MassDevice.com +5 | The top 5 medtech stories for December 19, 2016

Say hello to MassDevice +5, a bite-sized view of the top five medtech stories of the day. This feature of MassDevice.com’s coverage highlights our 5 biggest and most influential stories from the day’s news to make sure you’re up to date on the headlines that continue to shape the medical device industry. Get this in your inbox everyday by subscribing to our newsletters.   5. Stryker reaches new metal-on-metal hip implant settlement deal Stryker said today that it, and its Howmedica Osteonics subsidiary have reached a compensation agreement for patients who had revision surgery to correct issues with its recalled Rejuvenate or ABG II modular metal-on-metal neck hip stems. The agreement was reached by Court-appointed committees and attorneys for both Stryker and patients who received the metal-on-metal hip implants, which were recalled in July 2012. Read more 4. Appeals court denies ex-Cyberonics rep’s False Claims Act lawsuit A federal appeals court last week denied a former Cyberonics sales rep’s bid to reinstate a File Claims Act suit, finding that plaintiff Andrew Hagerty failed to produce enough evidence to back his claims and waited to long to amend his complaint. Hagerty, who according to court documents worked for Cyberonics between 2010 and 2012, claimed that the company urged its representatives push unnecessary battery replacement procedures for epilepsy patients implanted with its neurostimulation devices. His 2012 suit in the U....
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