The characteristics, operational status and capabilities of a medical-related component of a medical device.

For the initial scope, this DeviceDefinition resource is only applicable to describe a single node in the containment tree that is produced by the context scanner in any medical device that implements or derives from the ISO/IEEE 11073 standard and that does not represent a metric. Examples for such a node are MDS, VMD, or Channel.

Unique instance identifiers assigned to a device by the software, manufacturers, other organizations or owners. For example: handle ID.

Unique device identifier (UDI) assigned to device label or package. Note that the Device may include multiple udiCarriers as it either may include just the udiCarrier for the jurisdiction it is sold, or for multiple jurisdictions it could have been sold.

The identifier that is to be associated with every Device that references this DeviceDefintiion for the issuer and jurisdication porvided in the DeviceDefinition.udiDeviceIdentifier.

The organization that assigns the identifier algorithm.

The jurisdiction to which the deviceIdentifier applies.

A name of the manufacturer. manufacturer or legal representative e.g. labeler. Whether this is the actual manufacturer or the labeler or responsible depends on implementation and jurisdiction.

A The name given to or names of the device to identify it. as given by the manufacturer.

The A human-friendly name of that is used to refer to the device. device - depending on the type, it can be the brand name, the common name or alias, or other.

The type of deviceName. UDILabelName | UserFriendlyName | PatientReportedName | ManufactureDeviceName | ModelName.

The model number for the device. device for example as defined by the manufacturer or labeler, or other agency.

What kind of device or device system this is.

The capabilities supported on a device, the standards to which the device conforms for a particular purpose, and used for the communication.

The standard that is used to operate and communicate.

The version of the standard that is used to operate and communicate.

The available versions of the device, e.g., software versions.

Safety characteristics of the device.

Shelf Life and storage information.

Dimensions, Physical characteristics to define or specify the product - for example dimensions, color etc. These can be defined by the manufacturer or labeler, or can be used to specify characteristics when ordering.

Language code for the human-readable text strings produced by the device (all supported).

Device capabilities. Additional capabilities that the device is defined or required to have e.g. "water resistant", "long life".

Type The type of capability. capability - whether it is a physical attribute, a customization needed. For exampl e "water ingress protection".

Description The actual capability of capability. the device e.g. IP67.

The actual configuration settings of a device as it actually operates, e.g., regulation status, time properties.

Code that specifies the property DeviceDefinitionPropetyCode (Extensible).

Property value as a quantity.

Property value as a code, e.g., NTP4 (synced to NTP).

An organization that is responsible for the provision and ongoing maintenance of the device.

Contact details for an organization or a particular human that is responsible for the device.

If the device is running a FHIR server, the network address should be the Base URL from which a conformance statement may be retrieved. used for troubleshooting etc.

Access to on-line information about the device.

Descriptive information, usage information or implantation information that is not captured in an existing element.

The quantity of the device present in the packaging (e.g. the number of devices present in a pack, or the number of devices in the same package of the medicinal product).

The parent device it can be part of.

A substance used to create the material(s) of which the device is made.

The substance. A substance that the device contains, may contain, or is made of - for example latex - to be used to determine patient compatibility. This is not intended to represent the composition of the device, only the clinically relevant materials.

Indicates an alternative material of the device.

Whether the substance is a known or suspected allergen.