The phrase "as a primary device" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the main tool or method employed in a particular context, such as technology, literature, or research.
Example: "In this study, we will analyze the effectiveness of social media as a primary device for communication among teenagers."
Alternatives: "as a main tool" or "as a key method".
"As a primary device, I was shocked to find that the 9900 was almost workable".
Coughlin and other Samsung executives repeatedly referred to the Galaxy Note as a primary device, suggesting that it can replace both the smartphone and the larger tablet size exemplified by the market-leading iPad.
Without using any of Sony's battery saving modes the Xperia Z5 only lasted an average of 34 hours 30 minutes between charges, using it as a primary device with hundreds of push emails, notifications three hours of browsing and two hours of listening to music via Bluetooth headphones per day.
As a primary device of the S-lay technique, the stinger is used to protect the overbend section in a pipeline.
From the above case narratives, we feel this device has significant potential to impact prehospital airway management, either as a primary device or as backup to difficult or failed ETI.
With short range wireless tech, battery, and display technology all getting harder/better/faster/stronger, wearables are going to be a big part of our future (if not as a primary device, then as a means of interacting with the primary device and your environment), and this is sort of a hacky way to make your iPhone into a sort of psuedo-wearable today.
Given lengthy transport times and relatively lower patient volumes, the Iowa Department of Public Health/Bureau of EMS approved a countywide pilot project using the King LT® among all providers as a means for airway management as either a primary device or backup adjunct.
A truly mobile internet future is now a reality - 4G networks can serve faster and more content than ever before, mobile devices will outsell laptops as a primary computing device as early as 2014, and more and more companies want a piece of the customer frenzy, delivering different browsers, phone features, screen sizes and so on.
Since its introduction into clinical practice in 1983, the laryngeal mask airway (LMA) has found a place in everyday anesthesia practice, including its use as a primary airway device in the elective or pre-hospital emergency settings, as well as a rescue airway device in either settings.
They aim to explain and provide evidence for a general theory, punctuated equilibrium, adducing examples for proof rather than taking them as a primary explanatory device.
The authors believe the King LT has significant potential to impact prehospital airway management as a primary airway device or backup to other failed strategies.
