A surgical equipment company has agreed to pay $12.75 million to a man who suffered brain damage when the tip of one of its laser probes broke off during surgery.

Plaintiff Michael Brassloff, injured during an operation to remove a benign brain tumor, has settled his case with Monteris Medical, maker of the NeuroBlate 2.2 mm SideFire device, according to the settlement papers.

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