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  • Humidifiers designed to add moisture to the gases flowing in the inspiratory artificial airways, thus increasing the humidity of the gas delivered into the lungs. The humidifiers are inserted in the inspiratory lines typically leading from the outlet of a critical care or anesthesia ventilator. These humidifiers can introduce moisture either by forcing the incoming gas through the water in a heated reservoir of sterile water (bubble-through units), or by passing the incoming gas over the surface of a water reservoir (pass-over humidifier) or over a wet wick (wick humidifier, a variation of the pass-over humidifier). Artificial airway humidifiers are intended mainly for use when an artificial airway supplies air through devices such as tracheostomy or endotracheal tubes, bypassing the normal humidification process for respired gases.
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