Plasmagear Inc.
$1,000,000.00 CAD
≈ 13 Canadians' average pay for a year
- Department
- National Research Council Canada
- Program
- Innovative Solutions Canada
- Recipient country
- Canada
- Fiscal year
- 2022-2023
- Agreement period
- September 26, 2022 – May 26, 2023
- Reference
- nrc-cnrc:172-2022-2023-Q2-995162
Published purpose
The National Research Council of Canada (NRC), in collaboration with Health Canada (HC) and Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC), is seeking solutions to develop and manufacture disposable transparent medical masks to be used by deaf and hard of hearing healthcare workers and patients to protect from transfer of body fluids, microorganisms and particulate material. The transparent masks shall facilitate full facial recognition and lip/speech reading alongside other communication methods.
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