Heart-device maker to pay $92.4 million

Friday, June 13, 2003

SAN FRANCISCO -- A manufacturer of heart surgery devices pleaded guilty and agreed to pay $92.4 million in penalties Thursday for covering up malfunctions that may have led to 12 deaths and numerous other complications.

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