I-Endotracheal Tube ene-lumen yokukhupha ibonakaliswe kulawulo lwendlela yomoya ngomlomo / ngeempumlo intubation ye-trachea, kunye nokukhutshwa okanye ukukhupha i-subglottic space.
Iphecana lokuphefumla yindlela yokuphefumla yomntu egqunywe ziinwebu zemifinya, kunye nesango lokungena komoya wangaphandle kwaye uphume emzimbeni womntu.Ifihla i-mucus ukuze ifumise kwaye ifudumale umoya ovela ngaphandle kwihlabathi.