摘要 |
A nasopharyngeal airway for providing an air passage through a nose to a nasopharynx includes a cannula having a proximal open end, a distal closed end, and a sidewall surrounding a lumen of the cannula. The nasopharyngeal airway has an opening in the sidewall at a distal portion of the cannula for providing fluid communication between a distal portion of the lumen and the nasopharynx when the cannula is inserted into the nose and a conduit in the sidewall of the cannula, the conduit having an opening adjacent to the proximal open end of the cannula and a conduit opening in a distal portion of the cannula for providing fluid communication between the conduit and the distal portion of the lumen.
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