A father’s invention that stops people from choking is credited with saving nearly 100 lives. "[Death from choking is] not a freak accident," LifeVac inventor and CEO Arthur Lih told Brian Kilmeade ...

NESCONSET, N.Y., March 6, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- 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, ...

Brittany Massie Weir bought a LifeVac device after seeing a video on social media of a good Samaritan saving a baby’s life. She never thought she’d have to use the portable airway clearing device on ...

NESCONSET, N.Y., Nov. 7, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- What began as one father's mission to prevent a senseless tragedy has now saved 3,000 children. LifeVac, the non-invasive airway clearance device invented ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A man jumped to the rescue with a LifeVac after a 10-month old boy choked on his food at a restaurant. Using the LifeVac, the man ...

National Choking Awareness Day was on March 28th. PSL wanted to bring attention to the tragedy of choking. It is our country’s 4th leading cause of accidental death. With that in mind, we are proud to ...

LifeVac has received De Novo classification from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its suction anti-choking device under 21 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 874.5400. The authorisation ...

More Elderly Americans Are Choking to Death. Are These Devices the Answer? NEW YORK (AP) — It was the scariest choking incident David Palumbo had ever seen. The 88-year-old man had been dining at a ...

NESCONSET, N.Y., May 20, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- LifeVac, the innovative airway clearance device designed to assist in choking emergencies, proudly celebrates the 10-year anniversary of its first ...