• CPAP machines, which are used by people with sleep apnea, have some superficial similarities with ventilators, raising the question of whether they could be adapted to ease the coronavirus ...

Coronavirus has sparked a new conversation about the difference between ventilators, CPAP and BiPAP machines.

Doctors say the machine that helps some people with sleep apnea keep their airway open at night won't be enough to help an ill COVID-19 patient breathe and could spread the coronavirus to bystanders.

None of the five oxygenation strategies studied -- HFNC, helmet bilevel ventilation, helmet CPAP, face mask CPAP, and face mask bilevel ventilation -- had any better than low-certainty evidence to ...

Her ventilator was among millions of breathing devices that Philips Respironics recalled last summer over safety concerns about numerous models of its ventilators, BiPAP and CPAP machines.

We can avoid a ventilator shortage by jailbreaking CPAP machines. It would only take a software fix to rehab the medical devices, security experts say.

The researchers are turning a CPAP machine into an emergency ventilator. The device, named Re-InVent, can be assembled using $700 in off-the-shelf components, in addition to a standard CPAP machine.

Doctors say the machine that helps some people with sleep apnea keep their airway open at night won't be enough to help an ill COVID-19 patient breathe and could spread the coronavirus to bystanders.

Medical device maker Philips is recalling sleep apnea machines and ventilators containing foam that could put users at risk of cancer or other issues.

Philips has recalled some sleep apnea and ventilator machines over concerns about health risks. The company on Monday issued a recall for specific Philips Bi-Level Positive Airway Pressure (Bi ...