Philips Respironics is recalling some of its BiPAP machines due to a plastic that can contaminate the machine and cause it to fail, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The ...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has updated a recall affecting millions of Philips sleep apnea machines, now saying that they may been linked to at least 561 deaths. The agency, in a statement ...
Sleep apnea is a medical condition that affects an estimated 22 million Americans. Typical symptoms of sleep apnea include heavy snoring, excessive daytime sleepiness or fatigue, and difficulty with ...
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 ...
The trouble seemingly never ends for Philips’ beleaguered Respironics division. Since beginning a recall of around 5.5 million ventilators and other breathing support machines more than a year ago, in ...
In a classic “two steps forward, one step back” situation, just as Philips is aiming to wrap up the repair-and-replace program for the 5.5 million respiratory devices it began recalling two years ago, ...