Written by Hulet Smith, OT
 | Seca 777 Medical Digital Column Scale for Hospital Patients View Product |
One thing remains a constant each time a patient presents themselves at a medical office or facility for medical care: Their weight is measured on a scale. Even intensive care unit beds, in terms of recent models, have a scale function to capture patient weight in most cases.
Now as much as ever, weight is also a key topic of discussion between patient and healthcare provider. Consider that obesity in the U.S. population increased from 30.5% to nearly 50% in the years from 2000 to 2020. Severe obesity increased from 4.7% to 9.2% during the same period The same study found obesity rates are also prevalent across age ranges: 39.8% among adults aged 20 to 39 years, 44.3% among adults 40 to 59 years, and 41.5% among adults 60 and older.
In terms of medical weighing and measuring devices, seca is the global-leading brand and a privately-owned business since 1840. In addition to their market leadership in patient scales and height measurement devices, the brand has also made a successful entrance in a highly competitive market recently with medically-validated body composition analysis and vital signs monitors – device categories that align closely with their product range and expertise as a brand. They know some things about patient weighing and measuring to say the least!
Equipment warranties are a crucial value metric in any high-volume industry, and medical devices used in healthcare are no exception.
Patient scales used in healthcare environments are commonly considered to have a usage lifespan of 8 years. Ideally, the manufacturer warranty for these devices would align somewhat closely with this product lifecycle. However in the real world of healthcare, many medical device categories used in both primary care and hospital environments (including patient scales) have parts & labor warranties of 2 years, typically.
Seeing this gap in the market as an opportunity, combined with years of customer feedback and purchase-trend data, seca has announced an industry-leading value proposition starting in July of 2022: an already-popular patient scale will now include a warranty of 8 years for both parts & labor – for no additional fee or increase in product price.
Each of these features are important. In no particular order, here’s our list:
Industry-leading and exponentially longer than the industry average for patient scales, seca 777 comes with an 8-year warranty (parts & labor) included at no added cost – lapping the industry average in the same device category four-times over, while not requiring an extended warranty purchase. A hospital’s Value Analysis Committee - or Practice Manager at a physician office - will see this as a key feature when evaluating the purchase of a scale either individually, or in quantity to standardize across a facility or healthcare system.
Defying the odds again, given its competitive features, seca 777 digital column scale has an uber-competitive price that either outright beats competing products of the same type, or matches toe-to-toe in price with the rival device of the main competing brand. It’s apparent the goal of seca with this device (as seen across their product range as well) is to aggressively win the market by offering healthcare providers a power-packed value in the form of features and cost for one of the most common, yet important, medical equipment items.
Similar digital column scales of competing brands, other than seca, in some cases have a well-known propensity to abruptly tilt toward the patient if weight is applied to the front edge of the base when stepping on the scale. Seeing another opportunity to solve a problem in the market, seca designed a new, ultra-stable and tilt-proof scale base as a feature of their 777-series of scales to eliminate this problem. Even with far better user experience and product design innovation, seca’s 777 scale remains the product category’s value leader for patient scales - ideal for primary care providers looking to stay in budget.
“5 out of 5 stars! Great Price and extremely sturdy!! I am very happy with our Seca Physician Scale…It has a large platform and wheel base. The scale is very sturdy with a good size base to accompany our various patient types.”
-Tori P.
“Seca Scales continue to be very accurate consistently. We love this scale. Easy to assemble and is most reliable.”
-Henry T.
“I 100% recommend this scale for it's sturdiness and accuracy.”
-Bill W.
A: The weight capacity is 550 lbs /250 kg.
A: Yes - a mechanical height rod with 4 – 90” measuring range is integrated with scale.
A: Yes – notably the warranty exceeds the industry average by four times, providing 8 years of coverage included at no cost, instead of only two years.
A: Yes - wheels are built-in and touch floor when scale is tilted for easy rolling with one hand (or even just two fingers).
A: Yes – 6 AA-size batteries are included in packaging; an optional AC adapter, seca 400, is available if preferred. Scale has an Auto-Off feature to preserve battery charge when not using the AC adapter.
A: The base measures a generous area of 16.5 x 13.8” to easily accommodate patients.
A: Yes – in contrast to a waist-level column scale, the display of the seca 777 is higher for ease of use.
Capacity: 550 lbs / 250 kg
Graduation (grams): 100 grams
Graduation (pounds): 0.2 lbs
Included: Integrated height rod with 4 – 90 inches / 10 – 230 cm measuring range
Optional: seca 477 handrail
Power supply: AA batteries (6x) included; power adapter seca model 400 (optional)
Dimensions: 16.1 x 53.4 x 22.7”
Weight: 28 lbs.
Ports: USB interface for PC connectivity
Functions and Features: Integrated height rod, handrail-compatible with optional seca 477 handrail, transport castors, TARE, HOLD, BMI, kg/lbs switch-over.
We find the Seca 777 Digital Column Scale a clear value-winner. It packs a punch with an attractive price point and is in a category by itself in terms of warranty:
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