Stockert 3T heater-cooler units are devices commonly used during patient cardiothoracic surgeries. These devices include water tanks that pump temperature-controlled water to blankets which warm or cool a patient’s body during a surgical procedure. It is very important for surgeons to stabilize a patient’s body temperature during a surgery, since doing so helps to ensure good surgical results and speedy recoveries post-surgery.
However, the danger with using Stockert 3T heater-cooler units (and the accompanying warming blankets) during cardiothoracic surgeries is that the water can easily become contaminated. This contamination can release harmful bacteria into the air – or, alternatively, through the device’s exhaust unit – circling back to the patient and potentially causing infection.
If you have suffered injuries as a result of contamination from a Stocker 3T heater-cooler unit or warming blanket during surgery, you may be entitled to legal compensation with the help of a skilled liability attorney. Experienced Stockert 3T warming blanket lawyers can assist you with obtaining the monetary compensation you may be entitled to under the law.
Stockert 3T heater-cooler units and warming blankets are most commonly used during open-chest cardiac procedures, such as open-heart surgeries, to control a patient’s body temperature during the procedure.
Use of these devices during surgeries has been linked to mycobacterium chimaera – a microorganism that can cause infection, and in the most serious cases, death, to the surgical patient.
The most common symptoms associated with exposure to mycobacterium chimaera include the following:
Class action plaintiffs have recently filed lawsuits against the manufacturers of Stockert 3T heater-cooler units and warming blankets, claiming warning defects. These warning defects fall under the umbrella of product liability.
Specifically, class action plaintiffs are alleging that the manufacturers of Stockert 3T heater-cooler units and warming blankets failed to warn hospitals and health care providers of the increased risk of infection associated with these devices when they are used during cardiothoracic surgeries.
When these devices transmit bacteria to patients during surgery and cause injury and/or infection, affected patients may be entitled to monetary damages.
In order to receive a damage award, the plaintiff must prove that the defective product – in this case, the Stockert 3T heater-cooler unit and/or warming blanket – proximately resulted in the claimed injuries and damages.
In product liability cases, plaintiffs may be able to recover some or all of the following types of damages with the help of a Stockert 3T heater-cooler lawyer:
If you have been injured or damaged by exposure to a Stockert 3T heater-cooler unit or warming blanket during a surgical procedure, experienced Stockert 3T warming blanket lawyers are ready to review the facts and circumstances of your case with you today. Skilled liability lawyers can help you to obtain the monetary compensation you deserve.
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