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A slew of defective product lawsuits like the 3M earplug, AFFF, and so on always keeps 3M in soup. Bair hugger blankets have added more spice to it.
The 3M Bair Hugger forced-air warmer blanket is commonly used in hospitals to maintain the body temperature of patients undergoing hip or knee replacement surgery. This will help to prevent hypothermia (a medical condition characterized by dangerously low body temperature) and will also aid in faster recovery. More than 80% of hospitals in the United States rely on this medical equipment to keep their patients warm.
According to 3M, their technology filters air before forcing warm air through it. Bair Hugger blankets use pressure points on the patient's body to avoid heat from accumulating in regions that could burn or cause pressure sores.
Dr. Scott D. Augustine, an anesthesiologist, invented the Bair Hugger air-warming blanket. Augustine left Arizant in 2002 to launch Augustine Biomedical + Design. Augustine created a new type of patient-warming gadget called HotDog in 2010 and sold it through his new company.
Convection currents are caused by the elevated temperature over the surgical site, which moves air from non-sterile areas into the surgical site, such as the floor and under the anesthetic surgery drape. Convection currents move potentially contaminated particles from beneath the operating table into the surgical site, significantly increasing the risk of serious infection.
Many patients have complained that using Bair Hugger blankets following hip or knee joint surgery resulted in infections. These infections harm the tissues in the joints, necessitating riskier revision operations.
Infections from surgical sites can spread through the bloodstream to other joints such as the hip, shoulder, spine, arms, and legs. The person may sustain irreversible bone or cartilage damage as a result of this. Some of these illnesses can also cause numerous organ damage.
The Bair Hugger recall was announced by the FDA in February 2018. This recall is claimed to have affected around 33,000 Bair Hugger blanket boxes, each of which contained five blankets.
In December 2015, all of the Bair Hugger complaints filed in federal court were combined as MDL no. 2666 in the district court of Minnesota under Judge Joan Erickson. On July 31, 2019, Judge Joan Erickson ordered the cancellation of all active cases in MDL 2666, citing that the plaintiff's side failed to prove the link between the illness and the Bair Hugger device.
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