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Chinese Market share of reported demand volumes by brand for 23 categories of gastroenterology consumables.

It is extremely difficult to determine the national market share for consumables, however, we can gain insight into companies’ influence at the terminal level by examining the volume data reported for this year’s centralized procurement of interventional gastroenterology devices. While these figures do not represent actual usage, they reflect the companies’ overall market standing—revealing the true competitive strength of players such as Micro-Tech and Boston Scientific. Note: Market share = the company’s projected procurement volume for the first year / the total projected procurement volume for that product category across all companies, Import/Domestic classification is based on the medical device registrant (registrations held by foreign entities are classified as “import”).

I. Overview of 23 Product Categories

1. Micro-Tech secured the top spot in half of the categories (12 out of 23). It holds a 49.02% share of the total volume for hemostatic clips (10,887,561 units) and demonstrates significant leads in oral biliary-pancreatic catheters (61.75%) and esophageal stents (56.92%). Even I have heard of the “Hexie” (Harmony) clip.

2. Demand for basic categories is high: 4.46 million hot snare units, 10.89 million hemostatic clips, and 2.02 million injection needles.

3. While the volume of gastrointestinal consumables is substantial, entry barriers for ERCP-related products are also distinct: Cook holds 75.97% of the pancreatic duct stent market, Boston Scientific holds 72.98% for rapid-exchange sphincterotomes, 66.57% for lithotripsy baskets, and 46.46% for biliary polymer stents.

4. Competition is fierce in categories with many applicants—71 for stone retrieval baskets, 54 for hemostatic clips, and 46 for hot snares—whereas there are only 4 applicants for pancreatic duct stents and 7 for anastomosis clip systems.

5. Some companies employ dual- or multi-brand strategies, such as Vedkang & JIUHONG,Boston Scientific, Anrei, & Lake Region Medical (distributor), and Micro-Tech/Transmed.

II. Top 5 Rankings by Category (Based on Declaring Enterprises)

Brands appearing in the top five four or more times include: Micro-Tech (21 times), Boston Scientific (15 times), Vedkang (13 times), Cook (11 times), Leo med (9 times), AGS (5 times), Olympus (4 times), Anrei (4 times), and JIUHONG (4 times).

In specific categories—namely pancreatic duct stents and rapid-exchange sphincterotomes—a single brand actually accounts for over 70% of the market share. Incredible!

1. Gastrointestinal balloon dilation catheters

39 companies submitted applications, the total procurement demand for the first year is 156,836 units, with imports accounting for 30.55%.

  1. Boston Scientific: 25.48%
  2. Micro-Tech (Nanjing): 22.51%
  3. Leo Medical: 19.82%
  4. Vedkang Medical: 10.49%
  5. JIUHONG Medical: 6.33%

2. Biliary and Pancreatic Stone Extraction Balloon Catheters

There were 28 applicant enterprises, with a total procurement demand of 141,180 units for the first year, imported products accounted for 38.22% of the total.

  1. Boston Scientific: 23.05%
  2. Micro-Tech (Nanjing): 21.88%
  3. Leo Medical: 15.06%
  4. Cook Medical: 10.56%
  5. Vedkang Medical: 6.74%

3. Esophageal Stents

Seventeen companies submitted applications, the total procurement demand for the first year is 13,927 units, with imports accounting for 15.69%.

  1. Micro-Tech (Nanjing): 56.92%
  2. GARSON Medical: 9.10%
  3. Boston Scientific: 5.74%
  4. Zhongjia Xingsheng: 4.63%
  5. Vedkang Medical: 3.56%

4. Intestinal Stents

14 companies submitted applications, the total procurement demand for the first year is 16,984 units, with imports accounting for 50.68%.

  1. Micro-Tech (Nanjing): 38.14%
  2. Boston Scientific: 21.47%
  3. Cook Medical: 10.93%
  4. Zhongjia Xingsheng: 8.17%
  5. Huahui Medical: 6.12%

5. Biliary Alloy Stents

There were 21 applicant enterprises, with a total procurement demand of 23,872 units in the first year, imports accounted for 48.87% of the total.

  1. Micro-Tech (Nanjing): 34.10%
  2. Boston Scientific: 25.74%
  3. Cook Medical: 10.03%
  4. Jinfurui Medical: 6.38%
  5. Jiasen Medical: 6.35%

6. Biliary polymer stents

Eight companies submitted applications, the total procurement demand for the first year is 77,952 units, with imports accounting for 78.18%.

  1. Boston Scientific: 46.46%
  2. Cook Medical: 31.16%
  3. Micro-Tech (Nanjing): 15.94%
  4. Leo Medical: 5.12%
  5. Frankman: 0.64%

7. Pancreatic Duct Stents

Four companies submitted applications, the total procurement demand for the first year is 41,652 units, with imports accounting for 89.41%.

  1. Cook Medical: 75.97%
  2. Boston Scientific: 12.99%
  3. Leo Medical: 10.59%
  4. Olympus: 0.44%

8. Transoral digital imaging cholangiopancreatoscopy catheters

22 companies applied, total procurement demand for the first year is 25,684 units, imports account for 7.75%.

  1. Micro-Tech (Nanjing): 61.75%
  2. SinoVision: 10.57%
  3. Lancetmed: 8.79%
  4. Boston Scientific: 7.75%
  5. Tuyun Medical: 4.60%

9. Percutaneous electronic imaging biliary-pancreatic catheters

24 companies submitted applications, the total procurement demand for the first year is 42,161 units, with an import share of 0.00%.

  1. Micro-Tech (Nanjing): 34.99%
  2. SinoVision: 15.42%
  3. Anqing Medical: 12.50%
  4. ProMedical: 11.97%
  5. Ruipai Medical: 9.56%

10. Standard Gastrointestinal Guidewires

41 companies submitted applications, the total procurement demand for the first year is 12,016 units, with imports accounting for 8.21%.

  1. Micro-Tech (Nanjing): 46.29%
  2. Tuoren Best: 12.69%
  3. Frankman: 9.46%
  4. Cook Medical: 8.09%
  5. JIUHONG Medical: 7.91%

11. ERCP Gastrointestinal Guidewires

There were 28 applicant companies, with a total first-year procurement demand of 333,260 units, imports accounted for 43.39%.

  1. Boston Scientific: 32.71%
  2. Micro-Tech (Nanjing): 17.60%
  3. Leo Medical: 11.89%
  4. Vedkang Medical: 6.33%
  5. Cook Medical: 6.08%

12. Gastrointestinal Interventional Stone Retrieval Baskets

71 companies applied, the total procurement demand for the first year is 181,521 units, with imports accounting for 15.63%.

  1. Micro-Tech (Nanjing): 16.69%
  2. Leo Medical: 14.26%
  3. Vedkang Medical: 10.21%
  4. JIUHONG Medical: 9.13%
  5. Cook Medical: 7.98%

13. Gastrointestinal Interventional Lithotripsy Retrieval Baskets

8 companies applied, total first-year procurement demand: 23,849 units, import share: 87.80%.

  1. Boston Scientific: 66.57%
  2. Cook Medical: 12.26%
  3. Leo Medical: 9.87%
  4. Olympus: 8.97%
  5. Wilson Optoelectronics: 0.75%

14. Tissue Ligation Devices

27 companies applied, total first-year procurement demand: 126,968 units, import share: 55.71%.

  1. Cook Medical: 28.95%
  2. Boston Scientific: 26.76%
  3. Micro-Tech (Nanjing): 9.54%
  4. AteTec Medical: 7.67%
  5. Tianyi Medical: 7.15%

15. Non-electrified (Cold Snare) Snares

23 companies applied, total first-year procurement demand: 98,254 units, import share: 7.34%.

  1. Micro-Tech (Nanjing): 22.28%
  2. Vedkang Medical: 20.18%
  3. AGS: 13.47%
  4. Yigao Medical: 7.43%
  5. Boston Scientific: 7.34%

16. Electrosurgical (Hot) Snare

46 applicant enterprises, total first-year procurement demand: 4,460,429 units, import share: 11.16%.

  1. Micro-Tech (Nanjing): 26.72%
  2. Vedkang Medical: 13.01%
  3. JIUHONG Medical: 12.29%
  4. AGS: 11.18%
  5. Anrei Medical: 7.50%

17. Digestive Interventional Endoscopic Anastomosis Clip System

7 applicant enterprises, total first-year procurement demand: 5,809 units, import share: 0.00%.

  1. Micro-Tech (Nanjing): 50.28%
  2. Vedkang Medical: 21.78%
  3. Xiluo Endoscopy: 18.08%
  4. Shengjiekang Biotech: 4.82%
  5. Huazhi Medical: 2.89%

18. Digestive Interventional Endoscopic Hemostatic Clip

54 applicant enterprises, total first-year procurement demand: 10,887,561 units, import share: 0.79%.

  1. Micro-Tech (Nanjing): 49.02%
  2. Vedkang Medical: 17.79%
  3. AGS: 14.48%
  4. Anrei Medical: 5.21%
  5. soudon Medical: 2.88%

19. Digestive Interventional Injection Needle

34 applicant enterprises, total first-year procurement demand: 2,019,612 units, import share: 14.41%.

  1. Vedkang Medical: 21.11%
  2. Micro-Tech (Nanjing): 19.75%
  3. AteTec Medical: 16.22%
  4. Boston Scientific: 7.55%
  5. soudon Medical: 5.33%

20. Gastrointestinal Interventional Coagulation Forceps

There were 13 applicant enterprises, with a combined first-year procurement demand of 76,083 units, imports accounted for 46.82% of the total.

  1. Olympus: 46.82%
  2. Micro-Tech (Nanjing): 22.74%
  3. Anrei Medical: 14.77%
  4. Vedkang Medical: 6.65%
  5. Leo Medical: 3.20%

21. Tissue Incision Knife

28 companies applied, total first-year procurement demand was 274,694 units, imports accounted for 28.33%.

  1. Micro-Tech (Nanjing): 31.70%
  2. Olympus: 24.94%
  3. Vedkang Medical: 22.15%
  4. Anrei Medical: 8.17%
  5. AGS: 3.33%

22. Rapid-Exchange Papillotome

10 companies applied, total first-year procurement demand was 42,645 units, imports accounted for 84.96%.

  1. Boston Scientific: 72.98%
  2. Cook Medical: 10.62%
  3. AGS: 6.86%
  4. Micro-Tech (Nanjing): 5.02%
  5. Olympus: 1.36%

23. Non-Rapid-Exchange Papillotome

23 companies applied, total first-year procurement demand was 185,330 units, imports accounted for 41.45%.

  1. Boston Scientific: 18.96%
  2. Leo Medical: 18.83%
  3. Micro-Tech (Nanjing): 16.08%
  4. Olympus: 13.85%
  5. Vedkang Medical: 7.82%

Regarding the actual annual volume of ERCP procedures, the reported demand for ERCP guidewires effectively settles the matter: it does not exceed the figure derived from the guidewire demand—specifically, 333,000 units divided by 80%, or approximately 416,000 cases. The figure is nowhere near the 600,000—let alone 800,000 or 1 million—previously rumored in the industry, perhaps that “800,000″ figure actually referred to the total number of gallstone cases?

Beyond the Rankings: A Flexible, Fast-Track Partner for Distributors

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Post time: Sep-30-2026
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