TABLE OF CONTENTS
English
1. About this document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
1.1 Display conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Display in the text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Display in graphics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
1.2 PDF version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
2. Description of device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
2.1 Intended use of the scale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
2.2 Intended use of compatible seca products. . . . 77
Standing aid seca 455 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Ultrasonic measuring rod seca 257,
seca 256 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
2.3 Description of function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Measuring weight/entering height . . . . . . . . . 77
Measuring weight and height, ultrasound . . . 77
Network functions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Compatibility. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
2.4 Patient target group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
2.5 User qualification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Administration/network operation . . . . . . . . . 78
Measuring mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
3. Safety information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
3.1 Safety precautions in these instructions for
use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
3.2 Basic safety precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Handling the device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Preventing electric shock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Preventing injuries and infections . . . . . . . . . 80
Preventing damage to device . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Handling measuring results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Handling packaging material . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
4. Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
4.1 Controls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
4.2 Controls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
4.3 Symbols on the multifunctional display (main
screen) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
4.4 Symbols on the multifunctional display
(menu) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
4.5 Markings on the device and on the type
plate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
4.6 Markings on the packaging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
5. Starting up the device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
5.1 Scope of delivery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
5.2 Interfaces. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
5.3 Setting up the device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
5.4 Connecting a barcode scanner (optional) . . . . . 94
5.5 Establishing the power supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
5.6 Installing the drip guard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
5.7 Adapting device settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
5.8 Transporting the device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
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6. Operation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
6.1 Activating the multifunctional display . . . . . . . . 97
6.2 Measuring weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
6.3 Entering the height manually . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
6.4 Measuring weight and height (devices with
ultrasonic measuring rod) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
6.5 Using extended weighing functions . . . . . . . . 100
Taring additional weight (tare) . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Permanently displaying the weight (Hold) . . 101
Devices with measuring rod: Permanently
displaying the weight and height (Hold) . . . . 102
Permanently storing additional weight
(pre-tare). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Automatic switchover of weighing range . . . 103
Automatic calculation of BMI or BSA . . . . . 104
Entering waist circumference . . . . . . . . . . . 104
6.6 Completing the measurement procedure . . . . 105
Devices with connection to an EMR
System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Devices with connection to the
seca analytics 125 software . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Standalone devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105