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CANADIAN INDUSTRY ONLINE - APRIL 2014
F
OUNDED IN 19 8 3
by Lee Mc-
Donald, Southmedic provides
innovative healthcare products to na-
tional and international markets.
The company, which is privately-
owned, aims to improve the quality of
care for patients who are the end-users
of Southmedic’s efforts.
The company is equipped with
some of the brightest minds in R&D,
and this began with Lee McDonald
herself. “When the company started,
there were no instruments like the
ones that Southmedic now offers to the
health care system,” Director of Manu-
facturing Alan Dwyer comments.
PRODUCTS
T
he proprietary technology of
Southmedic’s Vapofil and AntiSpil
help health care providers mitigate
the risks of incorrect anesthetic ad-
ministration. The Vapofil and AntiSpil
devices allow for safe storage and
transfer of anesthetic agent from bottle
to vaporizer. The difference between
these devices and anything else previ-
ously on the market: they are colour
coded with a keyed cap that will only
fit the correct corresponding anesthetic
bottle for certain agents.
“
Back when the company was
founded there was the potential to
administer the wrong anesthetic agent,
so McDonald developed a device that
would prevent this from happening,”
Dwyer notes. “Our devices are mitigat-
ing the risk of delivering the wrong
substance to a patient. This company
has been very much a pioneer in this
area.”
In addition to Vapofil, the com-
pany created AntiSpil. The AntiSpil’s
function is precisely as it sounds: a
pour spout ensures that the transfer of
anesthetic agent goes into a funnel fill
vaporizer with no drips or spills. Both
versions of these devices have an anti-
pollution plug to prevent unwanted
spillage or waste during storage.
“
We’re always looking to identify a need that’s not met.”
