processed material device A device is a processed material which is designed to perform some function or functions food should not classify as a device - counter example for using manufacturer and not device. macroscopic only device PERSON: Helen Parkinson A voltmeter is a measurement device which is intended to perform some measure function. instrument if we keep this exploratory term we could reinstate the old device class which is obsolete_device. didn't work before as we had manufacturing as part of the definition. device was needed, but couldn't define in Philadelphia. If we decide that in addition to function there are also capabilities for which a device is created we will include these in the definition. would include reagents OBI Vancouver workshop 2010 metadata incomplete