FDA Updates Number of Deaths Associated with Philips Respironics Devices

July 16, 2024
The number of deaths associated with its BiPAP V30, BiPAP A30, BiPAP A40 devices has been adjusted to 7.

On July 10, the FDA corrected the number of deaths associated with Philips' BiPAP V30, BiPAP A30, BiPAP A40 devices.

On June 27, we reported that there had been 952 reported injuries and 65 reports of death.

The FDA says that after further evaluation it has updated this information, stating “There are a total of 911 reports reportedly associated with the recall issue (ventilator inoperative): 894 are malfunctions, 10 injuries, and 7 deaths.”

The recommendations of what to do remain the same.

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