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便携式超音波诊断设备市场-全球产业规模、份额、趋势、机会及预测(2021-2031):依设备类型、应用、地区及竞争格局划分Portable Ultrasound Devices Market - Global Industry Size, Share, Trends, Opportunity, and Forecast, Segmented By Type of Device, By Application, By Region & Competition, 2021-2031F |
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全球携带式超音波诊断设备市场预计将从 2025 年的 29.3 亿美元成长到 2031 年的 42.1 亿美元,复合年增长率为 6.23%。
该市场主要由轻巧紧凑的成像系统组成,这些系统能够在传统医院放射科以外的场所进行快速现场诊断。推动这一成长的关键因素包括:需要即时进行床边影像的慢性疾病日益增多、全球人口老化加剧,以及在紧急情况和偏远地区对便捷医疗诊断的需求不断增长。这些根本因素确保了行动成像解决方案的持续需求,使其免受短暂的技术潮流的影响。
| 市场概览 | |
|---|---|
| 预测期 | 2027-2031 |
| 市场规模:2025年 | 29.3亿美元 |
| 市场规模:2031年 | 42.1亿美元 |
| 复合年增长率:2026-2031年 | 6.23% |
| 成长最快的细分市场 | 携带式超音波诊断设备 |
| 最大的市场 | 北美洲 |
然而,市场扩张面临的主要障碍是能够操作这些设备并解读影像的合格人员严重短缺。无论供应情况如何,这种技术工人的匮乏都限制了携带式解决方案的有效应用。美国放射学会的报告显示,到2025年,超音波技师的空缺率将达到12.4%,这凸显了这一短缺的严重性。因此,缺乏具备足够专业知识的人员阻碍了携带式超音波技术的最佳应用和广泛普及。
人工智慧 (AI) 的整合应用正在从根本上改变全球携带式超音波设备市场,它能够自动完成复杂的影像撷取和解读任务,从而提高诊断准确性。这项技术变革直接解决了传统超音波学习曲线陡峭的问题,使护理师和基层医疗医生等非专业使用者只需接受少量培训即可获得诊断级影像。透过提供即时指导和自动化测量工具,製造商正在显着扩展携带式设备的临床效用,使其不再局限于专业的放射科。例如,2024 年 4 月,GE 医疗宣布其约 60 款人工智慧医疗设备已获得美国批准,这表明这些智慧解决方案正在整个产业内快速检验和应用。
同时,随着医疗机构优先考虑床边即时诊断以改善患者预后,照护现场超音波(POCUS)应用的需求激增,推动了市场发展。这一趋势的特点是手持式设备在急诊医学、重症监护和传统推车式系统不适用的偏远地区广泛使用。这种功能使这些设备从小众工具转变为必备设备,能够在临床环境中快速评估创伤、心臟病和产科病例。为了反映这种应用规模,Clarius Mobile Health在2024年3月报告称,已在58个国家交付了超过25,000套人工智慧驱动的手持式系统。同时,Butterfly Network在2024年2月宣布,自成立以来,其产品已在全球售出超过10万台。
合格的超音波技师和影像诊断技师短缺是全球携带式超音波设备市场面临的主要阻碍因素。虽然可携式系统设计用于快速部署,但其有效性完全取决于能否找到训练有素的人员来撷取和解读诊断影像。医疗机构面临的困境是,硬体设备齐全,但操作所需的熟练人员却严重短缺。这种操作人员的缺口迫使医疗机构延迟采购决策,因为在人员不足的情况下购买更多设备会导致设备利用率低下,并降低医疗机构管理者的投资报酬率。
人员普遍短缺直接阻碍了市场扩充性,限制了有效用户群。根据澳洲超音波技师协会2024年的调查,「96%的受访者表示目前超音波技师短缺」。如此高的人员短缺率表明,市场成长潜力并非受限于技术本身的需求,而是受限于人力资源的可用性。因此,医疗系统被迫优先应对现有工作量,而非扩充诊断设备,直接减缓了携带式超音波解决方案的商业性化应用。
市场正向居家医疗和远距监测领域扩张,诊断方式也从偶尔的医院就诊转向持续的居家照护。法规结构鼓励医疗保健系统为急诊患者提供家庭护理,从而支持了这一转变;而易于使用的携带式设备对于慢性病监测至关重要。 「家庭医院」模式正在迅速建立一个新的终端使用者群体,这些手持设备易于携带,并且可以在传统医疗保健基础设施之外使用。正如《家庭医疗保健新闻》2024年12月报导的文章《从CMS医院居家照护倡议中汲取的早期经验教训》中所述,截至2024年10月,已有366家医院获得联邦政府“急性居家医疗”计划的核准,为移动医疗设备建立了一个强大的通路,服务超过31,000名患者。
同时,无线和智慧型手机连接探头的普及正在显着改变硬体环境,使感测器与专用显示设备分离。製造商正在设计「基于应用程式」的探头,这些探头可以无线连接到市面上常见的智慧型手机,从而大幅降低设备成本并充分利用家用电子电器的处理能力。这种「自带设备 (BYOD)」模式省去了专用主机的成本,使更多以前无力承担高昂设备费用的医疗专业人员能够使用先进的诊断成像技术。为了佐证这项成功,Butterfly Networks 在 2024 年 11 月发布的 2024 年第三季财报中指出,其营收达到 2,060 万美元,年成长 33%。这一显着成长主要归功于其最新智慧型手机连接探头 iQ3 在全球的广泛应用。
The Global Portable Ultrasound Devices Market is projected to expand from USD 2.93 Billion in 2025 to USD 4.21 Billion by 2031, reflecting a compound annual growth rate of 6.23%. This market consists of lightweight, compact imaging systems engineered to facilitate rapid point-of-care diagnostics outside of conventional hospital radiology settings. Primary drivers fueling this growth include the increasing prevalence of chronic diseases that require immediate bedside imaging, a growing global geriatric population, and the rising need for accessible medical diagnostics in emergency and remote locations. These foundational factors ensure sustained demand for mobile imaging solutions, distinguishing them from temporary technological fads.
| Market Overview | |
|---|---|
| Forecast Period | 2027-2031 |
| Market Size 2025 | USD 2.93 Billion |
| Market Size 2031 | USD 4.21 Billion |
| CAGR 2026-2031 | 6.23% |
| Fastest Growing Segment | Handheld Ultrasound Device |
| Largest Market | North America |
However, a major obstacle to broader market expansion is the critical shortage of qualified professionals capable of operating these devices and interpreting the resulting images. This lack of a skilled workforce restricts the effective deployment of portable solutions, regardless of their availability. Highlighting the severity of these staffing constraints, the 'American Society of Radiologic Technologists' reported in '2025' that 'vacancy rates for sonography positions were reported at 12.4%'. Consequently, this deficit in sufficient expertise limits the optimal utilization and adoption of portable ultrasound technology.
Market Driver
The integration of Artificial Intelligence for enhanced diagnostic accuracy is fundamentally reshaping the Global Portable Ultrasound Devices Market by automating complex image acquisition and interpretation tasks. This technological shift directly addresses the steep learning curve associated with traditional sonography, allowing non-specialist users, such as nurses and primary care physicians, to capture diagnostic-quality images with minimal training. By offering real-time guidance and automated measurement tools, manufacturers are significantly extending the clinical utility of portable devices beyond specialist radiology departments. For instance, GE HealthCare noted in April 2024 that it had secured approximately 60 AI-enabled medical device authorizations in the United States, highlighting the rapid industry-wide validation and integration of these intelligent solutions.
Simultaneously, the surging demand for Point-of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS) applications is driving market momentum as healthcare providers prioritize immediate bedside diagnostics to improve patient outcomes. This trend is defined by the widespread deployment of handheld units across emergency medicine, critical care, and remote environments where traditional cart-based systems are impractical. Transforming these devices from niche tools into essential instruments, this capability allows for rapid assessments of trauma, cardiac, and obstetrics cases at the point of care. Reflecting the scale of this adoption, Clarius Mobile Health reported in March 2024 that it had delivered over 25,000 AI-powered handheld systems across 58 countries, while Butterfly Network stated in February 2024 that it had sold more than 100,000 units globally since its inception.
Market Challenge
The shortage of qualified sonographers and imaging technologists acts as a substantial restraint on the Global Portable Ultrasound Devices Market. While portable systems are designed for rapid deployment, their efficacy depends entirely on the availability of trained personnel to capture and interpret diagnostic images. Healthcare providers face a disconnect where the hardware is accessible, but the skilled workforce required to operate it is critically scarce. This operational gap compels medical facilities to delay procurement decisions, as acquiring additional devices without adequate staffing leads to underutilization and diminishes the return on investment for healthcare administrators.
This pervasive workforce crisis directly limits market scalability by capping the effective user base. According to the 'Australasian Sonographers Association' in '2024', '96% of respondents reported a current shortage of sonographers'. Such a high prevalence of staffing deficits indicates that the market's growth potential is restricted by human resource availability rather than demand for the technology itself. Consequently, healthcare systems are forced to prioritize managing existing workloads over expanding their diagnostic fleets, which directly slows the commercial adoption of portable ultrasound solutions.
Market Trends
The market is expanding into home healthcare and remote monitoring, shifting diagnostics from episodic hospital visits to continuous home-based care. This transition is supported by regulatory frameworks that incentivize healthcare systems to treat acute patients in their own residences, necessitating user-friendly portable devices for monitoring chronic conditions. The "Hospital at Home" model is rapidly establishing a new end-user segment for handheld units that can be easily transported and operated outside traditional infrastructure. As noted by Home Health Care News in December 2024, in the article 'Early Lessons Learned From CMS Hospital-At-Home Initiative', 366 hospitals had been approved for the federal 'Acute Hospital Care at Home' program as of October 2024, creating a robust channel for mobile medical tools to serve over 31,000 patients.
At the same time, the proliferation of wireless and smartphone-connected probes is transforming the hardware landscape by decoupling transducers from proprietary display units. Manufacturers are designing "app-based" probes that connect wirelessly to standard commercial smartphones, drastically reducing device costs and leveraging the processing power of consumer electronics. This "Bring Your Own Device" approach eliminates the expense of dedicated consoles, making advanced imaging accessible to a wider range of practitioners who previously could not afford capital-intensive equipment. Illustrating this success, Butterfly Network reported in its 'Third Quarter 2024 Financial Results' in November 2024 that revenue reached $20.6 million, a 33% year-over-year increase driven significantly by the global adoption of its latest smartphone-connected iQ3 probe.
Report Scope
In this report, the Global Portable Ultrasound Devices Market has been segmented into the following categories, in addition to the industry trends which have also been detailed below:
Company Profiles: Detailed analysis of the major companies present in the Global Portable Ultrasound Devices Market.
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