medical uses
- An alloy of 90% platinum and 10% osmium is used in surgical implants such as pacemakers and replacement heart valves. Osmium tetroxide is used in fingerprint detection.
- Different compounds combined with osmium could kill cancerous cells. Another advantage is these compounds are not cross-resistant with platinum. They kill cancerous cells in a different way so they could be alongside in combination therapies.
- Osmium Mettalicum 30 is a type of medicine that people with glaucoma can take, specifically who have rainbow colors in the right eye, also for those who have high blood pressure