Nike recently announced that it will transform Nike Air to produce full-face shields to help front-line healthcare workers.
“Without proper facial protection, healthcare workers are at a higher risk of contracting the virus, which could place substantial strain on the healthcare workforce in the months ahead,” says Miko Enomoto, M.D., associate professor of anesthesiology and perioperative medicine, OHSU School of Medicine.
Hence, Nike working closely with health professionals at Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU), Nike's innovation, manufacturing, and product teams to produce a large quantity of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) in the form of full-face shields and powered, air-purifying respirator (PAPR) lenses to protect against the coronavirus (COVID-19). Additionally, the full face shields also can help to prolong the length of using the surgical or N95 mask.
These Personal Protective Equipment will be crafted with components such as collar padding for sneakers or cords for clothing, and of course the TPU material from the Air sole unit of Nike's iconic item- Nike Air. According to Nike, these TPU material will be used to craft the visors and lenses.
Both Nike's innovation, manufacturing and product teams and health professionals at OHSU also manage to streamlined the three-part face shield in a nine-step process. Also, the first batch of full-face shields and PAPR lenses has already delivered to OHSU on Friday, April 3, 2020. The PAPR lenses and full-face shields will be provided to health systems in Nike’s World Headquarters region, including Providence, Legacy Health Systems and Kaiser Permanente, and others across the state of Oregon.
Source: https://news.nike.com/news/nike-covid-19-community-response