Ablation Devices Market Global Opportunity Analysis and Industry Forecast, 2014 - 2022 Ablation Devices Market Report published by Allied Market Research, forecasts that the global market is expected to garner $6,658 million by 2022, registering a CAGR of 11.7% during the period 2016-2022. Thermal ablation devices segment is estimated to dominate the market throughout the analysis period. About two-thirds of the world ablation devices market share was captured by cardiovascular and cancer segment in 2015. Ablation is a minimally invasive procedure that treats various chronic diseases such as cancer and pulmonary conditions, as well as used for aesthetic procedures. The market is expected to grow at a significant rate due to various advantages of ablation procedures (short time duration, minimized blood loss and damage to healthy organs and tissues, operator friendly) over conventional methods such as chemotherapy, as it has high sideeffects. The introduction of innovative and advanced ablation technologies and the increase in the prevalence of chronic diseases and awareness about the procedure would contribute towards the market growth. However, the market growth is hindered by unstable reimbursement policies, stringent government regulations, limited awareness, and high cost of the procedure. Thermal segment dominated the world ablation devices market in 2015 and is expected to continue with its dominance throughout the forecast period. This is attributed to the various applications of thermal ablation devices for cancer and cardiovascular surgeries. However, owing to the higher success rate and advantages, non-thermal technologies is estimated to be the fastest growing segment propelling at an estimated CAGR of 17.7%. In the year 2015, cancer segment held the majority of the market share due to increase in the number of cancer patients and high precision of ablation techniques to destroy cancer cells. In addition, it is estimated to retain its market position throughout the forecast period, registering a CAGR of 11.4%. Cardiovascular is anticipated to be the fastest growing segment, as cardiac ablation provides site-specific treatment and prevents infection to the surrounding tissues. With the robotic ablation devices, the procedure can be conducted with miniaturization, precision, and smaller incisions. Hence, it is expected to be the fastest growing function segment. However, this technique is relatively new and expensive as compared to the conventional methods. Therefore, currently conventional ablation devices is the dominant segment in the ablation device market.