Apple has invented face masks for employees and one of them is the first FDA approved transparent mask
- Healthcare
- September 10, 2020
Apple has grown new facemasks, totally in-house, and is set to transport them to their corporate and retail employees in the coming days. This is an attempt by the organization to protect employees from the Coronavirus, or COVID-19. There are two masks that are being discussed. The first is the Apple Face Mask and the other is the Apple Clear Mask.
Bloomberg reports that the Apple Face Mask has been totally evolved in-house by the Engineering and Industrial Design teams, similar teams that take a shot at the iPhone and the iPad. The mask is made of three filter layers for particles that you may breathe in and for the air that you breathe out. It very well may be washed and reused up to five times.
The Apple Face Mask will have extra covering layer on the top and the bottom, which implies possibly better protection close to the nose and the chin. The ear loops are movable as well. Apple says the materials were picked after broad research and testing to guarantee proper filtration of air.
The other mask is the Apple Clear Mask. This the first FDA-cleared surgical mask that is totally transparent. This has been intended to furthermore help those with hearing or vision inabilities to have the option to obviously observe and better hear the wearer of the mask with an end goal to comprehend them better.
For this, Apple worked with the Gallaudet University in Washington, which Bloomberg reports, has some expertise in teaching hard of hearing and deaf students. Apple has till now given cloth masks to employees and surgical masks to clients visiting their retail stores.