ES3367U - A table to calculate regimens in diabetic patients (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding) - Google Patents

Abstract

A table for calculating regimens in diabetic patients, which in its essence consists of a plate formed by two sheets or sheets of any convenient material and rectangular in shape, joined by its two largest sides, between which are established two rotating discs, each of which protrudes, on the unattached sides of said sheets, the portion sufficient to be able to act on them, so that they rotate; and in one of the faces of the set formed by the two aforementioned sheets, two groups of windows are practiced, one for each disc and destined to the determination of the products that supply the patient with a certain amount of proteins and fats, and in the other a third group of windows corresponding to one of the discs, destined to carbohydrates; each group of windows comprises three of these established on the same radio of the corresponding disc, of which the one that is farthest from the center of the respective disc serves to read the figures indicating the quantities that are required in each case, either of carbohydrates, already of proteins and fats; the one that follows to read the number of calories required, while in the third appear the figures indicating, by their position, the products to be used, and by their significant value, the amount of same that are to be used, products that in the form of relation or scale are consigned along one of the edges of such windows, completing said table with the necessary indications for its use and use. (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding)