Philips recalled more than 5 million other CPAP machines in 2021 because pieces of a polyester-based polyurethane (PE-PUR) foam inside the units were breaking off and blowing into users' mouths ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued an update to a recall affecting millions of Philips sleep apnea machines, saying that they may be linked to at least 561 reported deaths.

Philips said Monday it will stop selling its sleep apnea machines in the US, more than two years after the Dutch manufacturer began recalling the breathing devices for potential health risks.

Philips recalled more than 5 million continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) machines in June 2021 because foam inside the units meant to reduce noise was breaking off and blowing into users ...

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 ...

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.

Philips Respironics received thousands of complaints about a dangerous defect in its breathing machines but kept them secret for years as stock prices soared. The devices, including the popular ...

Dutch conglomerate Philips has reached a $1.1 billion deal ... Americans rely on continuous positive airway pressure, or CPAP, machines to treat sleep apnea, according to the National Council ...

DON SCHREIBER’S OLD PHILIPS BREATHING MACHINE WAS RECALLED BECAUSE THE FOAM COULD BREAK DOWN, LEADING TO INJURY OR EVEN DEATH WHEN HE GOT HIS NEW REPLACEMENT, CPAP, HE CHECKED THE SERIAL NUMBER ...

The recalled devices include Dreamstation and SystemOne CPAP models and several other Philips machines, including Trilogy ventilators. Sponsor Message Last March, the FDA took the rare step of ...

In 2021, Philips put out a memo alerting customers and physicians that the foam used in its sleep apnea machines “may degrade into particles which may enter the device’s air pathway and be ...