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 contaminants and caused debilitating deep-joint infections.
Month: March 2022
3M Co. faces nearly 6,000 reinstated lawsuits by patients alleging they developed severe infections from the Bair Hugger warming system used during joint replacement surgeries, following an Eighth Circuit ruling.