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Sound advice: Backup power supply and water distilling machine tips for CPAP users

Q. Any recommendations for a power supply for a CPAP during a power outage? —J.F., Pittsburgh A. I am passionate about this ...
WGRZ

Recall issued for certain BiPAP, CPAP masks due to safety issue with magnets

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 ...
MedPage Today

Reworked Philips CPAP, BiPAP Machines May Not Deliver Correct Therapy

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 ...
WPXI

FDA: Recalled Philips BiPAP, CPAP machines tied to more than 560 deaths

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 ...
FierceBiotech

Philips says recalled CPAP, BiPAP machines show low risk of harm in completed safety tests

Philips released the latest set of safety test results on Tuesday, covering all CPAP and BiPAP sleep therapy machines included in the recall—which together make up about 95% of all of the recalled ...
CNN

Some Philips CPAP, BiPAP machines may not work as intended, FDA says in recall

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 ...