Health informatics — Personal health device communication – Part 10424: Device specialization — Sleep apnoea breathing therapy equipment (SABTE)

This standard establishes a normative definition of the communication between sleep apnoea breathing therapy equipment (SABTE) devices and managers (for example, cell phones, personal computers, personal health appliances, set-top boxes), in a way that enables plug-and-play interoperability. In this context, SABTE is defined as a device that is intended to alleviate the symptoms of a patient who suffers from sleep apnoea by delivering a therapeutic breathing pressure to the patient. SABTE is primarily used in the home healthcare environment without direct professional supervision.

This standard leverages appropriate portions of existing standards including ISO/IEEE 11073 terminology, information models, application profile standards, and transport standards. It specifies the use of specific term codes, formats, and behaviours in telehealth environments restricting optionality in base frameworks in favour of interoperability. A common core of communication functionality for SABTE is also defined.

Main sections:

· Scope

· Purpose

· Normative references

· Definitions, acronyms, and abbreviations

· Introduction to ISO/IEEE 11073 personal health devices standards

· SABTE device concepts and modalities

· Sleep apnoea breathing therapy equipment domain information model

· SABTE service model

· SABTE communication model

· Test associations

· Conformance

· Annex A: (informative) Bibliography

· Annex B: (normative) Any additional ASN.1 definitions

· Annex C: (normative) Allocation of identifiers

· Annex D: (informative) Message sequence examples

· Annex E: (informative) Protocol data unit examples