Glossary

An optional menu setting used to decrease the sensitivity of the scale to movements of the patient during weighing to decrease oscillations in the weight value displayed.

Electronic reduction of oscillations in displayed values (e.g. as a result of patient movement) when determining measurement values.

Scale used in dialysis treatment to monitor patient weight while body fluids are transferred.

European Directive on non-automatic scales, which contains the obligatory and essential requirements for the harmonized legal and metrological handling of non-automatic scales. The directive is implemented as national law in the EEA and Switzerland.

Component of device that displays the measured result.

All the divisions of a lined scale or all the numbers of a numeric scale.

Ability of a scale to maintain its performance characteristics over a period of use.