Cobalt and Medical devices

Medical devices depends on cobalt.

Cobalt (commodity) and Medical devices (industry): 1 relationship.

How they are linked

1. Industry input

Physical flow · Criticality 4 of 5 · Cobalt → Medical devices

2 of the enterprise types in Medical devices depend on cobalt; for the most dependent, it rates 4 out of 5 on criticality.

• 2 enterprise types depend on it
• 4 of 5 highest criticality

Enterprise types that depend on it:

• Contract sterilisation providers: cobalt-60 gamma sources (criticality 4 of 5)
• Implant-grade metal suppliers: cobalt-chrome joints (criticality 3 of 5)

Built from the site data on production routes, energy flows, industry value chains, input-output tables and prices.