Lineus Medical has been cleared to sell its first medical device, which aims to reduce mechanical complications with IV catheters. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has cleared the Fayetteville-based medical company’s SafeBreak Vascular product for sale. The company announced…
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The Pulse of Health Care: Lineus Medical
by Mark Carterby Mark CarterSpencer Jones: Innovation a significant health care driver The importance of innovation in health care can’t be understated, according to Spencer Jones, founder and chief technology officer at Fayetteville’s Lineus Medical. Jones knows of what he speaks. A former…
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The Pulse of Health Care in Arkansas
by Mark Carterby Mark CarterHealth Care Matters The U.S. spends about twice as much on health care as any other industrialized country, and industry-related spending reached $3.3 trillion in 2016, according to federal government data. That’s about 18 percent of the nation’s GDP. How…
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“Startup Party of the Year:” NWA Startup Crawl Brings Entrepreneurs Together
While the economy is doing well across America, it’s booming in Arkansas, especially in the state’s northwest corner. And one of the strongest aspects of Northwest Arkansas is its up-and-coming ecosystem of entrepreneurs and startups. At the center of the…
Lineus Medical Lineus Medical was started in 2015 and has since designed a product to prevent IV lines from being pulled out. The founder, Spencer Jones, was working as a registered nurse when he kept seeing the same problem: Patients…
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Lineus Medical: NWA’s Face of Medical Innovation
by Sydne Turskyby Sydne Turskyby Sydne Tursky Lineus Medical is bringing medical innovation to Fayetteville with new IV technology. The product, called SafeBreak, aims to make IV lines more secure. A majority of hospital patients receive an IV, but those IV lines fail 46…