The NVA® is a convenient, non-invasive, pressure-sealing and self-retaining nasal cannula used with an anesthesia circuit to deliver a precise concentration of oxygen under a pressure sufficient to stent open the upper airway of the anesthetized patient.


References
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  • Poster Presentation in San Francisco, Ocotober, 2008 at a Harvard sponsored conference: Pediatric Sedation Outside of the Operating Room.
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Poster presentation at the SPA Meeting in Jacksonville, Florida in March 2009

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