As the coronavirus pandemic rips through the U.S., governors have made public pleas for more personal protective equipment (PPE) for health care and frontline workers, and for ventilators to help ...

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 ...

As the number of patients diagnosed with COVID-19 increases, so does the need for lifesaving ventilators. As the supply of those ventilators diminishes, medical experts at Northwell Health on Long ...

Philips sent updated instructions related to a problem with bilevel positive airway pressure, or BiPAP, machines that can cause interruption or loss of therapy. Philips recalled three models of BiPAP ...

Philips Respironics is recalling some of its BiPAP machines due to a plastic that can contaminate the machine and cause it to fail, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The ...

NEW HYDE PARK, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--In preparation for potential patient surge and shortage of critical mechanical ventilators for hospitalized COVID-19 patients, a Northwell Health physician, a ...

One of the nation's largest makers of machines for sleep apnea sufferers has agreed to pay at least $479 million to compensate customers who bought the devices. Philips Respironics and Koninklijke ...

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.

MEMPHIS, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Azimuth Sleep Solutions has received FDA Emergency Use Authorization(EUA) for their patent-pending PortPatch™ product, in order to expand air filtration capabilities ...

Breathing devices, including inhalers, nebulizers, and larger devices, can help improve your breathing with COPD. Which device a doctor recommends can depend on your symptoms. If you’re living with ...