cannula

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The device attached to the nasal cannula could be a simple BLE module + 2 air flow sensors.

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Quick take

(medicine) A tube inserted into the body to drain or inject fluid.

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noun

(medicine) A tube inserted into the body to drain or inject fluid.

noun

(aviation) A hose or tube that connects directly from an oxygen bottle or other source to the user's nose, commonly used by aircraft pilots or others needing direct oxygen breathing apparatus.

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Core meanings and parts of speech for cannula.

noun

(medicine) A tube inserted into the body to drain or inject fluid.

noun

(aviation) A hose or tube that connects directly from an oxygen bottle or other source to the user's nose, commonly used by aircraft pilots or others needing direct oxygen breathing apparatus.

Example sentences

The device attached to the nasal cannula could be a simple BLE module + 2 air flow sensors.

And the oxygen rig does has to be more serious than a nasal cannula above 18000 ft.

If you can figure out a way to do without the nasal cannula, the possibilities are huge.

Give anyone in the vicinity a cannula hooked to an O2 bottle and all fears solved, right?

You don't even need a nasal cannula, thats just for increased accuracy for the study.

There's a product out, Freespira, that does breath work training monitored by a nasal cannula, to help people who experience panic attacks.

I did have analgesics, and a cannula in my wrist in case I changed my mind mid-way.

And I looked up cannula and bolus, but I only remember a syringe with a needle attached to it.

The cross section of the needle has C shape rather than a O (technically I believe it's called a cannula).

I placed the last dialysis cannula in 2006 on a Cimino shunt and connected the patient to a Fresenius 4008B.

They hooked up the IV and the oxygen cannula and soon I didn't remember anything after they started the drip.

There are only so many viable places on a body to attach a cannula for good absorptoin and, while small, these things aren't _tiny_ (especially the Omnipods where the site holds the cannula, pump and reservoir).

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Anyway, if anyone's interested, the treatment is called "Freespira." They sent me a tablet and a CO2 sensor with a cannula.

To put in perspective, that is approximate the same total cost (~$5000) as just _one_ of the pieces of equipment ("Cannula Fast Fix CVD") that the OP lists.

"you need to be equipped with a nasal cannula" now.

I've stumbled across this article a few times already, and still can't quite find the real-world application where you'd want to identify someone just by their breathing pattern (especially considering that from the article that "you need to be equipped with a nasal cannula").