LOUISEVILLE – Entreprise Prémont has launched the Humask-Pro Vision, a windowed mask specially designed for the family and professional circle of people with hearing loss.
The new mask has a transparent window allowing lip reading, which is necessary to compensate for hearing loss.
“This product will protect people in the professional and family circle whose facial expressions must be seen to communicate easily in situations and places when two metres of distancing can’t be maintained – for example, in the hospital, at school, at daycare and at work,” said Luc Girard, an Entreprise Prémont partner. “Our R&D team has succeeded in developing a safe and ergonomic product on the technological cutting edge,”
Production has already begun to meet the strong demand for this type of mask in Québec, Canada and the United States.
“We are currently able to manufacture thousands of masks per week and starting in January 2021, output will speed up to millions of units per week, because we are on the way to fully automated production,” said Luc Girard.
The mask’s unique design was conceived to offer space between the mouth and the transparent window for greater comfort and optimum breathability. Made from hypoallergenic and microporous membranes, its anti-fogging and anti-glare properties are obtained from HUcare filtration technology, a Québec innovation. Humask-Pro Vision’s tight welds also provide enhanced protection.
“Humask-Pro Vision is the result of Québec ingenuity and knowhow in technical textiles and manufacturing,” said Dany Charest, general manager of TechniTextile Québec, the Cluster of Excellence in technical textile materials “The local supply of medical personal protective equipment is at the core of Québec’s health and economic recovery and the pandemic has confirmed the importance for governments and healthcare institutions to procure locally. This innovation clearly proves our ability as an industry to mobilize in order to provide a sustained supply of the equipment necessary for the protection of healthcare workers, patients and the public, as well as the quality of life of people with hearing loss.
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