Will the Bair Hugger lawsuits end up in a cozy settlement?
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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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