Frontline Medical Products

Frontline Medical Products is a United States medical device company that operates under the legal name InjectiMed, Inc. dba Frontline Medical Products. Based in Minden, United States, the company develops and markets safety-engineered vascular access devices designed to reduce the risk of needlestick injuries among clinicians. Its product line centers on the SafetyNET® Guidewire Introducer, a safety endovascular needle, and the THINLINE® Access PICC Kits and THINLINE® Access Convenience Kits in which that needle is supplied. The company's stated mission is expressed in its tagline, "Where your life, your patient outcomes and safety matter." Its flagship SafetyNET® Guidewire Introducer is described as a dual-patented, OSHA-compliant safety-engineered needle built to provide "familiarity of feel" along with control and protection. The device uses a spring-powered safety guard that deploys while the needle is still on the guidewire, so the needle tip is covered as the needle is removed — a design the company markets as "No Exposure Time™" (NET). The needle also incorporates iECHO® echogenic technology extending to the distal tip for ultrasound visualization, and a HI-VIZ™ colored housing to guide hand placement during activation. Frontline Medical Products also offers the PenBlade® Safety Scalpel, which uses existing muscle memory to activate and retract the blade with the press of a button. The company's product catalog is aimed at clinicians performing ultrasound-guided vascular access, including PICC insertion, and it emphasizes needlestick injury prevention as a core clinical and occupational safety concern. The company's website includes educational content on needlestick injuries and references recommendations such as the American Nurses Association's "Top Ten Golden Rules" for safety needles. The origin story of the SafetyNET® device is tied to the company's founder-inventor narrative: Thomas C. Kuracina describes being motivated by a friend and surgeon who developed liver disease from a needlestick injury and died of liver cancer, prompting the development of a safety endovascular needle that greatly reduces the probability of a needlestick injury. Frontline Medical Products sells its devices in the United States, with products available in THINLINE™ Access Kits and in bulk non-sterile configurations. The company is privately held and does not appear to be listed on a public exchange.

Frontline Medical Products operates under the legal name InjectiMed, Inc. dba Frontline Medical Products and is based in Minden, United States. The company is a medical device developer and marketer focused on safety-engineered vascular access products for clinicians. The company's public narrative centers on the development of the SafetyNET® Guidewire Introducer, a safety endovascular needle. According to the company's website, the effort was dedicated to a friend and surgeon who taught at a University Medical Center in California and who developed liver disease from a needlestick injury and died of liver cancer. That premature death is described as a motivator to understand clinicians' needs and to effect change by developing a safety endovascular needle that greatly reduces the probability of a needlestick injury. The narrative is attributed to Thomas C. Kuracina. Frontline Medical Products' product catalog includes the SafetyNET® Guidewire Introducer Needles, offered in sizes 21G x 4.0 cm, 21G x 7.0 cm, and 18G x 7.0 cm, and available in THINLINE™ Access Kits and in bulk non-sterile form. The company also markets THINLINE® Access PICC Kits and THINLINE® Access Convenience Kits, as well as the PenBlade® Safety Scalpel, which activates and retracts the blade with the press of a button using existing muscle memory. The SafetyNET® Guidewire Introducer is described as a dual-patented, OSHA-compliant safety-engineered needle designed with clinicians for clinicians, providing "familiarity of feel" and control and protection. Its mechanism uses a spring-powered safety guard that moves to the distal end of the needle, covering the tip and automatically capturing the needle tip as the needle is removed from the guidewire. The design is marketed as "No Exposure Time™" (NET) because the safety guard is deployable with the needle on the guidewire, so the needle tip is covered when it is withdrawn. The needle also features iECHO® echogenic technology extending to the distal end of the needle tip for superior visualization during ultrasound-guided insertion, and a HI-VIZ™ colored housing to guide finger placement for activation. The company's website includes educational content on needlestick injuries, including a post titled "Needlestick Injuries: A needlestick injury is a life changing event," and references the American Nurses Association's "Top Ten Golden Rules" for safety needle key features. The company positions its products for applicable treatments and procedures involving the SafetyNET Endovascular Needle. Frontline Medical Products sells in the United States and is privately held.

• SafetyNET® Guidewire Introducer marketed as a dual-patented, OSHA-compliant safety-engineered needle with No Exposure Time™ design.

• THINLINE® Access PICC Kits and THINLINE® Access Convenience Kits offered with the SafetyNET® needle.

• PenBlade® Safety Scalpel marketed with button-activated blade retraction.

Safety-engineered vascular access devices for clinicians, emphasizing needlestick injury prevention, OSHA compliance, and ultrasound-guided placement.

• SafetyNET® Guidewire Introducer Needles

  Safety endovascular needle available in 21G x 4.0 cm, 21G x 7.0 cm, and 18G x 7.0 cm; available in THINLINE™ Access Kits and bulk non-sterile.

• THINLINE® Access PICC Kits

  Access kits incorporating the SafetyNET® Guidewire Introducer.

• THINLINE® Access Convenience Kits

  Convenience access kits incorporating the SafetyNET® Guidewire Introducer.

• PenBlade® Safety Scalpel

  Safety scalpel that activates and retracts the blade with the press of a button using existing muscle memory.

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