CPAP

SAN DIEGO—ResMed, a provider of digital health and cloud-connected medical devices that transform care for people with sleep apnea and other chronic respiratory diseases, announced the U.S. launch of the AirFit F40, an ultra-compact, full-face mask offering the comfort of smaller masks without sacrificing performance to help improve sleep apnea therapy compliance.

WASHINGTON—The Durable Medical Equipment Medicare Administrative Contractor (DME MAC) Medical Directors published updated Medicare guidelines regarding positive airway pressure (PAP) and respiratory assist device (RAD) supplies.

SAN DIEGO—ResMed is conducting a voluntary global field action to update its guides for all masks with magnets to inform users about potential magnetic interference when magnets are near certain implants and medical devices in the body. This voluntary field correction does not require a return of a mask with magnets unless the patient is contraindicated.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is warning patients and health care providers to carefully monitor Philips DreamStation 2 CPAP devices for signs of overheating.

LAKE CITY, Florida—LiViliti Health Products announced the launch of its new CPAP Soap product. According to LiViliti, CPAP Soap is a retail add-on for CPAP providers to increase their margins with their resupply business.

CPAP Soap products allow patients to easily follow CPAP manufacturer's guidelines and FDA-approved processes for daily and weekly cleaning.

WASHINGTON—The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) isn’t satisfied with the recall of CPAP and respiratory devices from Philips Respironics and has urged the company to conduct more testing.

AMSTERDAM—Philips Respironics has released updated results of testing on its recalled PAP and ventilation devices to the Food and Drug Administration, saying that the assessments available show patients exposed to chemicals and particulates by using them were unlikely to have appreciable harm to their health. 

WASHINGTON, D.C.—More than a year-and-a-half after Philips announced the voluntary recall of 3 million to 4 million of its sleep apnea devices and ventilators, the U.S.

SARASOTA, Florida – Beyond HME, a patient outreach specialist that provides support in CPAP resupply, compliance, consulting and other disease states, announced a new partnership with S3. This comes on the heels of Beyond HME's recent collaboration with ACU-Serve, an end-to-end revenue cycle management company. The new partnership will integrate S3's Resupply SaaS platform to provide a complete resupply solution. 

ORLANDO, Florida (November 28, 2022)—Portable oxygen concentrator maker OxyGo today announced the launch of its new sleep line, complete with a web-based compliance program that allows providers to manage OxyGo CPAP patients.

WASHINGTON, D.C. (July 7, 2022)—Effective July 1, Temitayo Oyegbile-Chidi, MD, PhD, associate professor, Department of Neurology, at UC Davis, and adjunct professor, Department of Neurology, at Georgetown University Hospital will serve as chair of the board of directors for the National Sleep Foundation (NSF). As chair of the National Sleep Foundation, Oyegbile-Chidi will lead a board of directors composed of clinicians, researchers and business professionals.

WINTER HAVEN, Fla. (May 26, 2022)—3B Medical, Inc., a manufacturer of sleep and respiratory products and services, announced that Clint Geffert has been named as president, commercial operations. The company also announced a name change and rebrand; it will know be known as React Health. Tom Pontzius, who has been acting president for both operations and commercial operations for the past seven months will assume the role of president, operations.