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

For the initial scope, this DeviceComponent 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.

The component type as defined in the object-oriented or metric nomenclature partition.

DeviceComponent.type can be referred to either GDMN (nomenclature system supported by FDA Global UDI Database) or preferable RTMMS coding system.

The timestamp for the most recent system change which includes device configuration or setting change.

The link to the source Device that contains administrative device information such as manufacture, serial number, etc.

The link to the parent resource. For example: Channel is linked to its VMD parent.

The current operational status of the device. For example: On, Off, Standby, etc.

OperationalStatus for the MDS, VMD, or Channel will be bound to a specific ValueSet that is defined in its profile.

The parameter group supported by the current device component that is based on some nomenclature, e.g. cardiovascular.

The physical principle of the measurement. For example: thermal, chemical, acoustical, etc.

The production specification such as component revision, serial number, etc.

The specification type, such as, serial number, part number, hardware revision, software revision, etc.

The internal component unique identification. This is a provision for manufacture specific standard components using a private OID. 11073-10101 has a partition for private OID semantic that the manufacturer can make use of.

The printable string defining the component.

The language code for the human-readable text string produced by the device. This language code will follow the IETF language tag. Example: en-US.

Other device properties expressed as a type which identifies the property and a value(s) either as a quantity or a code.

The code for the device property identifying the property being reported such as 'time capability'.

The property value when the property being reported is a quantity such as the resolution of a real time clock.

The property value when the property being reported is a code, such as the code indicating that the device supports a real time clock using absolute time.

An example of a case with mulitple coded values would be the set of specializations for which the device has been certified.