MedTechLabel WP2 T1.1 Information Model Guide
0.4.3 - ci-build

MedTechLabel WP2 T1.1 Information Model Guide, published by HL7 Europe. This guide is not an authorized publication; it is the continuous build for version 0.4.3 built by the FHIR (HL7® FHIR® Standard) CI Build. This version is based on the current content of https://github.com/hl7-eu/medtechlabel-wp2-im/ and changes regularly. See the Directory of published versions

MedTechLabel

Official URL: http://www.hl7europe.org/medtechlabel/ImplementationGuide/medtechlabel Version: 0.4.3
Draft as of 2026-09-25 Computable Name: MedTechLabel

Introduction

This is the starting page for the MedTechLabel project Information Model Guide (IG) that collects the necessary information for creating the information model for medical devices. It allows for collecting the information in interlinked fragments thus reducing duplication and overhead while finding a suitable representation of the details depending on their characteristics.

The primary purpose is for now:

What is a medical device?

A medical device can be described in many ways:

  • identity
  • purpose
  • structure
  • function
  • behaviour
  • state
  • environment
  • lifecycle
  • relationships
  • governance
  • ..

This specification has to abstract from it in order to allow for providing all the ncessary details for a modelling.

Next Steps

  • improve Analysis Sheet into traceable items
  • transfer data elements into mindmap
  • update logical model with details
  • update information model
  • create glossary of terms with references to standards
  • extract conditions
  • Pratav: provide symbols as files
  • analyse other standards (to be provided)
    • EMDN
  • …

Overview about Standards

Following some standards that may or may not be of relevance:

Standard Title Status Comment
ISO 639 Code for individual languages and language groups    
ISO 780 Packaging — Distribution packaging — Graphical symbols for handling and storage of packages    
ISO 3166 Country codes    
ISO 3864-1:2011 ´Graphical symbols — Safety colours and safety signs — Part 1: Design principles for safety signs and safety markings    
ISO 7000 Graphical Symbols for use on Equipment, e.g. 1641    
ISO 7010:2019 Graphical symbols — Safety colours and safety signs — Registered safety signs, e.g. M001, P001    
ISO 8601-1 Date and time — Representations for information interchange — Part 1: Basic rules´    
ISO 9001:2015 Quality Management Systems - Fundamentals and vocabulary    
ISO 13485 Medical devices — Quality management systems — Requirements for regulatory purposes    
ISO 14617-2:2025 Graphical symbols for diagrams - Part 2: Graphical symbols    
ISO 14971 Risk Management Process    
ISO 15223 Medical devices — Symbols to be used with information to be supplied by the manufacturer    
ISO 20417:2026 ´Medical devices — Information to be supplied by the manufacturer to be included used as pilot for analysis
ISO 22742:2010 QR Code    
ISO/IEC 62304 Medical device software — Software life cycle processes    
ISO 62366      
FDA 21 CFR Part 820      
EMDN European Medical Device Nomenclature    
BS EN 1041:2008 requirements for information to be supplied by a manufacturer for medical devices outdated Replaced by newer rules like ISO 20417 under modern EU medical regulations
MDD Medical Device Directive    
MDR Medical Device Regulation    
IVDR Implantable Devices    
IMDRF International Medical Device Regulators Forum    

Links

  • Johner Institut
  • http://www.imdrf.org/docs/imdrf/final/technical/imdrf-tech-181031-grrp-essential-principles-n47.pdf
  • http://www.imdrf.org/docs/imdrf/final/technical/imdrf-tech-190321-pl-md-ivd.pdf
  • https://www.johner-institut.de/blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/MDR_konsolidiert.html
  • https://www.johner-institut.de/blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/IVDR_konsolidiert.html
  • https://blog.hl7.org/hl7-launches-caliper-a-new-fhir-accelerator-advancing-real-time-medical-device-interoperability