According to a Multi-District Litigation (MDL) Update released on January 17th, the number of 3M Bair Hugger injury claims has increased from 939 in December 15, 2016, to 1,105. The Bair Hugger surgical blanket, originally manufactured by Arizant Healthcare Inc. nearly 25 years ago and now owned by 3M, was designed to warm a patient during … [Read more...]
Bair Hugger
The Bair Hugger is composed of a blanket connected to a heater/blower and a hose, that is placed over and under a patient to keep the patient’s exposed skin warm during knee or hip replacement surgery. On February 1, 2016, a Louisiana man filed a lawsuit in federal court against defendants 3M Co. and Arizant Healthcare, Inc., claiming that his … [Read more...]
Hip Replacement Surgery and the Bair Hugger Device
It is common practice to use a warming device, such as 3M’s Bair Hugger, during hip and knee replacement surgeries. This is to guard against the risk of hypothermia and to ensure normal blood flow during the operation. The Bair Hugger has been in common use for over 25 years, and 3M claims that almost 180 million operations have been carried out … [Read more...]
Bair Hugger and Deep Joint Infection
Bair Hugger is a medical device used during surgery to keep patients warm. Hypothermia is a very real concern for surgical patients, and warming devices can make surgery safer, but the Bair Hugger device can also cause infections during surgeries to place implants such as hip and knee replacements and artificial heart valves, because it uses forced … [Read more...]
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