Lehigh Valley company reaches $38.5M settlement over failure-prone knee replacements

A medical device company based in Upper Saucon Township agreed to pay $38.5 million to settle a federal claim over its allegedly faulty knee replacements, according to a news release.

Bone cement would frequently come loose after surgery with Vega Knee Systems replacement knees and require follow-up repairs, according to the release from the U.S. Attorney’s office.

Aesculap Implant Systems sold the devices even though the failure rate was higher than allowed, according to the release issued Monday…

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