HL7 Terminology (THO)
5.1.0 - Publication
HL7 Terminology (THO)
5.1.0 - Publication
This page is part of the HL7 Terminology (v5.1.0: Release) based on FHIR R4. The current version which supercedes this version is 5.2.0. For a full list of available versions, see the Directory of published versions 
| Official URL: http://terminology.hl7.org/NamingSystem/usb-address-identifier | Version: | |||
| Active as of 2021-06-14 | Responsible: IHE Patient Care Devices (PCD) | Computable Name: USB_Address_Identifier | ||
A USB device that is plugged in identifies itself by its VID/PID combination. A VID is a 16-bit vendor number (Vendor ID). A PID is a 16-bit product number (Product ID). A host uses the VID/PID combination to find the drivers (if any) that are to be used for the USB device. For this to work, the VID/PID combination must be unique, in the sense that each USB device with the same VID/PID will use the same driver. So, whenever you need a specific driver for your USB product, you will need a unique VID/PID for that product. In that sense, the VID/PID combination does not really serve as a truly unique identifier of a single device instance. It is, however, useful to know for medical devices that communicate using USB.
| Defining URL | http://terminology.hl7.org/NamingSystem/usb-address-identifier |
| Name | USB_Address_Identifier |
| Status | active |
| Definition | A USB device that is plugged in identifies itself by its VID/PID combination. A VID is a 16-bit vendor number (Vendor ID). A PID is a 16-bit product number (Product ID). A host uses the VID/PID combination to find the drivers (if any) that are to be used for the USB device. For this to work, the VID/PID combination must be unique, in the sense that each USB device with the same VID/PID will use the same driver. So, whenever you need a specific driver for your USB product, you will need a unique VID/PID for that product. In that sense, the VID/PID combination does not really serve as a truly unique identifier of a single device instance. It is, however, useful to know for medical devices that communicate using USB. |
| Publisher | IHE Patient Care Devices (PCD) |
| Type | Value | Preferred | Comment |
| URI | http://hl7.org/fhir/sid/usb | true | USB VID (Vendor identifier) and PID (Product identifier) values |
History
| Date | Action | Custodian | Author | Comment |
| 2022-02-15 | create | TSMG | Jessica Bota | Identifier system moved from FHIR core to THO; UP-285 |
| 2021-06-14 | create | IHE Patient Care Devices | Brian Reinhold | Add namespaces (identifier systems) for medical device transport identifiers; UP-177 |
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