A Manhattan federal judge on Wednesday awarded $1.5 million in attorney fees to a former executive of Avalign Technologies Inc., who blew the whistle on the medical devices manufacturer in 2014 for selling products that were not cleared by federal regulators.

The lawsuit, filed by Mary Bixler Wood, Avalign’s former vice president of quality and regulatory affairs, led to a $9.5 million settlement last year with Manhattan federal prosecutors, who intervened in the case in August.