The goal of the Bair Hugger blanket system is to maintain a patient’s body temperature, which is crucial after surgery and often used in hospitals. This blanket system, manufactured by the 3M Company, uses convective warming to make sure the patient doesn’t get hypothermia, when the body loses heat too quickly. Forced-air warming, or convective …
If you or someone you know has endured an infection related to the Bair Hugger surgical warming system, it’s not too late to take action. Lawsuits are heating up around the country as more injury cases are linked to this widely used “blanket” device for keeping the body adequately warm, especially during orthopedic surgeries such …
Marking one of the most disturbing trends of our time, a recent study has shown that nearly one-third of the drugs the Food and Drug Administration approve show safety risks after they are released into the market. It’s not surprising that the multi-year analysis, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, has garnered …
Hernia repair surgery is extremely common in the United States, with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) reporting that over one million such procedures take place nationwide each and every year. For many patients, this course of treatment involves the use of surgical mesh as a means of facilitating lasting healing, though there have …
Erectile dysfunction medication Viagra and its twin drug Revatio, prescribed for a high-blood-pressure condition known as pulmonary arterial hypertension, have been prescribed to millions of men. However, a higher risk of developing melanoma (the malignant tumor associated with skin cancer) is being linked with these common oral medications. If you or someone you know has …
On Thursday, March 17th, 2016, a federal jury in Dallas ordered pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson (J&J) to pay roughly $502 million in damages to five plaintiffs who were injured by the company’s faulty Pinnacle hip implants. The replacement hips, manufactured by J&J subsidiary DePuy Orthopaedics, have been known to have a high failure rate …
A St. Louis jury has determined that pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson (J&J) should pay a total of $72 million in compensatory and punitive damages to the family of Jackie Fox, a woman who passed away in 2015 due to complications related to her ovarian cancer. After only four hours of deliberating, the jury decided …
Since Bayer’s sterilization device – also known as a permanent form of birth control – Essure showed up on the medical scene in 2002, it has been surrounded in controversy. Bayer has marketed the device as a low-risk, nonsurgical solution for women who want to avoid pregnancy. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is viewing …
Inferior vena cava (IVC) filters are small, cage-like devices that are fitted in the vena cava to prevent blood clots from reaching the lungs and causing a pulmonary embolism. While these devices were designed to help prevent clotting events in certain patients, countless reported cases have shown that these devices can be potentially deadly over …
Zimmer Persona knee implants require a device called a Persona Trabecular Metal Tibial plate in order to function properly. Unfortunately, it is this very device that has been the target of a recent recall and numerous complaints from patients throughout the U.S. When complaints began to increase, Zimmer initiated a voluntary recall of the tibial …
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