(News release) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is alerting people who use Philips Respironics ventilators, BiPAP, and CPAP machines and their health care providers that Philips ...

Magnets in the recalled masks, used in breathing machines for sleep apnea, can interfere with pacemakers and other lifesaving medical devices. Philips Respironics has voluntarily recalled more than 17 ...

In June of 2021, Philips Respironics issued a recall for some of its CPAP and BiPAP machines. Now the U.S. Food and Drug Administration says the notification to users about the recall “have been ...

(KAKE/FDA) - Philips Respironics has voluntarily recalled certain ventilators, BiPAP, and CPAP machines due to potential health risks. The polyester-based polyurethane (PE-PUR) sound abatement foam, ...

Philips Respironics has recalled some face masks used with CPAP and BiPap machines because they have magnetic headgear clips that can interfere with other medical devices. The recalled masks are the ...

The US Food and Drug Administration issued a Class I recall Friday, the most serious type of recall, for certain Philips Respironics DreamStation1 CPAP machines. A Class I recall means the FDA has ...

It’s been just over a year since Randy Boyd was diagnosed with cancer. In July 2020, he felt a bruise on the left side of his neck and went to the doctor. A biopsy revealed it was throat cancer. “I ...

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 ...

One of the nation's largest makers of machines for sleep apnea sufferers has agreed to pay $479 million to compensate customers who bought the devices and suffered injuries due to foam spewing into ...

The manufacturer, Philips Respironics, said it would compensate users of CPAP machines and other flawed devices that were recalled after they blew bits of foam into consumers’ mouths and lungs. By ...