FDA (Devices) recall action 88071
The FDA (Devices) publishes a recall like this one as 3 separate product records. They share a firm, a date and a cause; this page is all of them in one place, so the scale of the action is visible rather than spread across 3 pages.
The polyester-based polyurethane (PE-PUR) foam may degrade into particles which may enter the devices air pathway and be ingested or inhaled by the user, and the PE-PUR foam may off-gas certain chemicals.
The agency’s own wording, quoted from the enforcement report.
The unit total adds up the quantities the agency stated for each product. Where a product record gave no figure, or gave a weight rather than a count, it contributes nothing — so the real total is at least this, never less.
Philips Respironics recalled 72,665 BiPAP A-Series ventilators worldwide. The foam in these devices may degrade into particles that could be inhaled or ingested, and may release chemicals.
Philips Respironics is recalling approximately 255,810 continuous ventilators because polyurethane foam may degrade into particles that could be inhaled or ingested, or release chemicals.
Philips Respironics BiPAP ventilators' polyurethane foam may degrade into particles that could be inhaled or ingested, or off-gas certain chemicals. About 8,047 devices worldwide are affected.