Editing Philips Respironics (section)

{{Short description|Philips respiratory equipment division}}
{{Infobox company
| name           = Respironics
| logo           = Respironics logo.svg
| logo_size       = 
| type           = [[Subsidiary]]
| foundation     = 1976
| founder        = [[Gerald McGinnis]]
| location       = [[Murrysville, Pennsylvania]]
| key_people     = Don Spence, President and CEO
| num_employees  = 4,900<ref name=zenobank>{{cite web |url=http://zenobank.com/index.php?symbol=RESP&page=quotesearch |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100720083452/http://zenobank.com/index.php?symbol=RESP&page=quotesearch |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 20, 2010 |title=Company Profile for Respironics, Inc (RESP)|website=Zenobank.com |access-date=2008-10-02}} </ref>
| revenue        = {{profit}} $1.05 billion [[United States dollar|USD]]
| industry       = [[Medical]]
| products       = [[respiratory]] equipment<br>[[sleep aids]]
| parent         = [[Philips]]
| homepage       = {{URL|http://www.respironics.com/}}
}}

'''Respironics''' is an American medical supply company owned by Philips that specializes in products that improve [[Respiratory system|respiratory functions]]. It is based in the [[Pittsburgh]] suburb of [[Municipality of Murrysville, Pennsylvania|Murrysville]] in [[Pennsylvania]], United States.

Some of its products had hazardous foam that disintegrated and entered patients' bodies. Company officials were aware of the defect, but continued to market them while the company withheld the vast majority of reports.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last=Cenziper |first=Debbie |last2=D. Sallah |first2=Michael |last3=Korsh |first3=Michael |last4=Robinson-Johnson |first4=Evan |last5=Sager |first5=Monica |date=September 27, 2023 |title=Philips Kept Complaints About Dangerous Breathing Machines Secret While Company Profits Soared |work=[[ProPublica]] |url=https://www.propublica.org/article/philips-kept-warnings-about-dangerous-cpaps-secret-profits-soared |access-date=October 14, 2023}}</ref>