Taza Aya protects against airborne germs differently.

High quality, well-fitting face masks are known as respirators.  They were created to  protect persons in dusty environments from breathing in particles by filtering them out. 

Airborne germs have some important differences:

• Germs - particularly viruses - are often smaller than dust particles.  For particles that small, breathing through a filter sacrifices comfort for protection.
• In an article published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Oswin et al. showed that that after 20 minutes in air, about 90% of SARS-CoV-2 aerosols are no longer infectious, with a large proportion of the decrease occurring in the first 5 minutes.  As a result, the operation of air cleaning technologies anywhere other than in the immediate vicinity of people is like “beating a dead horse” when it comes to protecting against infection from SARS-CoV-2 aerosols.

Germs are a different kind of air pollutant. They require a different kind of approach. 

Taza Aya uses two patent-pending technologies to do better.

First, we focus protection around the breathing zone, the area roughly 10 inches around your face. We protect your breathing zone from incursions by airborne germs by forming an air curtain around your face, produced by a head-worn array of air nozzles.  Any floating airborne germs that approach the air curtain are carried away from your breathing zone.

Second, the air curtain is supplied with air treated by our non-thermal plasma (NTP) modules.  Our NTP modules draw in and treat ambient air, neutralizing or removing pathogens that may be present, before sending the air to the nozzle array to form the air curtain.

In this way, you can breathe easily and remain protected against airborne germs while:

• more comfortably working collaboratively and/or in close proximity to others 
• more comfortably facing the public in hospitality and service jobs
• more comfortably teaching children in classrooms 
• speaking normally and having your speech clearly understood
• using facial expressions to communicate non-verbally
• seeing clearly through glasses or goggles that do not fog

Lastly, besides the mere function of respiratory protection, there are untold psychological and social benefits that accrue to those who, still, have to decide between their social wellbeing and their respiratory health.

Taza Aya uses a non-thermal plasma module to neutralize and remove airborne germs.

Learn more about our non-thermal plasma module

Taza Aya is developing products for three applications:

• worker wearable protection
• individual wearable protection
• Indoor space pathogen reduction

In occupations that require in-person, close contact, collaborative work, airborne diseases can readily spread. Taza Aya technologies provide wearable protection for workers which:

• integrates with required safety head gear
• supports clear verbal and non-verbal communications that are needed for worker safety, particularly where workers speak multiple languages
• can be worn while eating or drinking

Individuals at high risk of complications from COVID-19 and other infectious respiratory diseases will benefit from quality of life enhancements as they can maintain their protection while:

• going out to eat or drink socially
• exercising
• sharing facial expressions

Taza Aya’s non-thermal plasma modules can reduce the amount of infectious airborne germs in air faster and with greater capacity than UV light or HEPA filters, and can do so in a more compact package.  These features make our NTP modules an ideal component for improving ventilation and indoor air quality through building ventilation systems or standalone indoor air cleaners.