Lineus SafeBreak Vascular - a force-activated seperation dev

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  Harmful forces on peripheral IV lines can lead to dressing disruption, phlebitis, dislodgement, occlusion, infiltration and ultimately to an IV restart.   

SafeBreak Vascular reduces the number of complications requiring peripheral IV restarts by separating when a harmful force is placed on an IV line.  When SafeBreak intentionally separates, it has valves that seal both sides of the line, preventing the leaking of medication or blood from the IV tubing.

 Restarting a peripheral IV normally requires finding a new vein and at least one additional needlestick. The average delay in therapy in one clinical study shows that the patient normally goes without IV medical treatment for 55 minutes.(3)  In the D.I.P.P.E.R. study, the average patient requiring an IV restart experienced 82 minutes delay in therapy. SafeBreak Vascular can eliminate the tedious and stressful process of starting a new IV line.  If SafeBreak is installed in an IV line and separates, the separated SafeBreak components can be thrown away and a new SafeBreak installed in a matter of minutes. The patient’s IV infusion can be restarted with no mess to clean up, no drugs to reorder, and most importantly, without an additional needlestick. In the D.I.P.P.E.R. study, it took only 5.3 minutes on average to replace a separated SafeBreak.

 In a 2021  randomized clinical trial conducted at Hartford Hospital in Hartford, CT with 287 patients, SafeBreak was shown to reduce overall IV complications requiring an IV restart by 44% and caused no additional delays in therapy for patients. Table 1 shows the results from the D.I.P.P.E.R. Study (Dislodgment, Infiltration, Phlebitis Prevention Eliminating PIV Restarts). Although the control group had a very low overall complication rate of 27%, the SafeBreak group experienced 44% less complications and had an overall complication rate of only 15% What's a product or service you'd like to show.