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Infant and parent Nurse Insurer Max. heart rate [beats per minute] Max. respiration rate [breaths per minute] Pulse oximetry [%] # of apnea events missed Time between apnea event and alarm [seconds] % of false positives Log memory capacity [days] Weight [kg] % of caregivers who can troubleshoot correctly Alarm volume [dB] Home apnea

Detects apnea 5 5 5 9 9 9 9 3 9 3 4 2 4
Notifies caregiver 5 5 5 9 3 1 9 5 3 5
Portable 3 3 9 2 1 5
Easy to use 4 4 9 3 9 3 4 4 5
Simple to clean 3 3 1 1 1 1 4 5
Safe 5 5 5 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 3 5 5 5
Easy to troubleshoot 3 5 1 1 1 1 9 9 4 4
Logs events 2 5 1 1 1 1 9 4 5 4
Use in auto/stroller/crib 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 9 9 4
Setup quickly 3 5 3 3 3 3 9 2 2 5 5
Few false positives 5 5 3 3 3 1 1 9 1 3 1 4
Home apnea 250 120 100 0 20 50 30 2.5 60 70
monitor
Video monitor 0 0 0 10 1 2 80
Adult present 0 0 0 0
with infant
No product 0 0 0
Target 250 120 100 0 10 5 60 2 90 70
FIGURE 16.3 Partial QFD, device to detect apnea in an infant at home. 9