Archive for October, 2010

Press Release: October 29, 2010 – Ernst & Young 2010 Gala Awards

Friday, October 29th, 2010

Ernst & Young 2010 Awards Gala – October 25, 2010: Lee McDonald, President and CEO of Southmedic Incorporated was named the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year 2010, Health Sciences category.

 

Lee graciously accepted the award and was visibly honored and humbled by the experience. As Lee extended a sincere thank you to Ernst & Young, the organizing committee, HSBC and of course to her supporting cast at Southmedic and her wonderful family, she gave honorable mention and congratulations to all finalists, stating: “we are all winners”. When Lee ended her short though eloquent address, she stated: “how lucky we all are to be Canadians and we should raise our flag high” the audience erupted in applause.

 

About Southmedic Inc.: Founded by Lee McDonald in 1983, Southmedic is a forward-thinking medical manufacturing and distribution organization with a focus on innovation.

Southmedic’s Domestic Division is one of the largest independent distributors of operating room products in Canada with a dynamic and efficient sales force from coast to coast.  Specializing in selling innovative surgical and respiratory/anesthesia products, Southmedic emphasizes a great deal of focus to customer service, providing the technical support and knowledge that is essential to their customer’s needs.

Southmedic is a vertically integrated custom manufacturing facility, which specializes in Cleanroom Injection Molding of medical components. The design team provides state of the art 3D solid modeling capabilities. Southmedic’s attention to detail and customer service focus guarantees rapid delivery and cost effective tooling. A certified Class 100,000 clean room houses modern injection molding machines ranging from 35 to 300 tons. Controlled environment assembly facilities are also available.

If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact Carolyn McDonald at cmcdonald@southmedic.com .

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OxyTrach Mask CE Marked…

Thursday, October 28th, 2010

OxyTrach is now officially CE marked and available for sale in Europe and  Worldwide!  

The first Multipurpose Tracheostomy Mask that can deliver High Oxygen, High Humidy and/or delivery of Medicated Aerosol Therapy. Ideal for EMS, Acute Care and Long Term Care Facilities, theOxyTrach one-mask system can improve O2/Aerosol/Humidity delivery efficiencies and patient outcomes.  

This simple mask can deliver a wide range of O2 Therapy from 24% to 80%, either through a standard small bore tubing, using the 15mm adapter provided or via a typical large bore corrugated tubing, attached to its universal 15mm swivel elbow. Like the OxyAerosol Mask, the universal elbow can also be connected to most Aerosol Nebulizers that can now deliver effective aerosol therapy and not compromise the O2 delivery.

OxyMulti Mask

Friday, October 22nd, 2010

Top Innovation 2010 Ribbon2   Southmedic OxyMulti Mask is selected as one of the top 20 new product innovation award winners by EMS World.

Finally a simple Multi Purpose Mask that is ideal for Acute Care and EMS situations when you need high FiO2, High Humidity and/or delivery of Medicated Aerosol Therapy.   Flow rate 1 – 15 LPM.  Swivel Adaptor with OSD 22mm and ID 15mm.  For more information see OxyMulti  Mask on our website or email at smedic@southmedic.com

 Look for OxyMulti mask in the January issue of EMS World will feature the 2010 Top Innovations.