- Hey guys, I've got some news for you
and it's for those of you that are currently
using the DreamStation One device,
the original DreamStation.
Philips has put out a statement
regarding a possible safety issue
and I'm just going to read the statement here, so it's,
Philips has determined, from user reports and testing,
that there are possible risks to users related to the
sound abatement foam used in the DreamStation One.
So not in the DreamStation Two,
just in the DreamStation One.
And basically, what's happening is, they've got this sort
of sound abatement foam inside the machine,
which I'll show you in a minute,
and it's a possibility that it's breaking down.
And then that foam is sort of ending up in the turbine
or potentially, you know, ending up in your lungs.
They say that the risk is really small.
I'll go on a bit more.
So Philips is in the process of engaging
with the relevant regulatory agencies regarding this matter
and initiating appropriate actions to
mitigate these possible risks.
Given the estimate scope
of the intended precautionary actions of the installed base,
how many people are using the machines,
Philips has taken a provision of 250 million euros
Where to from here?
Well, I'm going to go and read
one more little thing for you.
So this is an email I got from just someone
in the industry and it says, good morning.
We've just received some information from Philips,
in relation to the supply of the DreamStation machines.
They are holding off on all device orders
due to an issue with the DreamStation foam.
The internal foam seems to be disintegrating
into the turbine, hence some noise,
and they believe it also may be a health hazard.
The USA has stopped all sales at this stage
and ordered Asia Pacific and Australia to follow suit.
They will clarify more
in the next couple of weeks time.
So that sounds pretty serious to me that
they've stopped pretty much all orders of the DreamStation,
in the USA and Asia Pacific,
regarding this sound abatement foam.
And I'll talk a bit about it.
Have any of you guys experienced any issues
with noisy motors with your DreamStations or little bits
of foam ending up in your humidification chambers
and things like that?
Let's have a look at the sound abatement foam,
and we'll go from there, but this is pretty massive news,
I reckon, because there's a lot of people out there
using DreamStation Ones.
And if there is a problem, even if it is sort of
only affecting a few machines, turns out to be
like a big recall or something like that,
that's going to be pretty massive, massive news.
So we'll just see what comes of it.
But the fact that they're sort of stopping the sales
of them currently, means that it's pretty serious.
But let's have a look in the motor and
I'll talk to you about what the issue is.
All right, so I'll give you an idea of what's going on.
So inside your DreamStation,
is this little part of the machine, it's a casing and
inside the casing is the motor,
and I'll show you that now.
- This is our little turbine.
So this is our little air pump.
- And this air pump is obviously what creates the therapy,
the positive airway pressure therapy.
And you can see here, inside the casing,
I can't get access to it to show you.
But there's this sound abatement foam
basically a sound insulation, if you want to call it.
And what happens is, the machine, it's bringing in air
through here, this little thing spins around
and then shoots the air out, out this end.
And where this sort of folds down in here in this section,
the foam can actually come through here,
if it disintegrates into the turbine,
which is obviously going to affect your motor
and cause it to be really noisy.
But obviously then if it shoots out this end,
it can travel sort of into your humidification chamber
and look, potentially into your lungs
or something like that.
And it could be a health risk at the end of the day.
I don't think it's a really crazy, serious health risk
but you certainly wouldn't want bits of foam and,
you know, ending up in your lungs.
But that's sort of the big issue there.
It's just this, this sort of foam section.
But anyway guys, I just wanted to share that with you today.
Don't get too stressed out about it
but just certainly if you've got any comments or feedback,
or you've experienced anything similar to this,
little bits of foam in your humidification chamber
or just really noisy motor all of a sudden,
I'd love to hear about it.
Cheers.