Mealey's (January 4, 2017, 7:16 AM EST) -- BOSTON — The First Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Dec. 16 affirmed dismissal of a whistleblower lawsuit alleging that Cyberonics Inc. pushed premature replacements of its neurostimulators, agreeing with the district court that the relator failed to show that false claims were submitted to federal health care programs (Andrew Hagerty, ex rel. United States, et al. v. Cyberonics, Inc., No. 16-1304, 1st Cir.; 2016 U.S. App. LEXIS 22405)....