3M Company, the manufacturer of multiple pharmaceutical and consumer products, is the defendant in a large mass tort litigation involving the company’s Bair Hugger warming blankets. According to a ...

Independent experts say there is no definitive study proving or disproving that 3M's Bair Hugger patient-warming system increases risks of deep-joint infections after surgery. But it's not for lack of ...

Anesthesiologist Scott D. Augustine, MD, has told hospitals to stop using a device he invented during certain operations, suggesting it may pose a danger to patients, according to a New York Times ...

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, ...

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 ...