CooperSurgical’s Tainted IVF Culture Allegedly Ruined Embryos

CooperSurgical Inc. ruined a Los Angeles couple’s developing embryos because the company didn’t adequately test or inspect the equipment it sold for in vitro fertilization, the couple alleged in a lawsuit on Thursday.

The complaint filed in Los Angeles Superior Court alleges that CooperSurgical produced and sold defective embryo culture media, which is used during IVF to immerse eggs when they are fertilized and embryos when they are first developing.

CooperSurgical didn’t send a recall notice for its culture media until after lab directors determined a link between unexplained embryo deaths and the equipment and sent letters to the company, ...