An ex-Apple engineer is helping combat the N95 mask shortage with a simple solution that anyone can make at home with rubber bands
Former Apple engineer Sabrina Paseman has cofounded Fix The Mask, an organization that offers designs for creating a brace to make surgical masks more effective as hospitals have grappled with N95 mask shortages.
Paseman spent more than five years working as a mechanical engineer at Apple in its Mac division before cofounding Fix The Mask. When the hospital where Sabrina Paseman's brother-in-law works was running low on personal protective equipment in March, she knew she had to help. Paseman and her family began calling hardware stores across California to source N95 masks, and were lucky enough to find 400 masks during their first day working the phones.
. The project intends to address the shortage of N95 masks by helping people create a brace for ASTM-grade surgical masks that makes them more effective by forming a tighter seal around the face. Although frontline healthcare workers are in need the most when it comes to PPE, Paseman said Fix The Mask's designs are geared toward everyone.
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