Device

This topic describes information for the Device resource.

To interact with the REST endpoints in the Device resource, see Device.

Overview

The Device resource implementation is currently limited to devices implanted in a patient such as a pacemaker or insulin pump. As such, this resource currently exposes the known implant history for a patient at this site.

This resource supports the following HL7 FHIR US Core Implementation Guide STU 4.0.0 profile:

• US Core Implantable Device Profile

Note:

The examples provided here are non-normative and replaying them in the public sandbox is not guaranteed to yield the results shown on the site.

Fields

• ID

• UDI carrier

  • Device identifier
  • CarrierHRF
• Status
• Distinct identifier
• Manufacturer
• Manufacture date
• Expiration date
• Lot number
• Serial number

• Device name

  • Name
  • Type
• Model number
• Type
• Patient
• Owner

Terminology Mappings

• Device.type

  Description: The type of device.

  Details: SNOMED CT

  System: http://snomed.info/sct

• Device.deviceName.type

  Description: The type of deviceName. Device Name Type can be either user-friendly-name or manufacturer-name.

  Details:

  System: http://hl7.org/fhir/device-nametype