Capnography Equipment Market Reaches USD 380.3 Mn in 2026, Driven by Rising Demand for Continuous Respiratory Monitoring
Technological Advancements and Increasing Adoption in Emergency and Critical Care to Drive Capnography Equipment Market to USD 546.0 Mn by 2033 at a CAGR of 5.3% – Coherent Market Insights
The Capnography Equipment Market, estimated at USD 380.3 Mn in 2026, is expected to exhibit a CAGR of 5.3% and reach USD 546.0 Mn by 2033.
The industry is witnessing significant growth driven by rising demand for advanced, reliable, and cost-effective medical devices across diagnostic, therapeutic, and monitoring applications. Rapid advancements in device design, digital health integration, and adoption of minimally invasive technologies are reshaping the competitive landscape. Furthermore, supportive regulatory frameworks, increasing healthcare investments, and the growing focus on patient-centric care are expected to create new growth avenues for market players.
Increasing research and development activities by key players in the market are expected to drive the growth of the segment over the forecast period. For instance, in September 2025, RenJi Hospital, a hospital based in China, initiated a clinical trial titled, “Capnographic Monitoring Decrease the Incidence of Hypoxia of the Elderly Patients Undergoing Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Procedure: a Randomized Multicenter Clinical Trial.” The aim of this randomized study was to determine whether intervention based on additional capnographic monitoring reduces the incidence of hypoxia in gastrointestinal endoscope procedures for elderly patients.
Global Capnography Equipment Market: Key Developments
- In March 2026, Medtronic plc, medical equipment and supplies manufacturing company expanded its multiyear global alliance with GE HealthCare to integrate Microstream capnography across GE HealthCare’s patient-monitoring portfolio. The technology will be incorporated into FlexAcuity, CARESCAPE Canvas, Carevance, and maternal-infant monitoring platforms, expanding access to continuous carbon dioxide and respiratory monitoring across critical care, perioperative, and general hospital environments. (Source: Medtronic plc)
- In January 2026, Medtronic plc and Mindray North America expanded their patient-monitoring partnership into U.S. ambulatory surgery centers. The collaboration integrates Medtronic’s Microstream capnography, Nellcor pulse oximetry, BIS brain monitoring, and INVOS regional oximetry into Mindray monitoring platforms, improving access to advanced respiratory monitoring during outpatient surgery, anesthesia, and procedural sedation. (Source: Medtronic plc)
- In March 2026, the U.S. FDA cleared Philips’ IntelliVue Measurement Rack 6000. The system connects Philips patient monitors with measurement modules, including the NanoPod capnography module. NanoPod continuously measures inspired and expired carbon dioxide and respiratory rate and provides an Integrated Pulmonary Index combining end-tidal CO₂, respiration rate, oxygen saturation, and heart rate. (Source: U.S. FDA)
- In September 2025, Capsule Technologies, a global provider of medical devices, announced that the company has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for its capnography monitor. The new tool can monitor a patient's end-tidal carbon dioxide, respiratory rate, and fractional inspired CO2.
- In November 2025, Smile Train, a provider of corrective surgery for children with cleft palate, and Lifebox, a global non-profit organization that saves lives through safer surgery and anesthesia, launched “The Smile Train-Lifebox Capnography Project.” The Smile Train-Lifebox Capnography Project seeks to find a “capnography solution” to provide comprehensive, safe cleft care through improved patient monitoring during surgery in resource-limited settings. Due to its technical requirements, as well as the cost, capnography is not available in many operating rooms globally. Smile Train and Lifebox have developed specifications for a capnography device specifically designed for the intraoperative care of children including those having cleft surgery, in low-resource settings.
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Key Takeaways of the Global Capnography Equipment Market
- The global capnography equipment market is expected to exhibit a CAGR of 5.3% during the forecast period. Merger with emerging economies offers lucrative growth opportunities for players in the global capnography equipment market
- The respiratory disorder segment is expected to hold a dominant position in the global capnography equipment market during the forecast period, and this is attributed to the increasing prevalence of respiratory disorders such as asthama and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). For instance, according to data published on May 1, 2023 by the National Library of Medicine, in the U.S. more than 25 million people have asthma, and approximately 14.8 million adults have been diagnosed with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in 2022.
- North America is expected to be the dominant region in the global capnography equipment market owing to increasing research and development activities by the key players in the region. For instance, in September 2021, Masimo, a global medical device company, announced results from its clinical trial studies, that its EMMA capnography is effective for infants on ventilators. EMMA offers capnography with accurate EtCO2 and respiration rate readings along with continuous EtCO2 waveforms displayed within 15 seconds.
- The major players operating in the global capnography equipment market are Drägerwerk AG & Co. KGaA, Masimo Corporation, Medtronic, Inc., Nihon Kohden Corporation, Nonin Medical, Inc., Philips Healthcare, Smiths Medical, and Welch Allyn, Inc.


