Sentence examples for rigid device from inspiring English sources

However, it is also possible to use more rigid device elements.

For example, a very rigid AFO may help maximise efficiency during flat walking, however the patient may prefer a less rigid device for ascending and descending stairs.

This patient had a severe coagulopathy and the decision was made to use a flexible bronchoscope in order to avoid further trauma and potential bleeding from the continued use of a rigid device.

While hefty, rigid devices can support someone with paraplegia, says Swift, such exoskeletons are too heavy and costly for wider applications – such as helping a runner go faster.

The fabrication procedure of an energy harvesting wearable device demonstrates a method of integrating rigid devices into a flexible substrate.

Early attempts at a surgical approach involved the placement of rigid devices to support the natural process of erection formation.

Historically, early surgical treatment for erectile dysfunction involved the placement of rigid devices outside of the corpora cavernosa.

It is noteworthy that the on-off ratio of the electrical current of flexible devices was ten times greater than rigid devices, owing to the lower current under a dark environment for flexible devices.

The widespread use of net barriers, which are flexible, as opposed to rigid, devices for intercepting falling rocks has led to the need for rigorous design criteria based on safe and sound theoretical methods.

This will usually involve a flexible bronchoscope, but newer rigid devices such as the Airtraq (Prodol Meditec, Las Arenas, Spain) [ 48] and the Glidescope (Verathon Inc., Bothell, WA, USA) have been used in awake patients.

This paper evaluates the performance of four different types of protection devices to limit the displacement of the superstructure during earthquakes: (1) rigid stopper device, (2) yielding stopper device, (3) steel restrainer, and (4) superelastic shape memory alloy (SMA) restrainer.