ISO/IEEE 11073-10407:2022 PDF

Overview

ISO/IEEE 11073-10407:2022 - “Health informatics - Device interoperability - Personal health device communication - Device specialization - Blood pressure monitor” - defines a normative communication profile for personal telehealth blood pressure monitor devices and compute engines (cell phones, PCs, personal health appliances, set‑top boxes). As part of the ISO/IEEE 11073 family, the standard specifies term codes, data formats and communication behaviors that reduce optionality in base frameworks to enable plug‑and‑play interoperability across telehealth environments. It establishes a common core of communication functionality intended to make blood pressure monitors interoperable with consumer and clinical software and hardware.

Key topics and technical requirements

• Device specialization for blood pressure monitors: normative rules that adapt the 11073 base models to the specific needs of BP devices.
• Terminology and term codes: prescribed use of ISO/IEEE 11073 terminology and specific term codes to ensure consistent semantics across implementations.
• Information models and formats: constrained message and data formats drawn from the 11073 information models to reduce optionality and improve interoperability.
• Application profile and behavior: defined behaviors and interaction patterns (object models, state management, event reporting) that implementers must follow to achieve plug‑and‑play operation.
• Transport interoperability: leverages existing 11073 transport profiles and application-layer conventions so devices can communicate with common compute engines.
• Conformance focus: restricts optional features in the base framework in favor of a common core to simplify implementation and testing.

Practical applications and users

Who uses ISO/IEEE 11073-10407:

• Medical device manufacturers building consumer and home-use blood pressure monitors that must interoperate with phones, gateways and telehealth platforms.
• Mobile and desktop application developers integrating BP device data into personal health apps, EHR connectors, or telemonitoring solutions.
• Systems integrators and telehealth platform providers ensuring consistent device behavior across device types and vendors.
• Test labs and certification bodies validating device conformance to interoperable profiles.
• Healthcare providers and researchers deploying remote BP monitoring for chronic disease management, clinical trials, and population health.

Typical use cases:

• Plug‑and‑play pairing of home BP monitors with mobile apps and gateways.
• Reliable, standardized transmission of blood pressure measurements and device state for remote monitoring.
• Multi‑vendor deployments where consistent semantics and behaviors reduce integration costs.

Related standards

• ISO/IEEE 11073 family: base terminology, information models, application profiles and transport standards that 11073-10407 references and constrains for blood pressure monitor specialization.

Keywords: ISO/IEEE 11073-10407, blood pressure monitor, personal health device communication, device interoperability, telehealth, plug-and-play, device specialization, medical device communication.