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1. DEVICE DESCRIPTION
1.1 Congratulations!
With the Medical Body Composition Analyzer seca 515/514, you have just
purchased a highly precise and simultaneously robust device.
For more than 170 years, seca has used its experience in the service of health
care and, as a market leader, it has always set standards in many countries of
the world with innovative developments for weighing and measuring.
1.2 Intended use
The Medical Body Composition Analyzer seca 515/514 is mainly used in hos-
pitals, medical practices and inpatient care facilities in accordance with
national regulations. The
seca 515/514 device records weight, height and bio-
electric impedance measurements and derivable parameters, e.g. fat-free
mass (FFM), for automatic calculation. The results are displayed graphically
and assist the attending physician with the following medical issues:
• determining energy expenditure and energy reserves as a basis for
nutritional advice
• assessing metabolic activity and the success of a training program, e.g.
within the framework of rehabilitation or physiotherapy
• determining a patient's fluids status
• determining general state of health or, in the case of a previously-known
disease, assessing severity
The
seca 515/514 is not a diagnostic device. To make an accurate diagnosis,
in addition to the results of the
seca 515/514, targeted examinations have to
be ordered by the physician and their results taken into account.
1.3 Description of function
Recording weight and height The device uses an electronic scale. Weight is recorded across 4 load cells.
Height is recorded via manual entry or via wireless transmission from a
seca 360° length measuring device.
Bioimpedance measurement Bioimpedance is measured according to the 8-point method. The flow of the
low alternating current and the measurement of impedance are performed for
each side of the body using a pair of foot electrodes and three pairs of hand
electrodes. The hand electrodes are attached at different heights so that per-
sons with a height of between 1.60 m and 2.0 m can adopt the ideal position
on the device for a bioimpedance measurement.
Management of patient data seca patient files can be created directly on the device to manage measured
results. The seca patient files are stored in the patient database of the
seca analytics 115 PC software supplied. Alternatively, seca patient files can
also be saved on the USB memory stick supplied. The USB memory stick
likewise contains a seca patient database.
seca patient files and seca patient databases contain exclusively data neces-
sary for working with seca products or determined using seca products. seca
patient files can be managed and edited only using the
seca 115 PC software.
The export and import functions of the seca 115 PC software can be used for
exchanging data with surgery and hospital information systems.
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