SoClean CPAP Cleaning Device Lawsuit Claims False Statements

A lawsuit alleges that SoClean CPAP cleaners were sold to consumers with misleading and false information about their safety. This led them to buy the devices without realizing they were exposing themselves to high levels of potentially harmful ozone gas.

Chris Odom filed the lawsuit (PDF) earlier in the month at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi. He sought class action status to pursue claims for himself and other SoClean CPAP cleaners’ purchasers.

SoClean is a safe and effective way to sterilize and disinfect CPAP machines. This product is used by people with sleep apnea. SoClean does not use enough ozone gas to clean CPAP machines. This could pose serious health problems for users.

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Odom claims that SoClean’s manufacturers failed to warn him or other consumers that it used ozone gas. This is a result of intentionally misleading marketing statements that called the ozone emitted from the machines “activated oxygen.”

SoClean 2 CPAP Sanitizing Machine, SoClean 2 Go CPAP Sanitizing Machine and their predecessors have been misleadingly marketed by SoClean. Odom’s lawsuit claims that the SoClean devices use ozone to sterilize and disinfect CPAP machines. Ozone must be in a concentration that is safe for animals and people to use as a germicide.

Odom points out that SoClean has aired thousands of commercials in different media markets over the years, claiming its devices use “no harsh chemicals” since it began marketing them in 2018. Odom points out that SoClean has aired commercials thousands of times in different media markets claiming its devices use “no harsh chemicals” since it first began marketing the devices in 2018.

The company was also accused of lying about SoClean’s devices being closed-loop systems that prevent “activated oxygen” from escaping. This is contrary to what the lawsuit alleges. Although a closed-loop system shouldn’t allow ozone to escape, SoClean circulates it through the CPAP machine before releasing it into the atmosphere where it can be breathed in by the CPAP users.

SoClean’s business is so that its customers have breathing problems. They are currently receiving medical treatment through CPAP therapy. Odom stated in the complaint that CPAP users are so worried about their health, that they use a CPAP machine to get sleep every night and wear a CPAP mask. “CPAP users would be concerned about the SoClean devices generating dangerous levels of toxic gas. This gas is then pumped into their bedrooms and material to their buying decision.”

Odom is seeking damages to a national class of SoClean CPAP users. This indicates that the manufacturer’s false representations deceived and harmed individuals.

This case is one of a growing array of SoClean lawsuits asking for class action status following massive Philips CPAP machine recalls last year. These recalls affected millions of sleep apnea devices with a polyester-based, polyethylene sound abatement foam, which has been shown to degrade and break down, releasing harmful particles directly into the users’ airways.

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