# Cobalt and Medical devices

Medical devices depends on cobalt.

Source page: https://www.materialinsights.org/links/cobalt-and-medical-devices/

[Cobalt](https://www.materialinsights.org/commodities/cobalt/) (commodity) and [Medical devices](https://www.materialinsights.org/industries/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.