Blade remover removes used disposable blades from any type and size of scalpel handle in a safe and simple manner. In the United States, 20 injuries occur each year when loading or unloading blades, with 95 percent of these injuries occur using sharp instruments and 90 percent involving contaminated blades. Aside from that, blade removal simply requires a straight-line in-out movement. As a result, the remover is simple to use, and when used by a surgeon or assistant, the blade removal operation does not divert the surgeon’s or helper’s focus away from the current procedure.
Swann-Morton Ltd. and Aspen Surgical — Notable Market Players in Blade Removers Market
The growth of the blade removers market is attributed to the rise in single-handed operations and increase in injury incidences. However, inherent problems associated with blade removers hampers the market growth.
Market leaders operating in the market have undertaken various organic and inorganic growth strategies. The blade removers market majorly consists of players like Swann Morton Limited, Aspen Surgical, Cincinnati Surgical Company Inc., Sklar Surgical Instruments, Fine Science Tools, Inc., Cancer Diagnostics, Inc., DeRoyal Industries, Inc., Hu-Friedy Mfg. Co., LLC., Ribbel International Limited and Mortech Manufacturing.
Several in organic approaches, such as product launches, have resulted in the growth of the market. Likewise, inorganic strategies such as mergers & acquisitions, and collaboration have helped the company to strengthen its revenue, which allows the company to hold a strong position in the market.
A few growth strategies adopted by the players operating in the blade removers market are listed below:
| Month & Year | Description |
| Jan-2022 | Cincinnati Surgical introduced postmortem surgical blades collection and covers all autopsy scalpel and blade needs. The postmortem collection includes various used autopsy products, such as BladeFlask EVO, the only blade remover on the market that removes postmortem blade sizes 60A, 60B, and 70. Pathology and Postmortem handles, Safety scalpels Size 22, Shape U, Shape Z, Size 4, Size 70, and more. |
| Oct-2019 | Hu-Friedy was acquired by the Cantel Medical Corp. company. The acquisition enhanced the company dental division’s supply chain efficiency, enabled it to better support its distribution partners, and addressed the increased concern among healthcare professionals in clinical performance, compliance, technology, education, and training. |
| Jul-2019 | Aspen Surgical parent company, Hill-Rom Holdings, Inc., entered into a definitive agreement to sell certain surgical consumable products (Aspen Surgical) and related assets to an affiliate of Audax Private Equity (“Audax”) for $170 million in cash. The surgical consumable products include Bard-Parker conventional and safety scalpels and blades and various other operating room accessories. |
| Jul-2017 | Aspen Surgical parent company, Hill-Rom Holdings, Inc., introduced new safety surgical instruments, including the Bard-Parker SafeSwitch Disposable Scalpel Handle and Scalpel Handle Cover as well as the new Bard-Parker Blade Remover. These innovations help protect surgical teams from injuries that may occur before, during, and after surgical procedures. |
