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Medical devices and Rare earths

Medical devices depends on rare earths.

Medical devices (industry) and Rare earths (commodity): 1 relationship.

How they are linked

1. Industry input

Physical flow · Criticality 4 of 5 · Rare earths → Medical devices

1 of the enterprise types in Medical devices depend on rare earths; 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-device companies (OEMs): gadolinium contrast and scintillators (criticality 4 of 5)

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