Magnet CPAP Mask Warning

Dear Patients of Weightloss and Sleep Disorder Center of Maryland LLC,

Recently, we have received notice from Phillips Respironics regarding potential harm from magnets which are part of the CPAP Mask.  This warning, in my professional opinion, extends to any mask with magnets.

Examples are, but not limited to:

Respironics Wisp; Amara View Full Face Mask and DreamWear Full Face Mask

Resmed; F20, F20 touch, F30 and others.

If you, your loved ones, your bed partner, or your caretaker(s) use/have one or more of these below listed devices call our office to change your mask immediately.    

The magnets in the mask should not be used if you or anyone in your household have the following:

• 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