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As a point of clarification, this is _not_ for respirators, but for CPAP devices. Incidentally, this has been awful for CPAP users: Pandemic supply chain issue
by jwestbury 4y ago
As a point of clarification, this is _not_ for respirators, but for CPAP devices.
Incidentally, this has been awful for CPAP users: Pandemic supply chain issues resulted in short supply of CPAP devices, and combined with a huge spike in demand due to these faulty Philips units, many people were left with a choice to use CPAP devices which had the potential to expose them to carcinogenic foam, or to go without their CPAP, which obviously carries its own severe health risks.
- salad-tycoon 4y agoThis is true and just to clarify on your clarification patients have been unable to get a CPAP replacement for years. In some places they would be offered things like special pillows as a substitute. Special pillows are in no way a substitute for positive airway pressure/airway splinting. Or you could have a device that electrocutes your throat when it starts closing implanted into your neck.
- makomk 4y agoIt's for both as far as I understand it - Philips built a bunch of CPAP devices and ventilators which all had the same basic flaw.