<story><title>Philips allegedly hid 3700 complaints about sleep apnea machines from U.S.</title><url>https://nltimes.nl/2023/09/27/philips-allegedly-hid-3700-complaints-sleep-apnea-machines-us-authority</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>PaulKeeble</author><text>Philips has known for a decade at least the foam was degrading. It first popped up in commercial respirators in hospitals. They knew full well this foam was breaking down and they did nothing about it for nearly a decade. They are directly responsible for a lot of cancer in their patients and there needs to be the proper consequences for the executives for corporate manslaughter.&lt;p&gt;How they have behaved through the recall has been equally appalling. They have spent years telling people to keep using their machines and failing to offer replacements, offering a pittance for the machine not allowing people to reasonable replace them. They have made the situation worse since 2019 and its only not starting to get resolved with appropriate replacement funds in place for people to switch to other manufacturers.</text></comment>
<story><title>Philips allegedly hid 3700 complaints about sleep apnea machines from U.S.</title><url>https://nltimes.nl/2023/09/27/philips-allegedly-hid-3700-complaints-sleep-apnea-machines-us-authority</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>LordOmlette</author><text>I had a 10 year old CPAP machine, Respironics SystemOne.  I kept telling myself that I needed a new one and I should go and get a new one, but I never did because this one was plodding along &amp;quot;fine&amp;quot;.  Looks like I dodged a bullet by not getting an updated one, because they probably would&amp;#x27;ve given me one of those Dreamstations!&lt;p&gt;Did a sleep apnea test last year, it came back negative, which was weird because I can&amp;#x27;t sleep right without a CPAP.&lt;p&gt;I redid the test a few months ago, which also came back negative, so I asked to look at the full results, not just the summary.  The analysis said I didn&amp;#x27;t have sleep apnea because I was ONLY WAKING UP 10 TIMES AN HOUR.&lt;p&gt;I insisted on a new machine, they gave me a ResMed AirSense 11 (autopap) and I&amp;#x27;ve been sleeping like a baby for the last 2 weeks.  The technology has improved so much:&lt;p&gt;* No more SD card!&lt;p&gt;* Results show up in the phone app in &amp;lt; 24 hours.  (Machine modem -&amp;gt; cell network -&amp;gt; provider -&amp;gt; app instead of machine -&amp;gt; app, which I think explains the delay)&lt;p&gt;* The device detects when you&amp;#x27;ve put the mask on and turns itself on automatically.&lt;p&gt;* The masks themselves are so much better, so easy to put on and remove.&lt;p&gt;* The app shows if air is leaking so no more endless fiddling with the mask to ensure a good fit.&lt;p&gt;This is one of those cases where it really does feel like we&amp;#x27;re living in the future.</text></comment>