CLINICAL DEVICE CONNECTORS

Connection & Setup

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Connect clinical devices and professional peripherals through standards-based local, network and vendor-specific interfaces.

DiscoveryDriversPairingValidationRegistrationSandbox testing

Setup journey

Discover

Identify device model, transport and vendor dependencies

Install drivers

OS drivers, SDKs or middleware

Connect

USB, serial, LAN, BLE or cloud auth

Pair / trust

Certificates, device identity or workstation trust

Configure

Connector manifest, mappings and permissions

Validate

Test reading, error cases and sample workflows

Promote into staging / production inventory

Connector manifest example

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{
  "name": "dictation-microphone-connector",
  "version": "0.1.0",
  "transport": "usb-hid",
  "deviceClasses": ["dictation", "microphone", "foot-pedal"],
  "requiresAgent": true,
  "requiredScopes": ["resources:read", "audio:stream", "transcript:write"],
  "capabilities": ["capture", "events"],
  "outputs": ["Transcript", "WorkflowEvent"],
  "healthcheck": { "intervalSeconds": 60 }
}

Validation checklist

Correct device model and firmware identified

Driver / SDK installed and version recorded

Pairing or certificate exchange completed

Access permissions granted using least privilege

Sample read / event flow validated

Negative tests and disconnect/reconnect behavior validated

Device registered to the correct tenant / site / workstation

Deployment nuance

A workstation-attached dictation device may require both connector configuration and separate speech-recognition software onboarding.

Local device

USB / serial / HID device physically attached to workstation

Network device

Reachable through site network or vendor gateway

Cloud-auth device

OAuth / API token based vendor platform

Vendor dependencies

Runtime libraries, drivers or firmware prerequisites