Philips Respironics will pay $1.1 billion to people who used the company’s CPAP, BiPAP, and ventilator devices and suffered injuries from foam degradation. The settlement, announced earlier this week, will resolve thousands of CPAP lawsuits from people injured after using Philips DreamStation machines. Philips did…
For the 25 million Americans who experience sleep apnea, using a CPAP machine at night can help treat this sleep disorder. Sleep apnea can cause people to have irregular and inconsistent breathing while sleeping, while some start and stop breathing throughout the night. The constant…
Philips Respironics must stop producing sleep apnea devices in the U.S. until the manufacturer changes its safety measures per an agreement with the Department of Justice earlier this month. The government alleges that Philips violated the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FDCA) during its…
The litigation nightmare that has plagued medical device giant Philips Respironics for nearly two years isn’t over, despite a settlement agreement of at least $479 million finalized in September 2023. Philips recalled more than five million of its CPAP (continuous positive airway pressure) and BiPAP…
Two years ago, Philips Respironics was forced to recall millions of its machines designed to help patients with breathing issues. The products included ventilators, bilevel positive airway pressure (Bilevel PAP, BiPAP, or BPAP) machines, and continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) machines. CPAP lawsuits continue to…
Two years ago, while Americans were hoping the U.S. government would announce the end of the pandemic and their lives could return to normal, thousands of doctors and their patients were hit with an announcement of a different sort – devastating news from the Dutch…
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently released updated information on medical device reports (MDRs) related to the major recall of thousands of Philips Respironics top-selling ventilators, BiPAP, and CPAP devices. The Philips machines are designed to assist sleep apnea patients who cannot continuously…
Philips Respironics, which issued a mass product recall on specific models of its sleep apnea machines and ventilators in June 2021, recently concluded its first round of post-recall safety testing. CPAP (continuous positive airway pressure) and BiPAP (bilevel positive airway pressure) machines are medical devices…
Last summer, Philips Respironics made a startling announcement. Some of the company’s medical devices had flaws that could expose patients to carcinogenic chemicals. The FDA recalled several Philips CPAP machines, ventilators, and BiPAP machines. After a recall, a manufacturer typically offers a repair, refund, or…
Problems continue to grow for Philips Respironics, the internationally-known maker of breathing devices with headquarters in Pennsylvania. In June of 2021, the company was forced to recall more than five million continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) and bi-level positive airway pressure (BiPAP) machines due to…