Philips updates use instructions for certain BiPAP devices
By HME News Staff
Updated 9:51 AM CDT, Wed August 6, 2025
AMSTERDAM – Philips has updated the use instructions for BiPAP V30, A30 and A40 ventilators due to the risk for a failure in the Ventilator Inoperative alarm, which may cause therapy interruption or loss.
According to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the device may:
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Reboot intermittently for 5-10 seconds (stopping therapy, blank screen, single audible alert), then restart with the same patient settings.
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Reboot intermittently for 5-10 seconds (stopping therapy, blank screen, single audible alert), then restart with factory default settings.
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Enter a Ventilator Inoperative state (therapy stopped, audible and visual alarms present) after three reboots within 24 hours, or without a preceding reboot.
These issues can result in therapy interruption or loss, potentially leading to hypoventilation, hypoxemia, hypercarbia, respiratory failure, or death in vulnerable patients.
There have been 13 reported injuries. There have been eight reports of death, according to the FDA.
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