3M Co. is battling lawsuits from more than 50 orthopedic surgery patients who say the company's popular "Bair Hugger" warming blankets, used to keep people warm before surgery, circulated ...

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In recent years, though, the Bair Hugger has generated mountains of work hours for lawyers coast to coast representing at least 4,000 patients, including Hopkins, who say that use of the Bair ...

A steady flow of warm air is the Bair Hugger’s key selling point, as the blanket-like product is designed to keep hospital patients warm during surgical procedures. But a civil lawsuit filed in ...

3M won the first round in the legal dispute over its patient-warming system, but the battle is far from over. More than 4,700 people are suing Maplewood-based 3M Co. over its Bair Hugger system ...

Dr. Augustine’s invention, the Bair Hugger, changed surgical practices and made him a fortune. The device, which works like a forced-air heater, carries warmed air through a hose to a special ...

Maplewood-based 3M said Thursday that a federal court has dismissed all lawsuits against the company’s Bair Hugger system, used to warm patients before, during and after surgery. The decision ...

Plaintiff's agreement to drop 'duplicative' case does not bar state case Appeal of thousands of other Bair Hugger cases still pending (Reuters) - A man who alleges he developed a joint infection ...

The Bair Hugger temperature monitoring system (3M UK) is a non-invasive device that can accurately and continuously measure the patient's core body temperature before, during and after surgery (known ...