Coronavirus has sparked a new conversation about the difference between ventilators, CPAP and BiPAP machines.

The hospitals provided information about the type and amount CPAP and BiPAP machines they had for conversion and what modifications would be most helpful for safely treating COVID-19 patients.

But Onufrak says using these machines to treat COVID-19 patients is a last resort. While ventilators are closed-circuit systems, CPAP and BiPAP devices are not.

The latest of these came to light this week when both Philips and the FDA alerted users of its CPAP and BiPAP machines—and their caregivers and healthcare providers—to a potential health risk ...

Several Philips ventilators, CPAP and BiPAP machines were recalled in June 2021. The company is currently working to repair and replace the affected devices.

As Philips still scrambles to wrap up its 2021 recall of more than 5.5 million ventilators and CPAP and BiPAP machines, a new issue has cropped up among another swath of its CPAP machines. The FDA ...