Can buying a second hardware wallet make a compromised seed safe again?

No. Importing the already-exposed seed into a brand-new device does not change the underlying private keys.

The answer

No. Importing the already-exposed seed into a brand-new device does not change the underlying private keys.

What to do next

Generate a genuinely new wallet on the new device and transfer the assets there after verifying its public address.

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Will two devices with the same recovery phrase have different private keys?

Normally no. Compatible devices derive the same keys from the same seed, passphrase and path.

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