- Patient data
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Patient-related data (e.g. name, age, gender, notes of the physician) and measurement results (e.g. body height, body weight).
- Patient database
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Database for storing and retrieving patient data.
- Performance test
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Test to verify whether the equipment under test (EUT) is capable of performing its intended functions.
- Personal scale
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Scale used to measure the weight of persons.
- Phase angle
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Measure of the quantity and quality of the somatic cells; allows conclusions to be drawn about a person's nutritional condition and state of health.
(cf. seca patient printouts) - Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt
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Federal Institute of Physics and Metrology, the German national metrology institute with headquarters in Braunschweig and Berlin (www.ptb.de).
- Place of installation
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Location where the scale is set up and used.
- Place of use
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Location or zone of use of a scale in which the value of gravity is assumed to be constant. May be a city, an administrative area, or larger region, provided that gravity can be assumed to be sufficiently constant throughout the location.
- Placing on the market
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First making available for sale, or free of charge, of a device other than one intended for clinical investigation, with a view to distribution and/or use on the market, regardless of whether it is new or fully refurbished.
- Pointer
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Movable reading element of a mechanical scale, read in relation to a fixed reference component.
- Preset tare device
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Device for subtracting a preset tare value from a gross or net value and indicating the result of the calculation. The weighing range for net loads is reduced accordingly.
- Printout
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Measurement result or other data printed by an external printer.