cannula

Example Sentences

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

From Science Daily • Jan. 30, 2026

She winces as a small cannula is delicately inserted into her cheek.

From BBC • Nov. 21, 2025

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

It delivered two liters of oxygen to me each minute through a cannula, a transparent tube that split just beneath my neck, wrapped behind my ears, and then reunited in my nostrils.

From "The Fault in Our Stars" by John Green