Medical pump electronic pairing with device
Systems and methods for wireless electronic communication between a medical apparatus and a remote electronic computing device comprise generating and outputting by the medical apparatus an output signal, including: encoding data in the output signal according to a predetermined characteristic of the output signal; receiving and decoding by the remote electronic computing device the encoded data in the output signal; and establishing a pairing between the medical apparatus and the remote electronic computing device.
1. A method for wireless electronic communication between a medical apparatus and a remote electronic computing device, comprising:
configuring the medical apparatus to include an electronic pairing device;
receiving by the electronic pairing device an external event that changes a current state of the medical apparatus to a state that authorizes a secure pairing and authentication operation with a remote electronic computing device for instructing the medical apparatus to accept a pairing request from the remote electronic computing device; and
outputting by the medical apparatus a signal that facilitates the secure pairing and authentication operation with the remote electronic computing device.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the electronic pairing device of the medical apparatus includes a near field communication (NFC) device and the method further comprises
executing the NFC device to share data with the remote electronic computer device, wherein the data is secure due the NFC device exchanging an encryption key with the near field communication (NFC) device.
3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
forming a coupling between the medical apparatus and the remote electronic computer device; and
modulating signals on a mutual capacitance, wherein the remote electronic computer device receives an AC coupled version of voltage pulses generated at the medical apparatus, which are decoded into the data.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the electronic pairing device of the medical apparatus includes a voice recognition sensor that receives as the external event voice sounds captured by the remote electronic computer device, wherein the method further comprises:
converting the captured voice sounds into electronic signals for output to the medical apparatus; and
instructing the medical apparatus via voice commands to accept the pairing request from the remote electronic computing device.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the electronic pairing device of the medical apparatus or the remote electronic computer device employs an audible emission that includes encoded data.
6. The method of claim 1 , wherein each of the electronic pairing device and the remote electronic computer device includes an inertial measurement unit that detects a force when the medical apparatus in communication with the remote electronic computer device and detected signals in each inertial measurement unit match to confirm a pairing with respect to a pairing attempt of at least one of the pairing and authentication operation.
7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the electronic pairing device includes at least one light emitting device and one or more sensors of electromagnetic radiation of the at least one light emitting device that facilitates at least one of the pairing and authentication operation.
8. The method of claim 1 , wherein when coupled together at least one of the electronic pairing device and the remote electronic computing device detects an orientation of the medical apparatus and/or the remote electronic computer device, and that records a change in the orientation to generate an encryption key for at least one of pairing and authentication.
9. The method of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the electronic pairing device of the apparatus and an inertial measurement device of the remote electronic computing device detects a tactile force of a coupling of the medical apparatus and remote electronic computing device for purposes of at least one of pairing and authentication.
10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the signal includes output data includes advertising packets.
11. The method of claim 1 , wherein the secure pairing and authentication operation includes a data hiding technique.
12. The method of claim 1 , wherein the data hiding technique includes a transmission of advertising packets that includes an exchange of at least one of sensitive data, identification data, and encryption data.
13. A medical apparatus, comprising:
a controller that encodes data in an output signal according to a predetermined characteristic of the output signal and establishes a pairing with a remote electronic computing device including the encoded data in the output signal; and
an electronic pairing device that receives an external event for changing a current state of the medical apparatus to a state that authorizes a secure pairing and authentication operation with the remote electronic computing device.
14. The medical apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the controller includes a data hiding processor for encoding the data according to a bit rate at which an advertising packet is transmitted from the controller to establish the pairing with the remote electronic computing device.
15. The medical apparatus of claim 14 , wherein the data according to the bit rate encoded by the data hiding processor is different than data contained in an advertisement packet transmitted by the medical apparatus when establishing the pairing with the electronic computing device so that the data hiding processor encodes the data according to the bit rate at which the advertising packet is transmitted.