Apple to distribute ClearMask™ to staff over next few weeks
The ClearMask™ transparent mask: world’s first FDA-cleared, fully transparent surgical mask
Apple Inc. has developed masks that the company is beginning to distribute to corporate and retail employees to limit the spread of Covid-19, according to Bloomberg.
The Apple Face Mask is the first created in-house by the Cupertino, California-technology giant for its staff. The other, called ClearMask™, was sourced elsewhere. Apple previously made a different face shield for medical workers and distributed millions of other masks across the health-care sector.
Apple will start sending the masks to staff over the next two weeks.
The other model, the ClearMask™ Transparent Surgical Mask, is the first FDA-cleared surgical mask that is completely transparent, Apple told employees. It shows the full face so people who are deaf or hard of hearing can better understand what the wearer is saying.
Apple worked with Washington-based Gallaudet University, which specializes in educating deaf and hard-of-hearing students, to choose which clear mask to use. The company also tested the ClearMask™ Transparent Surgical Mask with employees in three Apple stores.