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This Milk-Jug-Size Device Can Help Newborns Breathe
The Third Pole makes its own nitric oxide to treat pulmonary hypertension, no tanks required.
The Third Pole.
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The milk-jug-size Third Pole generates nitric oxide (NO) from the air to improve oxygenation and treat pulmonary hypertension, a common ailment among newborns, without bulky tanks or regulators.
A clinician determines the appropriate NO dosage to saturate the patient with oxygen, then inserts a nasal tube connected to the Third Pole and switches it on.