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By TBP staff TBP Lineus Medical's SafeBreak Vascular product has been chosen by the nonprofit foundation New England Pediatrics Device Consortium for a $50,000 grant to fund the development of solutions to the issue of IV catheter dislodgment for pediatric patients. The Fayetteville company's SafeBreak product attaches to an IV line, and when force is applied to the line, the two pieces break away from each other, creating "a controlled separation" preventing damage to the IV line and not requiring the insertion of a new one, according to its website. Read more....