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The manufacturer previously received information alleging an issue related to a bilevel positive airway pressure (bipap) device's sound abatement foam.There was no report of patient harm or injury.In the initial report, section h10 was marked incorrectly and b5 was incorrect, the correct b5 should be- the manufacturer was contacted in reference to the voluntary field safety notice / recall notification related to the sound abatement foam in certain cpap, bipap, and mechanical ventilator devices.The manufacturer received information alleging an issue related to a bipap device's sound abatement foam.The patient has alleged seeing particles in the device.There was no report of patient harm or injury.The device was returned to the manufacturer's product investigation laboratory for investigation.An external and internal visual inspection of device were completed by the manufacturer and found evidence of dust/dirt contamination inconsistent with degraded sound abatement foam throughout the device enclosure, and airpath, slight black contamination at the blower seal of the blower box, keratin contamination.The manufacturer found no evidence of sound abatement foam degradation.The device's downloaded event log was reviewed by the manufacturer and found no error logged.The manufacturer concludes the contaminates found were consistent with black contamination at the blower seal of the blower box, keratin contamination and dust/dirt contamination was inconsistent with degraded sound abatement foam.The manufacturer confirmed there was no evidence of sound abatement foam degradation.
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