Barrie, ON, and Quebec, QC – January 16, 2025 – Southmedic Incorporated (Barrie, ON), a leader in innovative medical devices, and OxyNov (Quebec, QC), renowned for its advanced oxygen therapy solutions, are pleased to announce an exclusive partnership. This collaboration brings together the flagship technologies of Southmedic’s Oxy2Mask™ and OxyNov’s FreeO2™ system, offering the safest, most cost-effective, and labour-efficient solution for oxygen delivery to patients across Canada. The Oxy2Mask™, recognized for its revolutionary open design, provides unparalleled oxygen delivery across a wide range of flow rates (1 LPM to 15+ LPM) and enhances patient safety, while ensuring exceptional patient comfort and compliance. Its unique design allows for reduced rebreathing of CO2 at any flow rate and effective titration of oxygen while enabling natural communication, reducing claustrophobia, and improving overall patient experience. OxyNov’s FreeO2™ system is an automated oxygen titration technology that continuously monitors and adjusts oxygen flow in real-time based on a patient’s oxygen saturation levels. By automating this critical process, FreeO2™ reduces the workload for healthcare professionals, optimizes oxygen therapy, and enhances patient safety by minimizing risks of over- or under-oxygenation. Combining the Oxy2Mask™ with the FreeO2™ system represents a transformative step in oxygen therapy delivery. Together, these technologiesRead More…

In the Emerald city this week alongside our Medline Industries, LP team in-servicing one of many Providence Hospitals, Swedish 1st Hill, with everything Oxy2Mask! Happy to be working with Medline’s Leslye Akins and Greg Moss, along with our Southmedic US sales team of Jay Graham, Troy Gordon and our Director of Respiratory Chris Woodland! Loving the sights of Puget Sound and Pike Place over lunch!

Great to see our Director of Respiratory Chris Woodland in Europe with our partner Duomed Group from Belgium, France, and the Netherlands training and showcasing our Oxy2Mask family of products.  

Southmedic is pleased to share our newest partnership of our OxyMask™ products with Medline Industries. More information can be found here: https://newsroom.medline.com/releases/medline-awarded-exclusive-distribution-of-oxymask-by-southmedic-inc

Congratulations Patricia DeJuilio and team from Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital on the publication of this study! The Evaluation of Safety and Cost of an Open-Design Oxygen Mask in a Large Community Hospital highlights how OxyMask not only improves patient safety but also significantly reduces cost. Read more: https://thebetteroxygenmask.com/research-papers/

All hospital staff are affected by patient safety. A culture committed to patient safety ensures quality care. A closed oxygen mask may cause patient harm at inappropriate flow settings. Some masks require a minimum O2 flow to ensure CO2 is being flushed out of the mask. Rebreathing CO2 can lead to hypercapnia and even patient death. The OxyMask’s open design technology reduces the risk of CO2 rebreathing at oxygen flows as low as  1 LPM. During exhalation, the mask openings allow expired carbon dioxide to escape. These openings also minimizes the potential of emesis being aspirated. Learn more about the safety benefits of OxyMask: http://dev01.thebetteroxygenmask.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Patient-Safety-Sell-Sheet.pdf    

New educational tools are now available https://thebetteroxygenmask.com/clinical-education/. There are three new in service videos, handouts, online quiz, and more! Contact our sales and marketing department for support on your next training sessions at oxymask@southmedic.com.  

OxyMask is getting new packaging! The new packaging is colour coded so choosing the correct size can be done quickly. All sizes available are illustrated in the top right corner. Size and functionality of mask is clearly described.