CPAP machines and ventilators

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Tainted CPAP machines and ventilators went to children, the elderly and at least 700,000 veterans despite internal warnings. Company insiders said the devices posed an “unacceptable” risk.

The first complaints landed at the offices of Philips Respironics in 2010, soon after the company made a fateful decision to redesign its bestselling breathing machines used in homes and hospitals around the world.

https://www.propublica.org/article/philips-kept-warnings-about-dangerous-cpaps-secret-profits-soared?

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We Spent a Year Investigating the Philips CPAP Recall. Here’s How We Did It.

To understand the breakdowns that led to one of the most tumultuous medical device recalls in generations, ProPublica and the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette spent a year probing what happened inside Philips Respironics after the company first learned that contaminants were turning up in breathing machines designed to save lives.

https://www.propublica.org/article/how-we-investigated-philips-respironics-cpap-recall?

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Help ProPublica and the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Investigate the Recall of Philips Respironics Breathing Machines

If you’ve reported a death or injury or struggled to get a device replaced, we’d like to hear about your experience with the company.

https://www.propublica.org/getinvolved/help-us-investigate-philips-cpap-recall?

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Senator Calls for DOJ Action Against Philips for Keeping CPAP Machine Complaints Secret

A powerful U.S. senator is calling on federal prosecutors to take immediate action against Philips Respironics after revelations the global company withheld thousands of warnings about popular breathing machines capable of spewing hazardous particles and fumes into the masks of patients.

https://www.propublica.org/article/blumenthal-justice-department-action-against-philips?

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Maker of recalled sleep apnea machines agrees to halt sales in US

WASHINGTON (AP) — The company behind a global recall of sleep apnea machines said Monday it will stop selling the devices in the U.S., under a tentative agreement with regulators that could cost the manufacturer nearly $400 million.

https://apnews.com/article/sleep-apnea-machines-recall-philips-fda-safety-71686627ce41a8625a98449a61f63a0b?

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Philips Agrees to Pay $1 Billion to Patients Who Say They Were Injured by Breathing Machines

After years of legal battles, Philips has agreed to pay more than $1 billion to settle lawsuits waged by thousands of people who say they were injured by breathing machines capable of releasing toxic particles and fumes into their noses, mouths and lungs.

https://www.propublica.org/article/philips-lawsuit-settlement-cpap-breathing-machine-recall?