Recalled sleep apnea (CPAP and BiPAP) machines from Phillips have been tied to over 500 deaths. Here’s what to know about the recalled lots.

BiPap and CPAP machines are worn at night to help those with sleep apnea, which the Cleveland Clinic explains is “is a disorder that causes you to stop breathing while asleep.

More than 17 million masks for BiPAP and CPAP machines have been recalled, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

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.

Pulmonology > Sleep Disorders Reworked Philips CPAP, BiPAP Machines May Not Deliver Correct Therapy — And some of the remediated breathing devices may not provide any treatment at all, FDA warns ...

The agency, in a statement issued last week, said it has received more than 116,000 reports about the breathing devices — BiPAP and CPAP machines — over nearly three years.

Now, Philips is recalling another 1,200 reworked CPAP and BiPAP devices that it says may fail to deliver the correct respiratory therapy—or any treatment at all.

The agency, in a statement issued last week, said it has received more than 116,000 reports about the breathing devices — BiPAP and CPAP machines — over nearly three years.

The agency, in a statement issued last week, said it has received more than 116,000 reports about the breathing devices — BiPAP and CPAP machines — over nearly three years.