Rich Reeve
Created: February 03, 2021 10:00 PM
Face masks have been a part of our lives for nearly a year already since the pandemic began. Health officials say they're the simplest way to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus.
But now, Claros Technologies — a spinoff from the University of Minnesota — has developed a mask it says is capable of killing the virus.
"I think it's a great technology," said Mike Miller, the president of The Airtex Group, Claros's textile manufacturing partner. "Candidly, I think it's a game-changer."
"The mask is, we basically created a new textile that has anti-viral properties," added Abdennour Abbas, the company's co-founder and an associate professor at the U of M.