
The FDA Thinks The Phillips CPAP Machines May Lead To Developing Deadly Forms of Cancer
The FDA's Type 1 recall is seldom issued and reserved for only the most critical product negligence situations
Friday, January 28, 2022 - People who have used the Phillips CPAP sleep apnea machine regularly for several years have accused the manufacturer of failing to warn them that a malfunction in the breathing apparatus may cause them to inhale toxins and develop several types of deadly diseases. Lawsuits accuse Phillips CPAP machines of causing lung cancer and other respiratory illnesses. Plaintiffs also accuse it of causing mouth and brain cancer. Customers have complained that the sound abatement foam could degrade and leach toxic black particles, toxic gasses, and chemicals into its clear airway tube leading to breathing problems. Experts think high temperatures and the unapproved SoClean Ozone cleaning solution may have caused the foam to degrade. Hundreds of Phillips CPAP lawsuits accuse the device of causing Phillips CPAP cancer.
Sleep apnea machines are a highly-effective way to treat obstructive sleep disorder (OSD) by forcing oxygen into the mouth and nose and keeping the airway open. OSD patients seldom sleep well, are awakened many times per night by their snoring, have uncomfortable dry mouth and sore throat, painful sinuses, headaches, and other debilitating symptoms. One person suing Philips for causing brain cancer adds neck pain, vision problems, nausea, chronic cough, shortness of breath, and difficulty swallowing to the list of issues caused by the Phillips device leading to his cancer diagnosis, according to an article in AboutLawsuits.com.
The Phillips brain cancer lawsuit alleges, as do other Phillip CPAP lawsuits, that the company was aware for years about the breathing apparatus contamination but did nothing to rectify the problem until months or years later when a suitably profitable substitute could be made available. The company should have notified customers to stop using all unapproved cleaning solutions and provide a free substitute cleaning solution. The company should have advised customers to clean their machines after every use until the problem could be rectified. Instead, Royal Phillips ignored customer complaints and continued to sell the device to unsuspecting customers, pocketing millions of dollars in profits every year. AL writes that in addition to ignoring customer complaints, Phillips stands charged with "negligence, design defect, manufacturing defect, failure to warn, breach of warranty, fraudulent misrepresentation, fraud by omission and negligent misrepresentation," according to the brain cancer lawsuit.
Lung cancer, throat and mouth cancer, and now brain cancer have been added to stomach, thyroids, breasts, and kidney cancer, all deadly diseases, that Phillips CPAP machines are accused of causing. The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a Type 1 recall for the machines because the agency viewed the situation as so dangerous as to pose a threat of death if ignored. "Products subject to a Class I recall, according to the FDA, pose a "reasonable probability that the use of or exposure to a violative product will cause serious adverse health consequences or death." According to LegalExaminer. Royal Phillips, a Dutch company, stands accused of failing to take the FDA's warning seriously and putting millions of American lives at risk unnecessarily.
More Recent Philips CPAP Cancer Lawsuit News:
- Results of Phillips-Funded Studies Call The Use of Ozone Cleaning Products Into Question | 7/20/2022
- Phillips CPAP Malfunctions And Using An Ozone Cleaning Solution May Go Hand In Hand | 7/10/2022
- SoClean Cleaning Solution Is Accused Of Being Unsafe And May Have Contributed To Phillips CPAP Malfunction | 7/2/2022
- Bloomberg Alleges Phillips Knew Of The Health Hazards From Sound Abatement Foam Years Before The CPAP Recall | 6/14/2022
- The FDA Is Recalling 55,000 Ventilators Made By Phillips Respironica | 6/7/2022
- Phillips Respironics Sleep Apnea Machine Recall Falls Far Short Of Expectations | 6/3/2022
- People Are Dying From Cancer And Suing Phillips Respironics For Negligence Leading To Personal Injury | 5/24/2022
- A Wrongful Death Lawsuit Claims The Foam Manufacturer Is Liable For Using Substandard Material | 5/9/2022
- A Wrongful Death Lawsuit Claims The Foam Manufacturer Is Liable For Using Substandard Material | 5/9/2022
- Sleep Apnea Patients From The Cleveland Clinic Want To Know When To Expect Their DreamStation Sleep Apnea Machine Replacement | 4/28/2022
- Unapproved Ozone Cleaning Contraptions May Be A More Likely Cause of CPAP Airway Contamination | 4/20/2022
- Phillips CPAP Lawsuits Allege The Machine Causes Varying Degrees of Respiratory Illnesses | 4/5/2022
- Medical Device Suppliers Are Filing Phillips CPAP Sleep Apnea Lawsuits | 3/29/2022
- The US Food And Drug Administration Considers The Phillips CPAP Recall Efforts To Be Ineffective | 3/18/2022
- Phillips Respironics May Not Have A Suitable Solution To Their Defective Sleep Apnea Devices | 2/25/2022
- Phillips Telling Patients To Consult With Their Physicians Before Discontinuing Using The Recalled Sleep Apnea Device | 2/21/2022
- US Government Regulators Acknowledge The Serious Nature Of The Phillips CPAP Cancer Recall With Class 1 Recall | 2/11/2022
- Phillips Respironics And SoClean Inc. May Have To Share Responsibility For CPAP User Cancer | 2/7/2022
- Phillips Respironics Waited Too Recall Sleep Apnea Machines And Their Customers Died As A Result | 2/2/2022
- The FDA Tells CPAP Users That SoClean Ozone Cleaning Solutions Are Not Legally Marketed | 1/14/2022
- Sleep Apnea May Affect Millions More Than Those Using CPAP Devices | 1/10/2022
- Phillips Delayed The CPAP Recall Until Another Device Could Be Sold To Consumers | 1/4/2022
- FDA Accusations Of A Coverup Will Be Hard For Phillips To Dismiss | 12/29/2021
- A Women Allegedly Developed Breast Cancer From Using The Phillips CPAP Sleep Apnea Machine | 12/22/2021
- Phillips And SoClean May Be Forced To Share Legal Responsibility For Failing To Warn Consumers | 12/16/2021
- Royal Phillips Versus SoClean Inc. Could Determine The Outcome Of DreamStation CPAP Lawsuits | 12/1/2021
- Recalled Phillips Sleep Apnea Devices Could Approach 15 Million Units Or More | 11/24/2021
- Sleep Apnea Patients Look To Replace Their Recalled Phillips CPAP Machine Since Phillips Seems Incapable | 11/17/2021
- Ozone Cleaning Products Are Not FDA Approved And May Be Responsible For CPAP Foam Insulation Breakdown | 11/12/2021
- CPAP Plaintiffs Suffer Anxiety From Not Knowing How Severe Their Lung Problems May Be | 11/8/2021
- New Lawsuits Allege CPAP User Developed Pancreatic Cancer From Using the DreamStation CPAP device | 11/1/2021
- Sleep Apnea Patients Continue To Use Their CPAP Device Because They Are Unable To Function The Next Day Without It | 10/27/2021
- Problems Mount For Royal Phillips From Multiple Sources Over CPAP Machine Malfunctions | 10/23/2021
- Royal Phillips Battles SoClean For Responsibility In Causing Lung Disease And Disorders | 10/19/2021
- Phillips NV Claims That A Third-Party Cleaning Solution Is The Cause Of Their Sound Abatement Foam Degrading | 10/14/2021
- The US Attorney General Is Concerned Phillips Is Failing To Deliver a Timely CPAP Solution | 10/11/2021
- A Sleep Apnea Doctor Offers Sound Advice For Patients In The Wake Of The Phillips CPAP Recall | 10/5/2021
- Sleep Apnea Problems Continue For Millions Affected By The CPAP recall | 9/29/2021
- Phillips DreamStation CPAP Turns Into a Nightmare For Millions of Users | 9/27/2021
- Phillips CPAP DreamStation Cancer Could Go Undetected For A Decade | 9/23/2021
- The Phillips Sleep Apnea Device Recall Includes Both Life-Supporting and Non-Life Supporting Models | 9/17/2021
- Phillips CPAP Stockholders Were Tipped Off About CPAP Failures More Than A Month Before Millions of Users | 9/14/2021
- The Phillips Sleep Apnea Machine Recall And Replace Affects Mostly US Owners | 9/9/2021
- Phillips CPAP Sleep Apnea Device Recall Will Begin Soon But Could Take One Year To Complete | 9/6/2021
- Phillips CPAP Users May Have A Replacement Device Coming Within The Next Several Months | 9/1/2021
- FDA Recall Classification of Phillips CPAP Devices Is The One Reserved For The Most Worrisome Medical Devices | 8/26/2021
- Charities Re-Purpose Non-Essential Sleep Apnea Machines Into Covid-19 Ventilators | 8/24/2021
- The Life or Death Demand Created By The Delta Variant Of Covid-19 Magnifies The Need For Safe Ventilators | 8/20/2021
- Former Phillips CPAP Users May Not Get A Replacement For Months | 8/18/2021
- You May Have Sleep Apnea And Not Know It | 8/16/2021
- Lawsuits Are Being Filed By People That Have Developed Cancer From Using The Phillips Sleep Apnea Device | 8/11/2021
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