LifeVac is approved for use as a single-use, non-powered, non-invasive airway clearance device.

LifeVac LLC announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted De Novo classification for LifeVac under 21 CFR 874.5400, formally establishing the device type "suction ...

LifeVac has picked up a groundbreaking clearance from the FDA for its suction-powered device designed to dislodge an object blocking a person’s airway, for use when other choking rescue p | With a ...

Phil Heimlich, son of the inventor of the Heimlich maneuver, says the devices have not been shown to work in clinical trials and can cause danger to choking victims.

NEW YORK — It was the scariest choking incident David Palumbo had ever seen. An 88-year-old man had been dining at a Providence, R.I., restaurant in September 2019. Now he was unconscious, with a ...

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It was the scariest choking incident David Palumbo had ever seen.The 88-year-old man had been dining at a Providence, Rhode Island, Italian restaurant in September 2019. Now he was unconscious, with a ...

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