# Lithium and Medical devices

Medical devices depends on lithium.

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

[Lithium](https://www.materialinsights.org/commodities/lithium/) (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 · Lithium → Medical devices*

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

- **1** enterprise types depend on it
- **4 of 5** highest criticality

Enterprise types that depend on it:

- Medical electronics, sensor and battery suppliers: implant batteries (criticality 4 of 5)

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