vacuum pump

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They then used a vacuum pump to concentrate the DNA on a filter, which they tested to confirm that they could extract DNA from the samples and obtain accurate results.

From Science Daily • Nov. 22, 2024

A vacuum pump in a steel container next to the tube sucks out the air to reduce the internal pressure.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 26, 2024

His large post-operative wound was sealed with a device called a wound vac, which pulls fluid from the wound into a drainage tube attached to a portable vacuum pump.

From Salon • Nov. 3, 2021

Every day, she gets some kind of new project, whether it’s a vacuum pump that takes 20 hours to piece together or a manifold that can be repaired quickly.

From The Verge • Mar. 10, 2020

Schott reported not only Berti’s original experiments in Rome but also von Guericke’s construction of a vacuum pump.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton