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New Generation of Disposable
Respirators
Shown to Protect Against
Airborne Viruses
in Extensive Laboratory
Testing
SAN DIEGO, CA, January 24,
2007 – Safe Life Corp. today
announced the worldwide
launch of Triosyn ®
Disposable Respirators
designed to provide
increased protection against
airborne viruses, including
avian flu. This innovative
respirator is a new and
improved disposable facemask
with a novel microbial
filter that stops airborne
diseases and viral threats.
The technology, developed by
Triosyn Research
Laboratories, a division of
Safe Life, is designed to
protect individuals against
dangerous and deadly
diseases in order to
preserve health and safety
and ensure the continuity of
business and essential
services in the event of
pandemics, bioterrorism and
environmental disasters.
The result of more than 15
years of research and
development, Triosyn
respirators with patented
antimicrobial protection
have been proven in
extensive laboratory testing
to remove 99.99% of
organisms from the air. The
Triosyn filter has been
rigorously tested by the
U.S. Air Force, Health
Canada, Nelson Laboratories,
and other world-renowned
third-party research
institutions.
Each Triosyn Disposable
Respirator is implanted with
a specially-designed filter
layer containing Triosyn®
resin, a patented technology
that is embedded within the
fibers of the filter.
Triosyn resin provides a
unique mechanism of capture
that stops microorganisms on
contact, providing a safe,
clean and unrestricted air
flow through the mask
filter. Registered with the
U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, Triosyn
resin greatly enhances the
capture performance by
increasing the surface area
of each filter fiber, while
the molecular makeup of the
resin expresses an
electrochemical charge that
pulls microorganisms out of
the airflow.
“In the event of a global
pandemic or bioterrorist
threat, the best possible
equipment will be essential
to protecting our nation’s
workforce, especially those
providing vital protection
services, such as first
responders, healthcare
workers, police and
government agencies,” said
Richard Jaffe, Chairman and
CEO of Safe Life. “The new
generation of innovative
Triosyn Disposable
Respirators fills a major
gap in the need for advanced
respiratory protection
against viruses and viral
pandemics like the bird flu.
No other facemask can
provide such a high level of
respiratory protection
against viral threats.”
The inadequacy of current
facemasks in providing
protection of airborne
viruses was studied by Anna
Balazy of the Department of
Health-Related Aerosol
Studies at the University of
Cincinnati. Published in the
American Journal of
Infection Control (March
2006), Balazy’s research
found that surgical masks
and N95 respirators do not
provide adequate protection
against viruses, which are
smaller than the particles
used in N95 certification
tests.
The Triosyn line of
respirators, including the
T-3000™ and T-5000™, are
certified P95 by the U.S.
National Institute for
Occupational Safety and
Health (NIOSH).
A recent research study,
audited by Claude Lamarre,
researcher at The Pasteur
Institute’s Department of
Microbiology, and published
in Urgence Pratique
(November 2006) found
Triosyn Disposable
Respirators provided
superior protection to the
competitor products tested.
This study demonstrated that
the Safe Life T-3000 and
T-5000 respirators have
additional viral protection
that is 100 times higher
than that of masks rated
FFP2, a product marking
certification under the
Personal Protective
Equipment Directive in
Europe. The study concluded
that any masks below
Triosyn’s level of
protection level would be
insufficient at protecting
against contraction of a
pandemic virus.
Triosyn Disposable
Respirators with
antimicrobial protection are
currently in use by leading
corporations, healthcare
institutions, emergency
medical services and
government agencies,
including Chevron North
America, FEMA Medical
Response Services, New
England Emergency
Management, Iowa Northland
Regional Council, Maine
Emergency Management Agency,
Avnet, Inc., NW Natural Gas
Company, Southern Nevada
Health District, and FMS
Veteran Affairs.
About Safe Life
Safe Life Corporation is the
most advanced provider of
technologies to protect
people and the environment
from viral microbial
contamination. In
independent research, the
company’s antimicrobial
technology, Triosyn® resin,
has been proven effective
against a broad spectrum of
microorganisms that cause
disease. With nearly 100
patents and patents pending,
this technology has been
applied to a diverse
portfolio of products in the
areas of air filtration,
wound management, paints and
coatings, and the
purification of fluids.
Triosyn Disposable
Respirators with
antimicrobial protection,
sold worldwide, were
designed by an international
team of microbiologists,
toxicologists and chemists
to preserve health and
business continuity in the
face of pandemics, threats
of bioterrorism and
environmental disasters.
Safe Life is headquartered
in San Diego, California
with operations and
engineering in Williston,
Vermont and research and
development facilities in
Montreal, Canada. More
information is available
online at
www.safelifecorp.com.
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