Stents are tiny metallic coils that are inserted into an artery to keep it open.

It was shaped like a funnel and contained a maze of tiny coils and transistors.

Something about his expression sent a tiny coil of fear inside Monty.

Two tiny electric coils were placed on either side, creating an electrical field that caused the fork to vibrate.

And the acoustic sensors were thousands of tiny fiber-optic coils in line, each with its own built-in laser.

When she examined his eye she saw the splinter, a tiny coil of metal shaving which appeared to be sticking to the iris.

More rarely, inductive structures can be built as tiny on-chip coils, or simulated by gyrators.

This can be achieved by employing very thin conductors, or tiny coils kept at some minimum separation from the active elements of the circuit.

A20 A tiny coil improves using balloons to clear blocked arteries.

A dozen grass-green spiral beings, like tiny coils of springs, emerged from the cube.