mechanical device

Example Sentences

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When Rodriguez was transferred to UW Medical Center last December, Bellingham doctors had already added a balloon pump — a shorter-term mechanical device that helps pump blood — near her heart to support it.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 27, 2023

In 2015 Dr Nick Webb and his brother-in-law Matt Dyson developed Rockit - a mechanical device that attaches to a buggy and simulates it being pushed.

From BBC • Apr. 25, 2022

Then again, my watch is an example of a formerly mechanical device that now offers me so much more by virtue of being smart and connected.

From Slate • Feb. 12, 2022

That might take decades, if not centuries, considering the complexity of a mechanical device with a thumb and four fingers.

From New York Times • Oct. 15, 2019

The walls are covered, top to bottom, with shelves of all sizes, crowded with what appear to be radios, clocks, tubes, small motors, and every mechanical device you could imagine— and some you couldn’t.

From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin