Airospring Medical has worked with its parent company, technical textiles manufacturer Baltex, to create a reusable antiviral face mask.
The Airox AX100 mask is produced from Baltex’s stretch Spacer fabric NPD 151, which was developed for medical textiles, and is treated with Polygiene’s Viral Off antibacterial and antiviral technology.
According to Baltex, the masks are machine washable and can be cleaned and reused up to 15 times.
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