Stethoscope opportunity
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Group Information
24-441 Spring 2012, Group 3
Kellen Chow (Team Leader with the new hair cut)
Jacob Divone (EMT with the puking guts)
KinHang Leung (Brainstorming Facilitator with the weird balloon animals)
Cecily Sunday (Charts Specialist with the sweet grandma)
Report II - Opportunity: Market Research and Design Concepts
Executive Summary
Market Research and Observations
Top Stakeholder Product Needs
Highlights from User Interviews
Our Top 3 Design Concepts
Design 1
Design 2
Design 3
Competitor Products Research
Pugh Chart
Gantt Chart
Summary and Recommendations
Appendix (100 ideas)
- Water filled tubes
- Alcohol filled tubes
- Snap-on earbuds instead of screwed-on
- Noise-cancelling headphones
- Noise-cancelling earbuds
- Aperture style diaphragm
- Blood pressure cuff interface
- Disposable diaphragm surface/film
- Diaphragm heater and holder integrated on coat(battery)
- Alcohol Pouch integrated on coat
- Coat pouch/clip
- Hugging stethoscope coat (integrated in the coat so user hugs the patient during use)
- Integrating a heart rate monitor on chestpiece
- Integrating a murmuring sound indicator on chestpiece
- A hand-held separate heart rate monitor (connects to chestpiece by wire)
- A hand-held separate heart rate monitor (Bluetooth)
- Bluetooth connection to user's mobile device (like an app)
- Replace air-filled tubes by electronic wires (headphones cables)
- Hooked up to visual display on eyeglasses
- Sonar sensor integrated on the diaphragm
- Integration of a respiratory rate indicator
- Extendable tubes for better reach
- Rubber earpieces
- Silicone earpieces
- Integration of the stethoscope on dummies that create sounds for medical training