Global Ultrasonic Sensors Market to Gain Impetus from Burgeoning Application in Healthcare Sector

For modern organizations and manufacturing utilities to gain sustainability, ensuring improved production and operational efficiency is imperative. Since ultrasonic sensors provide advanced features and automation, their demand is expected to increase across manufacturing facilities worldwide. These sensors are mainly used for liquid level measurement, distance management, object detection, pallet detection, and anti-collision detection. Some of the most common types of ultrasonic sensors used across manufacturing utilities include reflective sensors, ultrasonic 2 point proximity switches, and ultrasonic through beam sensors.

A new report by Transparency Market Research predicts the global ultrasonic sensors market to reach US$1.67 bn by 2023. The market stood at US$380.8 mn in 2014 and is likely to surge at an impressive CAGR of 17.1% between 2015 and 2023.

Q: How is the market benefiting from diverse applications of ultrasonic sensors?

A: Over the years, ultrasonic sensing technologies have become more mature and are increasingly used across an array of engineering and basic science domains. Furthermore, many of the conventional and sophisticated ultrasonic instruments, devices, and software are commercialized and are used in medical and industrial applications. The outstanding capability of ultrasonic sensors to probe inside objects without having any negative impact on them, has been a key factor fuelling their demand worldwide.

In engineering, medical, and physics, ultrasonic sensors are mainly used in various nondestructive evaluations such as quantitative characterization of materials, structural health monitoring, and inspections of industrial structures. Ultrasonic sensors are also used to design and develop novel and more effective technologies for use in nondestructive evaluations.

Apart from this, the automotive industry also has been exhibiting rising application of ultrasonic sensors. Rapid urbanization has spurred the demand for improved parking assistance and better vehicle safety. Changing government regulations encouraging the implementation of smart traffic management are also creating lucrative opportunities for the global ultrasonic sensors market.

Q: What recent advances in healthcare technology are boosting applications of ultrasonic sensors?

A: Across healthcare organizations worldwide, scientists are integrating humanoid technology with patient care. Case in point: Pepper is the name of the newest member on the staff of a Belgian hospital. She joined the medical team of Ostend Hospital AZ Damiaan as a receptionist. Her creator, Zora Bots – a Belgian company, is expecting Pepper to be extremely helpful in the recovery of patients.

The University of California, San Francisco Medical Center located at Mission Bay has launched a fleet of 27 robots, named Tugs. These robots have been roaming the hallways of the center since February 2015. They can travel 12 miles a day on an average delivering surgical tools in operating room specimens to pathology, linens to rooms, and meals and medications to patients. Robots like Pepper and Tugs operate through Wi-fi systems. They navigate through hallways and hospital centers using infrared and ultrasonic sensors.

The evolution of such healthcare technology has not only made medical services more accessible but also facilitated  uninterrupted monitoring of patient’s health. Without the integration of ultrasonic sensors, these advances would have remained a distant dream.

Top 6 Application Areas of Ultrasonic Sensors

An ultrasonic sensor is used to generate high-frequency sound waves and evaluate the echo. The distance of the object is easily calculated by measuring the time interval between sending the signal and receiving the echo. According to Transparency Market Research, the global ultrasonic sensors market had a valuation of US$380.8 mn in 2014. Exhibiting a robust 17.1% CAGR from 2015, the market is expected to rise to a valuation of US$1.7 bn by 2023. The tremendous growth anticipated in the ultrasonic sensor market can be attributed to the increasing demand for ultrasonic sensors for various purposes such as vehicle parking, embedded sensors in wearable medical devices, for liquid level measurement, distance measurement, and collision detection.

Given below are some of the ways in which ultrasonic sensors are benefitting various industries today:

• Food Inspection: Due to the ability of ultrasonic sensors to detect foreign substances, they are used for quality check of food items. The ultrasonic sensor is applied to food and the echoes from the food are used to inspect if there are any foreign substances contained in the food such as acrylic or pieces of tiny metal. Ultrasonic sensors are thus used extensively in food manufacturing plants to ensure the quality of food is maintained, leading to a growth of the ultrasonic sensors market.

• Detect Flaws: Since ultrasound waves can travel through materials and reflect at an interface between the materials, they are used to detect flaws in various materials. The market for ultrasonic sensors is driven by the use of these sensors for the detection of cracks, degradation diagnosis, and seismic diagnosis, all of which are carried out on metals and concrete.

• Cancer Treatment: Using ultrasonic sensors to transmit ultrasonic energy on the human body helps generate thermal energy, which is extensively used to destroy cancer cells. The growing number of cancer patients all over the world is greatly benefitting the global ultrasonic sensors market.

•  Eye Examination: Ultrasonic sensors are indispensable in the medical field. What radiology couldn’t achieve, ultrasonic can – radiology cannot be used on sensitive areas such as the cornea of the eye, due to the harmful radiations they emit. However, ultrasonic can be used to examine the eye without any risk of damaging the eye.

• Sonography: One of the most popular uses of ultrasonic sensors is in carrying out sonography tests. Ultrasonic sensors make high-pitched sound waves, which travel through the body and are focused on the particular part of the body that is to be inspected. For instance, if focused on the womb of a pregnant woman, the scanning device will pick up the echo from the abdomen. This helps in creating visual images of the unborn baby or fetus and also its movements. The ultrasonic waves are absolutely safe for the mother and the child and involves no exposure to harmful radiations, unlike other technologies, which is one of the reasons the market for ultrasonic sensors is growing.

• Monitoring of Slope of Loops: Ultrasonic sensors are used in industries such as paper, textile, packaging, and chemicals to monitor the slope of loops of a material in a process. These sensors are used to control the continuous running of a flexible material.

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The multiplicity of the applications and advantages of ultrasonic sensors and the resultant rise in the demand from several industries for these sensors is responsible for boosting the ultrasonic sensors market.