Maplewood manufacturer 3M Co. has recalled 33,000 cases of its Bair Hugger underbody warming blankets because of a design problem that may prevent the blankets from warming up patients during surgery ...

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 ...

About 70 lawsuits filed over a widely used surgical warming blanket that plaintiffs lawyers say spreads infections have been coordinated in Minnesota. About 70 lawsuits filed over a widely used ...

(Reuters) - A federal judicial panel has been asked to consolidate lawsuits that accuse 3M Company and its subsidiary Arizant Healthcare of failing to warn patients that its Bair Hugger warming ...

Three lead plaintiffs attorneys accused in a sanctions motion of disclosing sealed documents in lawsuits over Bair Hugger surgical blankets have brought their own motion for sanctions, claiming 3M's ...

3M Co. recalled 33,108 cases of its underbody warming blankets used to keep patients warm during surgery, according to an FDA safety alert issued Feb. 12. The company recalled its Bair Hugger ...

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 Texas ...

Maplewood, Minn.-based 3M Co. recalled some models of its Bair Hugger Normothermia System, according to an FDA notice. Here are six insights: 1. A design change makes the blankets prone to problematic ...