If a device breaks it is often thrown away.
When an electronic device breaks through the $1,000 psychological barrier, sales take off.
If an atom decays, the device breaks open a poison-containing flask, killing the cat.
That center can recognize small data-handling errors that could lead to larger problems, and have them fixed before the device breaks down.
A device sold by the Swiss medical technology company Sulzer Medica that tests heart valves was pulled from the British market after a patient died when a piece of the device broke off during surgery, the company said.
Others, however, are consulting lawyers, wondering if a company is allowed to force people to use official repair channels, with the threat of having their device broken if they don't.
Inside the store on a recent evening, Jonathan Goodman, a writer in a gray trench coat, inspected a Nook e-reader and peppered a saleswoman with questions about price, book selection and service, in case the device broke down.
This device breaks up the narrative to good effect as well as allowing us to "take the field" among the players, almost as if we were actually attending games, or reading contemporary accounts.
Shocked and embarrassed that he knew nothing about the implant, Dr. DeBakey flew to Houston and began an investigation, saying Dr. Cooley's unauthorized use of the device broke federal rules and jeopardized Baylor's grants.
The self-compliance behavior is due to the high bulk resistance of the device which resulted owing to the WO x and electrically formed interface layer near the TE during the first cycle of device break-in[27].
His device breaks up clots before the insertion of a stent, or a balloon angioplasty.
