Victims of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) who are prescribed positive airway pressure (PAP) machines do not go ahead with using them as they are strapped on to the face and this makes it quite uneasy.

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania – Royal Philips’ (NYSE: PHG; AEX: PHIA) subsidiary Philips Respironics is alerting users of certain CPAP or Bi-Level PAP therapy masks with magnetic headgear clips or straps ...

Philips Respironics has recalled some face masks used with CPAP and BiPap machines because they have magnetic headgear clips that can interfere with other medical devices. The recalled masks are the ...

These masks may continue to be used according to the updated instructions and labeling if patients or people in close proximity to them do not have implanted metallic medical devices or metallic ...

When do medical device companies sound like parents proudly touting how their toddlers eat vegetables? When they can demonstrate that thousands of patients are adhering to a difficult therapy using ...

MURRYSVILLE, Pa., July 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Philips Respironics, a unit of Royal Philips Electronics (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHI) and a pioneer in science-based sleep solutions, is simplifying the design ...

Sleep apnea mask maker Respironics Inc. has agreed to pay $34.8 million for resolving the issue of providing alleged kickbacks to suppliers of medical equipment, the Department of Justice announced on ...

If you’ve received a diagnosis of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA)—which causes numerous brief pauses in breathing as you sleep—your doctor has probably recommended continuous positive airway pressure ...

Background: As part of our influenza pandemic preparedness, we studied the exhaled air dispersion distances and directions through two different face masks (Respironics; Murrysville, PA) attached to a ...