prEN ISO/IEEE 11073-10442

• Abstract:

  Abstract: Within the context of the ISO/IEEE 11073 family of standards for device communication, this standard establishes a normative definition of the communication between personal strength fitness devices and managers (e.g., cell phones, personal computers, personal health appliances, and set top boxes) in a manner that enables plug-and-play interoperability. It leverages appropriate portions of existing standards including ISO/IEEE 11073 terminology and information models. It specifies the use of specific term codes, formats, and behaviors in telehealth environments restricting optionality in base frameworks in favor of interoperability. This standard defines a common core of communication functionality for personal telehealth strength fitness devices. In this context, strength fitness devices are being used broadly to cover strength fitness devices that measure musculo-skeletal strength-conditioning activities.; Keywords: medical device communication, personal health devices, strength fitness equipment

• Status: Not Published
• Publication Date: 02-Mar-2028
• ICS: 35.240.80 - IT applications in health care technology
• Technical Committee: CEN/TC 251 - Medical informatics
• Drafting Committee: CEN/TC 251/WG 2 - Terminology and knowledge representation
• Current Stage: 4020 - Submission to enquiry - Enquiry
• Start Date: 16-Jul-2026
• Completion Date: 16-Jul-2026
• Ref Project: oSIST prEN ISO/IEEE 11073-10442:2026 - Health informatics - Device interoperability - Part 10442: Personal health device communication, device specialization, strength fitness equipment (ISO/IEEE FDIS 11073-10442:2026)

• Consolidated By: ISO/IEEE FDIS 11073-10442 - Health informatics — Device interoperability — Part 10442: Personal health device communication, device specialization, strength fitness equipment
• Effective Date: 30-May-2026
• Revises: EN ISO 11073-10442:2017 - Health informatics - Personal health device communication - Part 10442: Device specialization - Strength fitness equipment (ISO/IEEE 11073-10442:2015, Corrected version 2017-11-01)
• Effective Date: 27-May-2026

prEN ISO/IEEE 11073-10442 is a CEN draft in the ISO/IEEE 11073 device interoperability family. It specifies how personal strength fitness devices communicate with managers such as cell phones, PCs, personal health appliances, and set top boxes, so the two sides can exchange exercise data with plug-and-play interoperability.

What does prEN ISO/IEEE 11073-10442 specify?

prEN ISO/IEEE 11073-10442 defines the communication model for personal strength fitness devices used in telehealth and personal health applications. It focuses on the device specialization for strength fitness equipment, using the ISO/IEEE 11073 terminology, information models, term codes, formats, and behaviors needed for interoperable data exchange.

The standard is organized into clauses on scope and purpose, normative references, definitions, the ISO/IEEE 11073 background, strength fitness concepts and modalities, the domain information model, the service model, the communication model, test associations, and conformance. The annexes provide the supporting ASN.1 definitions, identifier allocations, use cases, worked examples, and revision history.

Annex	What it covers
A	Bibliography
B	Additional ASN.1 definitions
C	Allocation of identifiers
D	Use cases
E	Examples
F	Revision history

What are the key requirements of prEN ISO/IEEE 11073-10442?

Communication scope and operating modes

prEN ISO/IEEE 11073-10442 defines a common core of communication functionality for personal telehealth strength fitness devices. In practice, that means a device designer implements a shared data model and message behavior rather than inventing a proprietary exchange format.

Clause 5 identifies two operating modes: set summary and continuous monitoring. Set summary mode stores measurements during a set and sends them after the set ends; continuous monitoring sends the set-start-indicator at the beginning of the set and then reports each repetition as it happens. This matters because it determines when the manager receives data and how the workout session is reconstructed.

Device concepts that must be represented

Clause 5 defines the core workout concepts used by the specialization: set, repetition, repetition count, resistance, exercise position, exercise laterality, exercise grip, exercise movement, and set-start-indicator. These are the data elements a manager can expect from a compliant strength fitness agent.

The definitions matter because they tell implementers what the reported exercise data mean. For example, a set is tied to one agent at one resistance, while a repetition belongs to a set and can carry its own time-related details.

Domain information model choices

Clause 6 describes the strength fitness domain information model. It uses a medical device system (MDS) object plus object types for numeric data, enumeration data, and other model elements defined for this specialization.

The standard does not require real-time sample array objects, PM-store objects, or scanner objects. That keeps the implementation focused on the strength fitness use case instead of adding object types that are not needed for this device class.

Clause 6 also sets the attribute rules. Attributes are marked as mandatory, conditional, recommended, not recommended, or optional, and they are further classified as static, dynamic, or observational. In practice, this tells an implementer what must always be present, what can change during a session, and what needs to be sent early enough for the manager to interpret the observation correctly.

Service model and message exchange

Clause 7 states that the strength fitness agent uses the ISO/IEEE 11073 object access services for data exchange. The supported services include GET for reading MDS attributes, SET for attribute changes, event report services for configuration and measurement data, and action services such as Set-Time and Set-Base-Offset-Time.

The standard says there are no settable attributes defined for a strength fitness agent. That is important for product design and testing because managers can query attributes, but they do not configure this specialization by writing ordinary object attributes.

Clause 7 also requires event reports to be used in confirmed mode and requires agent-initiated measurement transmission. It supports both single-person and multiple-person report styles, and a manager shall support both. That matters where a system may collect data from one user or multiple users and still needs a consistent exchange pattern.

Association, versioning, and time

Clause 8 keeps the communication characteristics aligned with IEEE Std 11073-20601 and adds the version pairing rules. A protocol version and its matching nomenclature version must be selected together during association, so the two sides stay aligned on message meaning.

Clause 8 also says that if an agent receives an accepted-unknown-config association response, it enters the Configuring state and follows the 20601 configuration procedure. Time synchronization is permitted, and if it is used, the agent shall report it in the Mds-Time-Info attribute of the MDS object. That matters for logs and physiological event timing.

Conformance and implementation statements

Clause 10 says the standard is used together with IEEE Std 11073-20601. It defines conformance around the domain information model, nomenclature code values, protocol and service models, and the communication service model.

To show how a product uses the standard, the implementation must provide implementation conformance statements (ICS). In practice, this is the document that records which features, attributes, object classes, and extensions a specific device or manager actually implements.

What terms does prEN ISO/IEEE 11073-10442 define?

• agent - A node that collects personal health data and transmits it to an associated manager.
• manager - A node that receives data from one or more agent systems, such as a phone, health appliance, set top box, or computer system.
• MDS - Medical device system, the object that represents the overall device system in the domain information model.
• DIM - Domain information model, the hierarchical object model used to describe the agent.
• MDER - Medical device encoding rules, the encoding method used within the ISO/IEEE 11073 framework.
• ICS - Implementation conformance statement, the declaration that describes which options and features a specific implementation supports.
• RT-SA - Real-time sample array, the object type named in the model even though it is not required by this specialization.

Who uses prEN ISO/IEEE 11073-10442?

Manufacturers of strength fitness equipment use this standard when they want their devices to exchange workout data with external managers in a defined way. Software developers use it when building managers such as mobile apps, personal computers, or home health appliances that receive and interpret the exercise records.

It is also relevant to interoperability engineers, test laboratories, and quality teams that need to verify object models, message exchanges, conformance statements, and association behavior. In telehealth and personal health device projects, it helps product teams align device data with the ISO/IEEE 11073 ecosystem.

What changed in prEN ISO/IEEE 11073-10442 from the previous edition?

This document cancels and replaces ISO/IEEE 11073-10442:2015 and states that it is technically revised. The changes listed in the foreword include:

• support for Base-Offset-Time
• updated normative references to IEEE Std 11073-20601-2018
• an updated device specialization version and updated association details
• correction of the Type and Unit-Code in Table 5
• removal of Unit-Code and Unit-labelstring from Enumeration objects
• updated wording on Not Allowed and Observational
• binary examples revised for consistency with other 104xx specifications
• IEEE Std 11073-10101 made a normative reference
• updated wording on nomenclature precedence among 10101, 20601, 104xx, and this standard
• nomenclature-version tied to the corresponding protocol-version
• definition of continuous monitoring mode and set summary mode
• definition of the set-start-indicator

Which standards are used with prEN ISO/IEEE 11073-10442?

prEN ISO/IEEE 11073-10442 is written to be used with IEEE Std 11073-20601, which provides the optimized exchange protocol, the base model, and the encoding rules used by this specialization. IEEE Std 11073-10101 supplies nomenclature, and the document says the required nomenclature codes are collected across this standard, 10101, 20601, and other 104xx parts.

The document also says it is based on IEEE Std 11073-20601, which draws on ISO/IEEE 11073-10201 and ISO/IEEE 11073-20101. Annex B uses ASN.1 definitions, with the ASN.1 syntax grounded in ITU-T Rec. X.680 as cited in the text.

What does the prEN ISO/IEEE 11073-10442 document contain?

The document contains the formal object model for strength fitness equipment, including the MDS object, numeric objects, enumeration objects, and the rules for extending the model. It also contains service definitions for GET, SET, event reporting, and action services, plus the association, configuration, operating, and time synchronization procedures.

Figure 1 illustrates the two operating modes, and Figure 2 shows the strength fitness domain information model. Table 14 summarizes the object access and event report services, while Table 15 links protocol versions with the matching nomenclature versions.

Annex D gives a chest press machine use case that shows how a workout session is reported from agent to manager. Annex E provides binary examples for association, configuration, and GET MDS attributes, which is useful for implementers, testers, and protocol debugging. Annex C gives identifier allocation, and Annex F records the revision history.

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-september-2026
Zdravstvena informatika - Interoperabilnost naprav - 10442. del: Komunikacija
osebnih medicinskih naprav, specialne naprave, fitnes oprema za trening moči
(ISO/IEEE FDIS 11073-10442:2026)
Health informatics - Device interoperability - Part 10442: Personal health device
communication, device specialization, strength fitness equipment (ISO/IEEE FDIS 11073
-10442:2026)
Medizinische Informatik - Kommunikation von Geräten für die persönliche Gesundheit -
Teil 10442: Gerätespezifikation - Fitnessgeräte für das Krafttraining (ISO/IEEE FDIS
11073-10442:2026)
Informatique de santé - Communication entre dispositifs de santé personnels - Partie
10442: Spécialisation des dispositifs - Équipement de mise en forme musculaire
(ISO/IEEE FDIS 11073-10442:2026)
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: prEN ISO/IEEE 11073-10442
ICS:
35.240.80 Uporabniške rešitve IT v IT applications in health care
zdravstveni tehniki technology
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

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 added support to Base-Offset-Time;
 updated normative references to refer to IEEE Std 11073-20601-2018;
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 updated the association details based on new version;
 corrected the Type and Unit-Code in Table 5;
 removed the Unit-Code and Unit-labelstring from Enumeration objects;
 updated the wording in 6.3 regarding the Not Allowed and Observational;
 modified the binary examples, to be consistent with other 104xx specs;
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 updated the wording at 1.3 and 4.1 regarding the precedence of nomenclature between 10101, 20601,
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 updated the usage of nomenclature-version; tied it with the corresponding protocol-version;
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Health Informatics—Device Interoperability
Part 10442: Personal Health Device
Communication—Device Specialization—
Strength Fitness Equipment
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Abstract: Within the context of the ISO/IEEE 11073 family of standards for device
communication, a normative definition of the communication between personal strength
fitness devices and managers (e.g., cell phones, personal computers, personal health
appliances, and set top boxes) in a manner that enables plug-and-play interoperability is
established in this standard. Appropriate portions of existing standards including ISO/IEEE
11073 terminology and information models are leveraged. The use of specific term codes,
formats, and behaviors in telehealth environments restricting optionality in base frameworks in
favor of interoperability is specified. A common core of communication functionality for
personal telehealth strength fitness devices is defined. In this context, strength fitness devices
are being used broadly to cover strength fitness devices that measure musculo-skeletal
strength-conditioning activities.
Keywords: IEEE 11073-10442™, medical device communication, personal health devices,
strength fitness equipment
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Participants
At the time this IEEE standard was completed, the Personal Health Devices Working Group had the
following membership:
Daidi Zhong, Chair
Malcolm Clarke, Vice Chair
Raymond Krasinski, Secretary
Karsten Aalders Hans Crommenacker Nathaniel Heintzman
Charles R. Abbruscato Tomio Crosley Charles Henderson
Nabil Abujbara Allen Curtis Jun-Ho Her
Maher Abuzaid Jesús Daniel Trigo Timothy L. Hirou
James Agnew David Davenport Allen Hobbs
Manfred Aigner Russell Davis Alex Holland
Jorge Alberola Sushil K. Deka Arto Holopainen
David Aparisi Ciro de la Vega Kris Holtzclaw
Lawrence Arne Jim Dello Stritto Robert Hoy
Diego B. Arquillo Kent Dicks Anne Huang
Serafin Arroyo Hyoungho Do Guiling Huang
Muhammad Asim Fangjie Dong Haofei Huang
Kit August Jonathan Dougherty Zhiyong Huang
Doug Baird Xiaolian Duan David Hughes
David Baker Sourav Dutta Robert D. Hughes
Anindya Bakshi Jakob Ehrensvard Jiyoung Huh
Ananth Balasubramanian Fredrik Einberg Hugh Hunter
Sunlee Bang Javier Escayola Calvo Philip O. Isaacson
M. Jonathan Barkley Mark Estes Atsushi Ito
Gilberto Barrón Leonardo Estevez Michael Jaffe
David Bean Bosco T. Fernandes Praduman Jain
John Bell Christoph Fischer Danny Jochelson
Olivia Bellamou-Huet Morten Flintrup Akiyoshi Kabe
Rudy Belliardi Russell Foster Steve Kahle
Daniel Bernstein Eric Freudenthal Tomio Kamioka
George A. Bertos Matthias Frohner James J. Kang
Chris Biernacki Ken Fuchs Kei Kariya
Ola Björsne Jing Gao Andy Kaschl
Thomas Blackadar Marcus Garbe Junzo Kashihara
Thomas Bluethner John Garguilo Ralph Kent
Douglas P. Bogia Liang Ge Laurie M. Kermes
Xavier Boniface Rick Geimer Sanjay R. Kharche
Shannon Boucousis Igor Gejdos Ahmad Kheirandish
Lyle G. Bullock, Jr. Ferenc Gerbovics Junhyung Kim
Bernard Burg Alan Godfrey Minho Kim
Chris Burns Nicolae Goga Min-Joon Kim
Jeremy Byford-Rew Julian Goldman Taekon Kim
Satya Calloji Raul Gonzalez Gomez Tetsuya Kimura
Carole C. Carey Chris Gough Michael J. Kirwan
Craig Carlson Channa Gowda Alfred Kloos
Santiago Carot-Nemesio Charles M. Gropper Edward Koch
Seungchul Chae Amit Gupta Jeongmee Koh
Yao Chen Jeff Guttmacher Jean-Marc Koller
Jing Cheng Rasmus Haahr John Koon
Peggy Chien Christian Habermann Patty Krantz
David Chiu Michael Hagerty Raymond Krasinski
Jinyong Choi Jerry Hahn Alexander Kraus
Chia-Chin Chong Robert Hall Ramesh Krishna
Jinhan Chung Nathaniel Hamming Geoffrey Kruse
John A. Cogan Rickey L. Hampton Falko Kuester
John T. Collins Shu Han Rafael Lajara
Cory Condek Sten Hanke Pierre Landau
Todd H. Cooper Aki Harma Jaechul Lee
Sandra Costanzo Jordan Hartmann JongMuk Lee
Douglas Coup Kai Hassing Kyong Ho Lee
Nigel Cox Avi Hauser Rami Lee
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Sungkee Lee TongBi Pei Hermanni Suominen
Woojae Lee Soren Petersen Lee Surprenant
Jing Li James Petisce Ravi Swami
Qiong Li Peter Piction Ray Sweidan
Xiangchen Li Michael Pliskin Haruyuyki Tatsumi
Xiaoyu Li Varshney Prabodh Isabel Tejero
Patrick Lichter Jeff Price Chn Jonas Tirén
Jisoon Lim Harald Prinzhorn Janet Traub
Wei-Jung Lo Lifei Qian Gary Tschautscher
Charles Lowe Harry Qiu Masato Tsuchid
Ling Luo Tanzilur Rahman Ken Tubman
Don Ludolph Lin Ran Akib Uddin
Christian Luszick Phillip Raymond Sunil Unadkat
Bob MacWilliams Terrie Reed Fabio Urbani
Srikkanth Barry Reinhold Philipp Urbauer
Madhurbootheswaran Brian Reinhold Laura Vanzago
Miriam L. Makhlouf John G. Rhoads Alpo Värri
M. Sabarimalai Manikandan Jeffrey S. Robbins Andrei Vasilateanu
Romain Marmot Chris Roberts Dalimar Velez
Sandra Martinez Moskowitz Robert Martha Velezis
Miguel Martínez de Stefan Robert Rudi Voon
Espronceda Cámara Scott M. Robertson Isobel Walker
Peter Mayhew Timothy Robertson David Wang
Jim McCain Sean Rocke Jerry P. Wang
László Meleg David Rosales Shiwei Wang
Alexander Mense Bill Saltzstein Yao Wang
Behnaz Minaei Giovanna Sannino Yi Wang
Jinsei Miyazaki Jose A. Santos-Cadenas Steve Warren
Madhu Mohan Stefan Sauermann Fujio Watanabe
Erik Moll John Sawyer Toru Watsuji
Darr Moore Alois Schloegl Kathleen Wible
Chris Morel Paul S. Schluter Paul Williamson
Carsten Mueglitz Mark G. Schnell Jia-Rong Wu
Soundharya Nagasubramanian Richard A. Schrenker Will Wykeham
Alex Neefus Antonio Scorpiniti Ariton Xhafa
Trong-Nghia Nguyen- KwangSeok Seo Ricky Yang
Dobinsky Riccardo Serafin Melanie S. Yeung
Michael E. Nidd Sid Shaw Qiang Yin
Jim Niswander Frank Shen Done-Sik Yoo
Hiroaki Niwamoto Min Shih Zhi Yu
Thomas Norgall Mazen Shihabi Jianchao Zeng
Yoshiteru Nozoe Redmond Shouldice Jason Zhang
Abraham Ofek Sternly K. Simon Zerui Zhang
Brett Olive Marjorie Skubic Hongbo Zhao
Begonya Otal Robert Smith Shibai Zhao
Marco Paleari Ivan Soh Yu Zhao
Bud Panjwani Motoki Sone Liang Zheng
Carl Pantiskas Daidi Zhong
Harry P. Pappas Emily Sopensky Yuanhong Zhong
Hanna Park Rajagopalan Srinivasan Qing Zhou
Jong-Tae Park Nicholas Steblay Miha Zoubek
Myungeun Park Lars Steubesand Szymon Zyskoter
Phillip E. Pash John (Ivo) Stivoric
The following members of the individual Standards Association balloting group voted on this standard.
Balloters may have voted for approval, disapproval, or abstention.
Lyle G. Bullock, Jr. Werner Hoelzl Erik Moll
Keith Chow Noriyuki Ikeuchi
Malcolm Clarke Atsushi Ito Iulian Profir
David Fuschi Piotr Karocki Beth Pumo
Randall Groves Raymond Krasinski Stefan Schlichting
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Walter Struppler Oren Yuen Daidi Zhong
When the IEEE SA Standards Board approved this standard on 21 September 2023, it had the
following membership:
David J. Law, Chair
Ted Burse, Vice Chair
Gary Hoffman, Past Chair
Konstantinos Karachalios, Secretary
Sara R. Biyabani Joseph S. Levy Paul Nikolich
Doug Edwards Howard Li Annette D. Reilly
Ramy Ahmed Fathy Gui Lin Robby Robson
Guido R. Hiertz Johnny Daozhuang Lin Lei Wang
Yousef Kimiagar Xiaohui Liu F. Keith Waters
Joseph L. Koepfinger* Kevin W. Lu Karl Weber
Thomas Koshy Daleep C. Mohla Philip B. Winston
John D. Kulick Andrew Myles Don Wright
*Member Emeritus
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Introduction
This introduction is not part of IEEE Std 11073-10442™-2023, IEEE Standard for Health Informatics—Device
Interoperability—Part 10442: Personal Health Device Communication—Device Specialization—Strength Fitness
Equipment.
ISO/IEEE 11073 standards enable communication between medical devices and external computer
systems. This document uses the optimized framework created in IEEE Std 11073-20601™ and
describes a specific, interoperable communication approach for strength fitness equipment. These
standards align with and draw on the existing clinically focused standards to provide support for
communication of data from clinical or personal health devices.

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Contents
1. Overview .13
1.1 Scope .13
1.2 Purpose .13
1.3 Word usage .14
2. Normative references .14
3. Definitions, acronyms, and abbreviations .15
3.1 Definitions .15
3.2 Acronyms and abbreviations .15
4. Introduction to ISO/IEEE 11073 personal health devices .16
4.1 General .16
4.2 Introduction to IEEE 11073-20601 modeling constructs.16
4.3 Compliance with other standards .17
5. Strength fitness device concepts and modalities .17
5.1 General concepts .17
5.2 Set .19
5.3 Repetition .19
5.4 Repetition count .19
5.5 Resistance .19
5.6 Exercise position .19
5.7 Exercise laterality .19
5.8 Exercise grip .19
5.9 Exercise movement .19
5.10 Set-start-indicator .19
6. Strength fitness domain information model.19
6.1 Overview .19
6.2 Class extensions .19
6.3 Object instance diagram .20
6.4 Types of configuration .21
6.5 Medical device system object .22
6.6 Numeric objects .25
6.7 Real-time sample array objects .28
6.8 Enumeration objects .29
6.9 PM-store objects .34
6.10 Scanner objects .34
6.11 Strength fitness information model extensibility rules .34
7. Strength fitness service model .35
7.1 General .35
7.2 Object access services.35
7.3 Object access event report services .36
8. Strength fitness communication model .37
8.1 Overview .37
8.2 Communications characteristics .37
8.3 Association procedure .38
8.4 Configuring procedure .39
8.5 Operating procedure .39
8.6 Time synchronization .40
9. Test associations .40
10. Conformance .40
10.1 Applicability .40
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10.2 Conformance specification .40
10.3 Levels of conformance .40
10.4 Implementation conformance statements .41
Annex A (informative) Bibliography .45
Annex B (normative) Any additional ASN.1 definitions .46
Annex C (normative) Allocation of identifiers .47
Annex D (informative) Use cases .55
D.1 Use case—chest press machine exercise .55
Annex E (informative) Examples .57
E.1 General .57
E.2 Association .57
E.3 Configuration .58
E.4 GET MDS attributes service .63
Annex F (informative) Revision history .68
ISO/IEEE FDIS 11073-10442:2026(en)
Health Informatics—Device Interoperability
Part 10442: Personal Health Device
Communication—Device
Specialization—Strength Fitness
Equipment
1. Overview
1.1 Scope
Within the context of the ISO/IEEE 11073 family of standards for device communication, this standard
establishes a normative definition of the communication between personal strength fitness devices and
managers (e.g., cell phones, personal computers [PCs], personal health appliances, and set top boxes)
in a manner that enables plug-and-play interoperability. It leverages appropriate portions of existing
standards, including ISO/IEEE 11073 terminology and information models. It specifies the use of
specific term codes, formats, and behaviors in telehealth environments restricting optionality in base
frameworks in favor of interoperability. This standard defines a common core of communication
functionality for personal telehealth strength fitness devices. In this context, strength fitness devices are
being used broadly to cover strength fitness devices that measure musculo-skeletal strength-
conditioning activities.
1.2 Purpose
This standard addresses a need for an openly defined, independent standard for controlling information
exchange to and from personal health devices and managers (e.g., cell phones, PCs, personal health
appliances, and set top boxes). Interoperability is the key to growing the potential market for these
devices and to enable people to be better-informed participants in the management of their health.
See IEEE Std 11073-20601™ for an overview of the environment within which this standard is written.
This document defines the device specialization for the strength fitness device, being a specific agent
type, and it provides a description of the device concepts, its capabilities, and its implementation
according to this standard.
This standard is based on IEEE Std 11073-20601, which in turn draws information from both
ISO/IEEE11073-10201 [B6] and ISO/IEEE 11073-20101 [B7]. The medical device encoding rules
(MDER) used within this standard are fully described in IEEE Std 11073-20601.
This standard defines specialized nomenclature codes that will be collected in IEEE Std 11073-10101.
Between this standard, IEEE Std 11073-10101, IEEE Std 11073-20601, and other IEEE Std 11073-
104xx, all required nomenclature codes for implementation are documented. New codes may be
The numbers in brackets correspond to those of the bibliography in Annex A.
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Communication—Device Specialization—Strength Fitness Equipment
defined in newer versions/revisions of each of these documents. In the case of a conflict, where one
term code has been assigned to two separate semantic concepts with different reference identifiers
(RefIDs), in general the oldest definition that is in actual use should take precedence. The same policy
applie
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