Helium and Medical devices

Medical devices depends on helium.

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

How they are linked

1. Industry input

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

2 of the enterprise types in Medical devices depend on helium; 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:

• Medical-device companies (OEMs): cooling MRI superconducting magnets (criticality 4 of 5)
• Hospitals, diagnostic chains and device-service firms: MRI refills (criticality 3 of 5)

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