Patent ID: 8776796

Claim:
A method for ventilating an individual, the method comprising: inserting a ventilation device within a natural respiratory opening of the individual by advancing a working end of the ventilation device within a body passageway of the individual, where the working end includes a distal opening fluidly coupled to a first lumen and a medial opening fluidly coupled to a second lumen; drawing suction through the distal opening to induce collapse of the body passageway and maintaining the suction for a period of time; monitoring a fluid parameter to determine whether the body passageway collapses; ventilating the individual through the second lumen upon detecting collapse of the body passageway while maintaining suction to maintain the collapse of the body passageway to prevent fluid from passing through the collapsed body passageway; and ventilating the individual through the first lumen upon failure to detect collapse of the body passageway.