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CPAP recall leaves truck drivers with sleep apnea between a rock and a hard place

Electronics manufacturing giant Philips is recalling millions of CPAP and BiPAP devices due to an issue that could potentially pose a health risk to users of the machines. In the wake of the recall, ...
WGAL

Here's how to determine whether your CPAP machine is part of a recall

PHILLIPS HAS NOW RECALLED ALMOST 20 DIFFERENT MODELS OF CPAP AND BIPAP MACHISNE BECSEAU OF HEALTH CONCERNS. THE COMPANY SAYS THAT THE PHONE THAT IS INSIDE OFHE T MACHINES TO DAMPEN THE SOUND CAN BREAK ...
Newswire

Advisory - Update on Philips Respironics recall of several models of CPAP and BiLevel PAP machines and mechanical ventilators

UPDATE (2024-07-05): Update on Philips Respironics recall of several models of CPAP and BiLevel PAP machines and mechanical ventilators Once consumers have completed the registration process, they ...
FierceBiotech

Philips says recalled CPAP, BiPAP machines show low risk of harm in completed safety tests

Almost two full years into its Class I recall of more than 5 million respiratory devices, Philips has wrapped up safety tests covering nearly all of the affected models—and is reiterating its previous ...
6abc News

Troubleshooters: Consumers desperately searching for answers after major CPAP recall

CHERRY HILL, New Jersey (WPVI) -- Consumers are desperately searching for answers after a big product recall left them without the machine that helps them breathe. Nearly a dozen Action News viewers ...
MedPage Today

Reworked Philips CPAP, BiPAP Machines May Not Deliver Correct Therapy

Certain Philips Respironics DreamStation breathing devices, commonly used for treating sleep apnea, may deliver the incorrect prescription or no therapy at all, the FDA warned in a recall announcement ...
Los Angeles Times

These machines to help people breathe were recalled a year ago. Many still use them

In Rochester, N.Y., Diane Coleman has relied on a machine to help her stay alive, but she worries that it might be slowly undermining her health. Her ventilator was among millions of breathing devices ...
Iowa Public Radio

What consumers should know as Philips agrees to $1.1 billion CPAP settlement

Millions of CPAP sleep apnea machines made by the medical device maker Philips and a subsidiary were found to have a dangerous problem, triggering consumer lawsuits and a massive recall in 2021. Now, ...
Seeking Alpha

Philips enters into FDA decree over recalled CPAP machines

A US federal court has entered a consent decree against Philips (NYSE:PHG) Respironics in connection with the Dutch company’s recall of certain models of its ventilators, CPAP and BiPAP machines over ...
CBS News

Sleep apnea patients left frustrated & waiting as massive Philips CPAP recall drags on

FORT WORTH (CBSNewsTexas.com) — A massive recall of millions of sleep apnea machines that has dragged on for nearly two years has left many patients waiting with seemingly no good options. In June of ...
The Spokesman-Review

Maker of breathing machines to pay $479 million in CPAP settlement

Philips Respironics, the maker of popular CPAP sleep apnea machines, has agreed to pay $479 million to settle some claims that its devices spewed carcinogenic foam and gas into the mouths of its ...