Definition

medical device capable of performing automated healthcare activities

 

This is a concrete item and can be implemented directly

Term: automatic medical device; 
Plural: automatic medical devices; 

Notes

NOTE In EN 13940-1:2007 the concept healthcare device was a specialization of healthcare actor and defined as 'device or equipment, possibly including a piece of software, involved in the provision of healthcare activities'.

Examples

EXAMPLES A specific identifiable Electrocardiography machine, electronic blood-sugar monitor.

Diagrammatic representation

Simple graph - automatic medical device

Required associations

Optional associations

exactly one automatic medical device delivers a number of automated healthcares

Generalisations

            resource
        healthcare resource
    medical device
automatic medical device

Specialisations

automatic medical device