Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The FDA said ResMed was recalling these masks to update the labels and add more warnings and information. The California-based medical device maker started the recall process on Nov. 20 and has ...
Last week, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that previously recalled sleep apnea machines have now been tied to the deaths of over 550 people. In June 2021, the FDA first ...
Philips (PHG) is recalling some Bi-Level PAP, CPAP, and mechanical ventilator devices in the United States due to health risks. Philips (PHG) Recalls CPAP, Ventilators Used for Sleep Apnea Skip to ...
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.
CPAP is the most effective treatment for moderate to severe obstructive sleep apnea, in which the mild pressure from the CPAP prevents the airway from collapsing or becoming blocked. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] CPAP has been shown to be 100% effective at eliminating obstructive sleep apneas in the majority of people who use the therapy according to the ...
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]
Company spokesman Steve Klink said about 80% of the affected devices were machines used to help people with sleep apnea, known as Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) machines. Users of ...
The recalls came in response to reports of renal failure in pets consuming mostly wet pet foods made with wheat gluten from a single Chinese company, beginning in February 2007. The recall began voluntarily with the Canadian company Menu Foods on March 16, 2007, when a company test showed sickness and death in some of the test animals. Overall ...