Sara's Garden: Two Multiplace Hyperbaric Chambers in Northwest Ohio Before UTMC Toledo

The University of Toledo Medical Center (UTMC) claims it "houses northwest Ohio’s only multi-person chamber for hyperbaric oxygen therapy."* The good people at Sara's Garden in nearby Wauseon, Ohio, politely beg to differ. Development director Matt Rychener reminds us his center operates not one but two multiplace chambers: their original 5-person and a new 10-person device, pictured right. This information has been published in our Ohio treatment center directory all along. But please note that UTMC is a hospital-based treatment center and Sara's Garden is an independent hyperbaric clinic. CLICK HERE to learn more about hyperbaric treatment center types.

* In our February 15 post we link to UTMC and OxyHeal press releases that repeat this error.

[Photo: Cindy Baden, sarasgarden.org]

First Look: OxyHeal 4000-Omega Hyperbaric Chamber at University of Toledo Medical Center

The University of Toledo Medical Center (UTMC) in Toledo, Ohio, has swiftly opened its Wound Care and Hyperbaric Center, featuring the new OxyHeal 4000-Omega multiplace chamber. (See our January 5 post.) Named for its omega (Ω) shaped geometry, the chamber is the first of its kind in the US. At 21 feet long and 10 feet wide it can accommodate 10 patients seated and 4 lying down. University of Toledo is also home base for John Feldmeier, DO, president-elect of the Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society (UHMS). CLICK HERE to read today's UTMC announcement. CLICK HERE to read OxyHeal's press release.

[Photo: UTMC]

OxyHeal Installs New Multiplace Hyperbaric Chamber at University of Toledo (Ohio) Medical Center

The new Center for Wound Care and Hyperbaric Medicine at the University of Toledo Medical Center (UTMC) has taken delivery of a model 8000-10 multiplace chamber from OxyHeal Medical Systems, Inc. The one-of-a-kind hyperbaric system was manufactured in six months and will be seamlessly integrated into UTMC's Heart and Vascular Center. Read the full news release via PRWeb.

[Photo: OxyHeal Health Group]

OxyHeal, COMEX Enter Joint Agreement

OxyHeal Health Group (La Jolla, California, USA) and COMEX (Marseilles, France) announced they have entered a joint cooperation agreement. Combined, the two companies bring more than 100 years of experience in naval architecture and engineering and extreme pressure system design, including hypo- and hyperbaric environments for clinical use, for industry, for research, and for undersea and space exploration.

From the 21 August 2011 news release:

“We are extremely pleased to have this agreement and to continue to work with and expand our relationship with our good friends at COMEX. We are very proud of our friendship with COMEX.” said W. T. ‘Ted’ Gurneé, the President & CEO of the OxyHeal Health Group. “With this cooperation agreement, the joint experience and knowledge that both parties can provide their customers far exceeds that of any other individual company or partnerships of companies in the industry and will be of great benefit to our customers – both present and future.”

Read the full news release on PRWeb.