Type-level segmentation disaggregates the Endoscope Storage and Drying Cabinets market by engineering architecture and channel flow logic. Single-door units dominate installed base share owing to lower upfront cost (≈US$4,500) and compatibility with legacy endoscopy wings where space reconfiguration is capital-constrained; however, their unidirectional workflow raises cross-contamination probability, capping ASP growth at 2 % CAGR. Double-door pass-through cabinets, although 1.9× costlier, are gaining 310 bps of share annually because they satisfy CMS “clean-to-dirty” separation guidelines without extra footprint, a critical spec for ASCs seeking Medicare accreditation. Within pass-through, horizontal formats currently outsell vertical 3:1, yet vertical towers are forecast to outpace at 9 % CAGR as providers build endoscopy towers in urban footprint-restricted sites. Finally, modular expandable systems—rails that accept 4–16 drying pods—represent <5 % of 2023 units but concentrate among IDN networks pursuing centralized sterile processing, illustrating how type segmentation maps directly to provider capital-allocation strategy rather than to scope demographics.