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., 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 ...

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., 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, ...

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A few months ago, I was having dinner with my husband when I started to choke. We’d had a fun and exciting day in Brooklyn for our baby shower and were in a great mood. We’d been surrounded by love ...

LUMBERTON, Texas — A Southeast Texas mother is on a mission to inform parents about an anti-choking device that saved her son's life after he started choking at the family's home. Ashley Case was home ...

UPDATE: 3/6 12:30p.m: This article was updated to include information from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration regarding its September 18, 2025 warning letter to LifeVac, LLC. LEE COUNTY, Fla. — The ...

A family says they saved their choking baby with a LifeVac device they had at home, because of a story they saw on Inside Edition. Surveillance video shows Heather Perez frantically speaking on the ...

TRUMBULL, Conn. (WTNH) — A Trumbull police officer recently saved the life of a 10-month-old child using a piece of equipment that department members have only been carrying for the last year. On ...

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 ...