About 70 lawsuits filed over a widely used surgical warming blanket that plaintiffs lawyers say spreads infections have been coordinated in Minnesota.
A federal judicial panel on Friday coordinated cases brought over the Bair Hugger Forced Air Warming system made by 3M Co. into a multidistrict litigation proceeding before U.S. District Judge Joan Ericksen. The Bair Hugger blows hot air through a blanket in order to maintain a patient’s normal body temperature during surgery. The suits allege that the Bair Hugger disrupts the air ventilation in the operation room, leading to infections, particularly in hip and knee surgeries, which have led to amputations and multiple surgeries. They claim that 3M, based in St. Paul, has been aware of the contamination problem since 2009.
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