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cannula

[kan-yuh-luh] / ˈkæn jə lə /


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During the trial, STC3141 was delivered through an infusion using a cannula.

From Science Daily ● Jan. 30, 2026

Ms Wisniewska then uses a scalpel to make a small hole and inserts a long cannula attached to a suction machine on the floor and begins to suck out fat.

From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2024

She recalls one member, who has since died, who would regularly poll the group about which Band-Aid should cover their cannula tube.

From Slate ● Nov. 2, 2024

“I don’t know how long I’ll indefinitely need the oxygen,” she added while gesturing toward her nasal cannula, “but you have no idea how blessed and how grateful I was for this holiday season.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 8, 2024

He slams the stop button on the treadmill, the machine halting abruptly as he spins around to face me, fixing his nose cannula as he struggles to catch his breath.

From "Five Feet Apart" by Rachael Lippincott

They hooked me up to a rebreathing bag and put nasal cannulae up my nose that pumped in pure oxygen.

From Slate ● Apr. 9, 2020

I ripped it off, only to find it was my rebreathing bag and nasal cannulae.

From Slate ● Apr. 9, 2020

The infusion cannulae remained in place for 1 min after the infusion.

From Nature ● Mar. 21, 2017

First Litwak and his team insert two cannulae, or tubes, of flexible silicone into the patient's open chest.

From Time Magazine Archive

Forceps stylets should be removed from their cannulae, and the cannulae cleansed with cold water, then dried and oiled with the pipe-cleaning material.

From Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery by Chevalier Jackson

Porters have to wheel beds through this open space, between patients being treated in chairs and nurses kneeling on the floor to remove cannulas.

From BBC ● Jan. 9, 2025

It weighs between 60 and 200 pounds depending on the model, and is attached to the child with two cannulas almost as large as garden hoses.

From Science Daily ● May 7, 2024

For example, doctors are turning to nasal cannulas, which are noninvasive prongs that blow oxygen into the nose, before a ventilator.

From The Verge ● Jul. 8, 2020

While inserting catheters and cannulas, she rattled off several reasons she thought the hospital was unprepared.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 9, 2020

Giulianotti put a laparoscopic camera through one of the cannulas and, while watching the screen, used forceps to push the bag toward the incision.

From The New Yorker ● Sep. 23, 2019




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