The Philips CPAP foam flap has caused a spillover backlog for CPAP machines in the field. I had to wait for a ResMed unit for about a year beyond my old machine’s normal five-year replacement date. Fortunately, my old machine kept working in the meantime. I don’t understand why a recall to remove the degrading foam in the Phillips units wasn’t the simplest answer to the problem. The ‘regulators’ got into the picture and mucked up the entire matter.
ResMed AirSense 10 AutoSet CPAP Machine with Bluetooth, HumidAir and ClimateLineAir
This is the one I really want to get.
I forgot to add, my machine is about eight years old, but I didn’t use it much in the first five years I had it. It wasn’t until I got hit with Covid, then Long Covid, that I started using it regularly. Now I use it every night, even during the day at times too.
“I don’t understand why a recall to remove the degrading foam in the Phillips units wasn’t the simplest answer to the problem.”
My thought, too. Maybe it is glued in place and impossible to remove.
I can’t believe they chose a material that could degrade, is toxic, and could cause cancer. Of course, me being a huge skeptic of the government, I wonder how overblown this is. Is there REALLY a good chance the material could degrade and enter the airstream? From a product engineering perspective, I wouldn’t expect sound-deadening insulation to be exposed to the air stream. It would be sandwiched between the outer plastic shell and an inner plastic part that directs the airflow.
The skeptic in me says “follow the money.”
If by “regulators” you mean lawyers, you got it right!
Don’t get me wrong - my dad was, and one of my brothers is, a lawyer - I don’t blame ALL lawyers for these kinds of problems
HST, there are just enough shady lawyers at work in our society to muck things up!
The shady lawyers get rich, and We the People suffer the consequences.
Maybe someday the shady lawyers will be take out of service?