DeviceDefinition resource (FHIR R4)

DeviceDefinition is the FHIR R4 resource for the characteristics, operational status and capabilities of a medical-related component of a medical device.

Resource	DeviceDefinition
FHIR version	R4 (4.0.1)
Canonical URL	http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/DeviceDefinition
Required elements	none; every top-level element is optional (min 0) in base R4

Example

{
  "resourceType": "DeviceDefinition",
  "id": "devicedefinition-f398dfb82ac57d89e41fe513dc688dd5"
}

Generated by the Pidgeon engine: pidgeon generate DeviceDefinition --seed 20260722.

Validation context

strict pidgeon validate grades a DeviceDefinition instance against the base R4 structure definition: missing required elements raise REQUIRED_FIELD_MISSING and cardinality violations raise CARDINALITY_MIN or CARDINALITY_MAX.(REQUIRED_FIELD_MISSING)

This answer, in your terminal

pidgeon lookup DeviceDefinition

Wire it into your AI agent:

claude mcp add pidgeon -- npx -y @pidgeonhealth/mcp

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