FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - Missouriar -- Vance Clement, CEO of Lineus Medical, has been selected to join the Association of Vascular Access (AVA) Board of Directors as a Director at Large for a two-year term. AVA is an association of healthcare professionals whose mission is to advance the global practice of vascular access, through awareness, advocacy, and education to improve healthcare outcomes. Since 1985, they have worked to improve vascular access care and promote vascular access specialty. During Vance's time on the board, he will highlight the importance of vascular access care, provide support to local vascular access networks (VAN) across the nation, and grow AVA's membership.  When asked about being selected to join the board Vance said, "It is an honor to join the AVA Board of Directors.  I consider AVA to be the preeminent organization for anyone working in the vascular access space.  I look forward to helping AVA grow its membership."

Vance Clement has worked in the medical device industry for over 30 years. He is a frequent speaker at VAN chapter meetings across the country. He has served as the co-founder and CEO of Lineus Medical since 2015 and is passionate about improving IV care and advancing the science around IV care. Under his leadership, Lineus Medical brought the first break away device for medical lines, SafeBreak Vascular, to market.

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SafeBreak Vascular is the only break-away device for IV lines proven to reduce IV complications.¹ When a harmful force is placed on the line, SafeBreak intentionally separates to remove the damaging force and protect the patient's IV. When SafeBreak separates, valves on both ends of the device close preventing medicine spills from the pump and blood loss from the patient. To replace SafeBreak, each component is unthreaded from the line, a new sterile SafeBreak is installed, and the patent's infusion is restarted. Patients avoid additional needlesticks, nurses save time, and hospitals save money¹.

About Lineus Medical

Lineus Medical is the developer of a break-away technology that is proven to reduce IV restarts and IV complications¹. Our mission is to remove the pains associated with medical lines. More information about Lineus Medical can be found at www.lineusmed.com. Follow Lineus Medical on LinkedIn.

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