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

The sterile procedure would need to be temporarily halted while a nasal cannula with nasal prongs was placed in both nostrils and the delivery of oxygen was begun.

From Slate • Jan. 29, 2025

The insulin pump is a small device - around the size of a deck of cards - which supplies a continuous flow of longer-acting insulin through a cannula underneath the skin.

From BBC • Dec. 14, 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

My lungs begin to burn and I start coughing, oxygen hissing out of my cannula as I struggle for air.

From "Five Feet Apart" by Rachael Lippincott