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Medical devices and Semiconductors

Medical devices buys from Semiconductors; medical devices depends on semiconductors.

Medical devices (industry) and Semiconductors (industry): 2 relationships.

How they are linked

1. Buys from

Physical flow · ₹9.4 per ₹100 · Medical devices buys from Semiconductors

Medical devices buys goods or services from Semiconductors; counted through every round of supply, ₹9.4 of each ₹100 of its output goes to them (OECD input-output tables, India 2022).

  • ₹9.4 of every ₹100 of Medical devices output, all rounds
  • ₹7.1 bought directly

2. Industry input

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

2 of the enterprise types in Medical devices depend on semiconductors.

Enterprise types that depend on it:

  • Medical electronics, sensor and battery suppliers: chips and sensors (criticality 4 of 5)
  • Medical-device companies (OEMs): imaging and monitoring chips (criticality 4 of 5)

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