- It's the number one question on everybody's lips,
"Are ResMed machines safe and free from foamgate?"
Well, let's find out,
hold your breath.
Excuse the pun.
(upbeat music)
(alarm blaring)
No.
(suspenseful music)
No,
foamgate.
Good day guys,
hope I didn't give you too much of a heart attack
with that introduction,
but look,
it's true,
the ResMed AirSense 10,
does have a small piece of foam,
and it sits exposed
directly over the turbine intake.
In fact, 90% of CPAP machines
have some sort of sound insulation foam in them.
But before you go and put your hazmat suits on,
and start tearing open your device,
digging around,
looking for any foam inside,
(car driving by)
it's important to understand
that not all foam is bad.
Not all foam is gonna break down,
not all foam is toxic,
not all foam is going to be ingested into your lungs,
and potentially give off carcinogenic gases.
Foam is actually really important to CPAP machines.
If you didn't have foam inside them,
they'd be a lot noisier
and they'd be a lot harder to sleep with,
it'd be like sleeping next to a jet engine every night,
so it is an important component
of the CPAP manufacturing process.
That being said,
I imagine that all manufacturers across the board
will be reviewing the foam components of their machine
and also the placement of that foam inside their devices.
Now, I'm just gonna read you
a statement here from ResMed,
and then we'll talk a little bit further.
Okay, so on Monday, June 14th, 2021,
very dark day for the industry,
"Philips issued a US voluntary recall notification
and rest of world field safety notice
for certain CPAP and ventilator devices.
ResMed devices are not impacted by this recall
and are safe for patient use.
ResMed devices use a different material
for sound reduction
than the material used by Philips."
(crowd cheering)
There you have it guys,
ResMed coming out saying their foam is safe,
and their device is safe to use.
You can all breathe a great big sigh of relief,
for now.
Now, if this foam was deemed to be dangerous,
it will also be a really easy fix,
it's super easy just to open up the casing,
take the foam out,
and you're done.
It's not like the Philips situation
where the polyester based polyurethane foam,
this dangerous foam,
is completely enclosed inside this turbine casing,
it's really difficult to get it out,
although we managed.
I think what's gonna happen is,
all you DreamStation 1 users
are probably gonna get this piece of equipment.
It's a new casing,
it's got a new white foam insulation inside it,
they said that
that foam is safe to use,
and I think,
yeah, they'll replaced this casing,
and then that'll be their solution
for fixing the DreamStation machines.
Now,
just before I go,
I would like to give a special shout out
to another YouTuber over in the States,
his name is Jason,
otherwise known as TheLankyLefty27.
Jason,
big hello from Melbourne, Australia, mate.
Thank you so much
for your amazing support video the other day.
You'll be happy to know
that ResMed has backed off,
the channel strikes have been removed,
and we can keep fighting the good fight.
All right, mate,
take care, all the best.