Augustine Surgical Inc. is dedicated to Making Surgery Safer. Dr. Scott Augustine, CEO of Augustine Surgical and inventor of the HotDog Patient Warming technology, is the world’s expert in patient temperature management, having also invented Bair Hugger forced-air warming over 30 years ago. The company is developing several innovative products that fit the focus on making surgery safer. The Augustine Surgical team has over 180 patents issued and many more pending Augustine Surgical Inc. acquired Augustine Temperature Management, LLC in mid 2018.