Philips Sleep and Respiratory Care

Urgent Safety Notice

Philips Sleep and Respiratory Care: BiPAP or CPAP Masks

Philips Respironics, the makers of the masks used by some patients at Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, have issued an urgent safety notice regarding the following devices (please see images below for further details):

Amara View Minimal Contact Full-Face Mask
DreamWear Full Face Mask
DreamWisp Nasal Mask with Over the Nose Cushion
Wisp Nasal Masks and Wisp Youth Nasal Masks
Therapy Mask 3100 NC/SP

These masks contain strong magnets and Philips Respironics have updated the contraindications and warnings to patients with regards to their use.

For patients who may have certain metal implants, or in patients who have household members, caregivers, or bedpartners with certain metal implants they recommend that these devices SHOULD NOT be used. Please see below a list of implanted devices that may be affected.

The magnets in the masks may interfere with certain implanted metallic medical devices and metallic objects in the body, affecting their function or inducing movement.

If you would like to discuss the risks to your health and review your options with regards to the use of your mask, you can message your doctor directly through the Patient Portal App or through our Contact Center (80082223). You can also send an e-mail to [email protected] and a respiratory therapist will get back to you within 24 hours (on business days).

Please visit the Philips Respironics website for further information on the machines affected.

Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi will continue to keep you informed as updates are received from Philips Respironics.

Affected Philips Respironics Devices:

Images of the affected masks are shown below. The magnetic headgear clips on these masks are circled:

Affected Implanted Devices:

Use of the above masks is contraindicated for patients or for patients who may have household members, caregivers, or bedpartners who come in close vicinity to mask, that have implanted devices that may be affected by magnets, including but not limited to:

Pacemakers
Implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICD)
Neurostimulators
Magnetic metallic implants/electrodes/valves placed in upper limbs, torso, or higher (i.e. neck and head)
CSF (cerebral spinal fluid) shunts (e.g., VP (ventriculo peritoneal) shunt)
Aneurysm clips
Embolic coils
Intracranial aneurysm intravascular flow disruption devices
Metallic cranial plates, screws, burr hole covers, and bone substitute devices
Metallic splinters in the eye
Ocular implants (e.g., glaucoma implants, retinal implants)
Certain contact lenses with metal
Implants to restore hearing or balance that have an implanted magnet (such as cochlear implants, implanted bone
conduction hearing devices, and auditory brainstem implants)
Magnetic denture attachments
Metallic gastrointestinal clips
Metallic stents (e.g., aneurysm, coronary, tracheobronchial, biliary)
Implantable ports and pumps (e.g., insulin pumps)
Hypoglossal Nerve Stimulators
Devices labeled as MR (magnetic resonance) unsafe
Magnetic metallic implants not labeled for MR or not evaluated for safety in a magnetic field.