Fend is a nasal saline solution sprayed from a hand-held mister.
Every time you wash your hands, why not wash your airways, too? A new
product called Fend from Sensory Cloud, a health-technology start-up,
reduces aerosols, including the submicron droplets that are not captured
by masks and pose a threat through airborne contaminants that linger in
indoor environments.
Fend is a nasal saline solution sprayed from a hand-held mister.
According to the company, the system cleans your air passages of
airway-lining droplets that we generate as we breathe, adding that Fend
lowers exhaled aerosol particle numbers by up to 99% for up to six
hours.
The mist produced by the device, approximately 10 microns in size,
are too large to penetrate the lungs, but deposit the product's
physiological salts in the nose, trachea and main bronchi, where many
respiratory droplets are generated.
"We have seen orders come in from families, frontline health-care
personnel, essential workers, students and others who want to address
the small airborne particles left by the other hygienic measures,
including masks,” said David Edwards, Sensory Cloud founder, an aerosol
scientist and a former Harvard University professor.
Cost: Starter kits, including the reusable device and two half-ounce
bottles of solution, US$49; refills, US$7.50. Each bottle contains
enough for about 125 airway cleanings.
This story was first published in Meetings & Conventions.