Philips Respironics, the maker of popular CPAP sleep apnea machines, has agreed to pay $479 million to settle some claims that its devices spewed carcinogenic foam and gas into the mouths of its customers.
alerting customers and physicians that the foam used in its sleep apnea machines “may degrade into particles which may enter the device’s air pathway and be ingested or inhaled,” which could lead to “headache, asthma, adverse effects to other organs and toxic carcinogenic effects.”“We have structured this settlement to quickly deliver value to eligible patients in the U.S.
In a 2021 recall statement, Philips said that it had not received any reports of death caused by the foam in its machines. But since April 2021, the Food and Drug Administration said it has received more than 105,000 complaints, including 385 reports of death, associated with the breakdown of the foam.
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