Halifax medical device-maker FIVAMed is dipping its toe into the world of veterinary technology with the launch of its second product, FIVAVet.

The company sells a device equipped with sensors to monitor the flow from IV bags, like those used in hospitals and veterinary clinics, and alert their operators if the fluid level in the bag drops too low. The system works by running the IV tube through an opening in the device. Veterinarians use IV tubes of a range of different thicknesses, so FIVAVet also has an opening with adjustible sizing.

Founded in 2014, FIVAMed is the brainchild of co-founders Dr. Orlando Hung, Natural Products Canada director Barbara Campbell, and Ingenuity principals Ben Garvey and Alastair Trower. Hung, an anesthesiologist, approached Campbell after taking inspiration from his own frustrations with conventional IV bags. Garvey, meanwhile, is the CEO of Halifax engineering company Enginuity, where Trower is also director of business development.

“FIVAVet allows veterinarians and their teams to closely track your pet’s fluid administration and mid action delivery in real time, ensuring precise dosing and optimal treatment results,” said FIVAMed on LinkedIn.

The new product comes less than four months after FIVAMed inked a national distribution deal with Ontario-based industry incumbent Canadian Hospital Specialties, or CHS.

“CHS were just a really good fit for us — their depth of expertise, their much broader sales team than we could have imagined doing it from in house, but also just their understanding of the acute care and chronic care situations where this device will be deployed,” said Campbell at the time.

The company also recently launched a second-generation of its FIVAFlow product for humans with support for collecting additional types of data, such as the rate fluid is flowing out of an IV bag.