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Respisense™ is the world's first super-safe, perfectly portable infant breathing effort monitor with proactive response. The award-winning and patented invention is so compact and light that it can be used wherever baby may fall asleep.
Respisense™ monitors the breathing efforts of a baby. If breathing effort stops, slows down too much or becomes too shallow the built-in stimulator will gently stir baby to breathe, failing which a loud alarm will alert the nearest adult. Respisense™ monitors are particularly suitable for babies at home, because Cot Death does not always occur in cots and no other monitor allows the freedom of movement that Respisense™ does.
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Why Respisense?
Respisense™ heralds a completely new approach to baby monitoring, eliminating all the hazards of older designs and making monitoring easy and perfectly portable. It is the first cable-less breathing monitor and can be used from cot to crèche to grandmother’s lap.
There are three main differences between Respisense™ and other monitors of this type:
It is fitted to your babies nappy and measures your babies breathing even when they are not in their cot making it portable and much more versatile. It can be used in a hammock, while baby rests in their car seat, sleeps in their stroller or whilst baby takes a nap in your lap allowing you to rest too. It can be used safetly away from home in motels and is ideal for camping.
It offers a proactive response to periods of inactivity or disruption to a babies breathing prior to the audible alarm that alerts the nearest caregiver.
It can be used with multiple babies that are co-sleeping and works individually on each infant.
Respisense™ can offer peace of mind to all parents of young babies including those that have infants prone to apnoea.
Do I need a sound monitor too?
Sound and video monitors are most suitable to know when baby becomes restless or cries for attention, i.e. when baby becomes too excited.
The Respisense™ monitor provides helpful assistance on the other, more important end of baby’s activity scale - when he or she becomes too quiet. By monitoring breathing movements and providing immediate gentle stimulation when breathing should stop it provides that added comfort of knowing you’ll be alerted when baby's breathing becomes too shallow or stops. The monitors alarm has been designed to be loud enough to be effective and safe (with regard to a babys sensitive and developing ears). If baby is not within easy earshot it is recommended that Respisense™ is used in conjunction with a sound monitor. This leaves parents free to choose the best sound monitor available to suit their specific nursery requirements, be it an analogue or digital version, with single or multiple channels, battery or mains operated, and with or without a video link.
Is Respisense safe? .
Respisense™ monitors were developed by a father and extensively tested on his own triplets for more than 2 years. By eliminating the hazards inherent in devices that use under-mattress sensor pads, these uniquely shaped monitors were designed to be the world's safest: they have no cables that can strangle a baby, no straps that can get caught and shut off blood circulation to hands or feet, and no mains connections that could wear and cause electrocution or start fires. There aren't even batteries to replace that could create choking hazards.
The monitors carry the CE mark of safety, conform to 2001/95/EC and 89/336/EEC requirements as certified by TUV Rheinland Quality Services, and are subject to ISO9001:2000 quality management processes. It is also Medsafe Registered in New Zealand.
How often do I need to replace batteries?
The special high-capacity, feather-light batteries used by the Respisense™ allow about a year's use, and would therefore not even need to be replaced during the first 6 to 8 months that babies are prone to SIDS. Safety of the monitors is further enhanced by sealing the batteries inside the units, protected from inquisitive explorers and preventing babies from chewing or choking on spent batteries. These eco-friendly power sources can be replaced by the manufacturer (for a fee- see below) for parents wishing to pass their monitors on or use them for subsequent children.
What about false alarms?
Loose wires or improper installation cause most false alarms in traditional breathing or movement monitors. Respisense™ monitors need not be tuned to their installation environment, and there are no wires or plug-connections that could become loose or wear over time.
What do Respisense monitors do?
Respisense™ monitors are recommended for all babies under age 1, especially during their most vulnerable first 6 months, to help guard against life-threatening events such as Apnoea of Prematurity and Cot Death.
Who needs Respisense monitors?
An audible alarm alerts the nearest caregiver when no breathing effort is detected for longer than 20 seconds. Also built-in is the unique breathing stimulator that gently rouses the baby to resume breathing before sounding the alarm, allowing an instantaneous response to unsafe periods of inactivity.
The ingenious design eliminates all cables, straps, glue and spent batteries that pose strangulation and choking hazards to young explorers. Each unit is completely maintenance free and runs a self-test routine every time it is activated. The Respisense™ breathing effort monitor is recommended for all babies to help guard against apnoea of prematurity, cot death and other life threatening events, especially during their first 6 to 12 months.
This product is supplied with a 1 year warranty on all parts except the battery. The battery is designed to last for 1 year of 'normal' use (up to 16 hours per day). Battery warranty is 3 months.
New batteries / reconditioning of units for subsequent children is available at a cost of approximately $40 - 50 NZD through B2K. This includes refurbishment, shipping and handling costs. In order to do this the units can be returned to B2K who will ship them to the manufacturer for refurbishment to ensure quality control. Interim replacement units can be arranged on a case by case basis. If you prefer you can arrange refurbishment directly with the manufacturer by emailing: info@infantrust.com. In this case you will pay your own shipping costs plus approx $22NZD for refurbishment (to the manufacturer).
Note: Respisense™ (like any other monitor that detects a babies breathing movement) may not detect apnoea in an infant if there is external movement e.g. hammock swinging, car or stroller or mechanical rocking devices. In such situations B2K recommend that an alternative source of monitoring is used such as direct parental caregiving.
"Because Cot Death does not only occur in cots"
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*This infant monitor is a parenting aid, not a medical device or a substitute for human care-giving. It is intended for use under safe operating conditions and must be used responsibly and in accordance with the detailed instructions appearing in the leaflet shipped with the unit. The monitor is not suitable for detecting obstructive apnoea and the diagnosis and monitoring of disease must be done by a medical professional. Infants with a known predisposition to apnoea should be monitored by a doctor. This product cannot address all respiratory threats and is not designed for use in life support situations or on babies younger than 37 weeks gestational age.