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five nasopharyngoscopes. available commercially  ENT-Serie ENT fiberscope  ER-530S2  ENF-XP  311003s NasoXplorer   130   130   140   145  degrees  300  300  300  118  Yes  Yes  Yes  Yes  Yes/No  Semi  Semi  Semi  Semi  Manual/  semi/  full  Yes  Yes  Yes  Yes Yes/No  3.2  2.2  3.2  3.0  Slow  Slow  Slow  Slow Fast/slow
                      the  Units   mm              mm        –
                      and
                      NasoXplorer  Importance  (1–5)  5  5  4  4  2  5  3  3




                      between      length      to


                      comparison  Metric  Articulation  range  Working  Stability  Automatic  mechanism  Resistance  deformation  tip  Distal  diameter  of  Speed  insertion  of  Cost  production




                      for
                      Metrics  Need  #  1  4,6  3  4,7  5  8  4,8  6


                      6
                      Table  Metric  #  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8
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