CPAP machines help people with trouble breathing, but they aren't made to replace ventilators. Here's how they compare.

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is alerting patients, caregivers and health care providers that Philips Respironics has recalled certain BiPAP and CPAP masks due to a serious safety concern. The ...

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 ...

(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 ...

(WKBN) – More than 17 million masks for BiPAP and CPAP machines have been recalled, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The FDA said that Philips Respironics (Philips) has recalled ...

A group of medical doctors, engineers, and students here in the Bay Area believe that CPAP and BIPAP machines used for sleep apnea can also be used as an emergency ventilator in certain situations.

SALISBURY, Md. - There was a recall on more than 3 million Philips Respironics CPAP and BiPAP machines. These devices are used to treat patients who suffer from sleep apnea. According to a statement ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...