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  2. Recall: Popular Sleep Apnea Machines Linked to Over 500 ... - AOL

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    In June 2021, the FDA first announced the recall of Philips Respironics BiPAP and CPAP devices—which are worn overnight while someone sleeps—as well as ventilators, saying the polyester-based ...

  3. CPAP maker Philips agrees to pay at least $479 million to ...

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    CPAP sleep apnea machine maker Philips Respironics agreed to pay at least $479 million in a settlement ... it has completed risk assessments for about 95% of devices covered by the recall, and ...

  4. US FDA identifies recall of ResMed's respiratory devices as ...

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    The California-based medical device maker started the recall process on Nov. 20 and has recalled over 20 mill. ... (CPAP) masks, AirFit and AirTouch, due to possible magnetic interference with ...

  5. Continuous positive airway pressure - Wikipedia

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    Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) is a form of positive airway pressure (PAP) ventilation in which a constant level of pressure greater than atmospheric pressure is continuously applied to the upper respiratory tract of a person. The application of positive pressure may be intended to prevent upper airway collapse, as occurs in ...

  6. Respironics - Wikipedia

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    McGinnis developed the "Nasal CPAP Mask System," a continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) machine for the treatment of sleep apnea, [3] based on the original 1981 design by Dr. Colin Sullivan. [4] After receiving FDA approval in 1984, Respironics began selling the first commercially available CPAP machine a year later. [5]

  7. ResMed - Wikipedia

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    ResMed Inc. is an American medical equipment company based in San Diego, California. It primarily provides cloud-connectable medical devices for the treatment of sleep apnea (such as CPAP devices and masks), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and other respiratory conditions. ResMed produced hundreds of thousands of ventilators and ...

  8. US federal court orders Philips to restrict production of ...

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    By Christy Santhosh (Reuters) -A U.S. federal court issued a decree to restrict the production and sale of Philips' new sleep apnea machines at several facilities in the country, the Food and Drug ...

  9. Sleep apnea - Wikipedia

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    Frequency. ~ 1 in every 10 people, [3][9] 2:1 ratio of men to women, aging and obesity higher risk [5] Sleep apnea, British English sleep apnoea or sleep apnœa, is a sleep-related breathing disorder in which repetitive pauses in breathing, periods of shallow breathing, or collapse of the upper airway during sleep results in poor ventilation ...