North America, South America, Middle East, and Africa. The countries covered in the handheld surgical devices and equipment market report are Australia, China, India, Indonesia, Japan, South Korea, Bangladesh, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, Singapore, Philippines, Hong Kong, New Zealand, USA, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Chile, Argentina, Colombia, Peru, France, Germany, UK, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Russia, Czech Republic, Poland, Romania, Ukraine, Saudi Arabia, Israel, Iran, Turkey, UAE, Egypt, Nigeria, South Africa.

The handheld surgical devices and equipment market consists of sales of spatulas, dilators, graspers, auxiliary instruments, cutter instruments, and others. Values in this market are factory gate values, that is the value of goods sold by the manufacturers or creators of the goods, whether to other entities (including downstream manufacturers, wholesalers, distributors and retailers) or directly to end customers. The value of goods in this market includes related services sold by the creators of the goods.

The market value is defined as the revenues that enterprises gain from the sale of goods and/or services within the specified market and geography through sales, grants, or donations in terms of the currency (in USD, unless otherwise specified).

The revenues for a specified geography are consumption values that are revenues generated by organizations in the specified geography within the market, irrespective of where they are produced. It does not include revenues from resales along the supply chain, either further along the supply chain or as part of other products.

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