A smoke evacuation system is a vacuum source with single or multiple filters designed to evacuate surgical plume, smoke, and aerosol from the operative site, filter out the contaminants, and return clean air into the operating room. These systems are made up of mainly five components, namely, filtration system (traps smoke particles and allows the return of filtered air to the operation theatre), vacuum source (pulls the air into a nozzle, through tubing and the filter), disposable hose and accessories (connect the unit to the surgical site), electronic control panel (controls unit operations, eliminates interference with other devices), and an activation device. ___________________ 1. Micromarkets are defined as further segments and sub-segments of the global smoke evacuation systems market included in the report. 2. Core competencies of the companies are captured in terms of their key developments and key strategies to maintain their market positions.

Visionary leaders are the leading market players in terms of new developments such as product launches, innovative technologies, and the adoption of growth strategies. These players have a broad product offering that caters to most of the regions globally. Visionary leaders primarily focus on acquiring the leading market position through their strong financial capabilities and their well-established brand equity.

Dynamic Differentiators are established players with very strong business strategies. However, they have a weaker product portfolio compared to the visionary leaders. They generally focus only on a specific type of technology related to the product.

Innovators in the competitive leadership mapping are vendors that have demonstrated substantial product innovations as compared to their competitors. The companies have focused on product portfolios. However, they do not have very strong growth strategies for their overall business, when compared with the visionary leaders.

Emerging companies have niche product and service offerings. Their business strategies are not as strong as that of the established vendors. The emerging vendors include the new entrants in the market, emerging in terms of product portfolio and geographic reach, and require time to gain significant traction in the market.