IP Library Granted Patent US 12,212,969
Granted Patent B2
US 12,212,969 · App. 17/894,725 · Granted Jan 28, 2025

Automatic association of a non-medical device with a medical device

Inventor: Samuel Finney (Los Angeles, CA)
Assignee: MEDTRONIC MINIMED, INC.
H04W12/50H04L9/083H04L9/3247H04L9/3271H04L9/3297H04L67/10H04W12/03H04W12/04H04W12/06H04W12/08H04W12/71H04W76/10A61M2205/3561A61M2205/3584H04L2209/80
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Patent No.
US 12,212,969
App. No.
17/894,725
Granted
Jan 28, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Techniques disclosed herein relate to automatic association of a non-medical device with a medical device. In some embodiments, the techniques involve accessing a user account provided by a cloud-based service, retrieving first identification information that is stored to the user account and identifies a medical device via the cloud-based service, receiving second identification information from the medical device, and establishing a secure communication link with the medical device based on determining that the second identification information corresponds to or matches the first identification information.

Claims (34)

1. A client device comprising:

one or more transceivers;

one or more memories; and

one or more processors, communicatively coupled with the one or more transceivers and the one or more memories, wherein the one or more processors are configured to:

access a user account provided by a cloud-based service;

prior to delivery of a medical device to a user associated with the user account, retrieve, via the cloud-based service, first identification information associated with the user account and identifying the medical device, and store the retrieved first identification information in the client device for pairing the medical device and the client device;

receive, from the medical device, second identification information, wherein the second identification information is transmitted independently from data transmitted from the client device; and

based on determining that the second identification information corresponds to the first identification information, establish a secure communication link with the medical device.

2. The client device of claim 1 , wherein the first identification information uniquely identifies the medical device.

3. The client device of claim 1 , wherein the first identification information comprises a device serial number associated with the medical device.

4. The client device of claim 1 , wherein the first identification information comprises a numeric identifier associated with the medical device.

5. The client device of claim 1 , wherein the first identification information comprises a cryptographic public signature verification key.

6. The client device of claim 1 , wherein the first identification information comprises a cryptographic private payload decryption key.

7. The client device of claim 1 , wherein the first identification information comprises a hash value of the second identification information.

8. The client device of claim 1 , wherein the second identification information comprises a numeric identifier associated with the medical device.

9. The client device of claim 1 , wherein the second identification information comprises a random number.

10. The client device of claim 1 , wherein the second identification information comprises a timestamp.

11. The client device of claim 1 , wherein the second identification information comprises a cryptographic signature.

12. The client device of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to:

establish the secure communication link with the medical device without scanning for the medical device or being manually configured with the first identification information.

13. A processor-implemented method performed by a client device, comprising:

accessing a user account provided by a cloud-based service;

prior to delivery of a medical device to a user associated with the user account, retrieving, via the cloud-based service, first identification information associated with the user account and identifying the medical device, and storing the retrieved first identification information in the client device for pairing the medical device and the client device;

receiving, from the medical device, second identification information, wherein the second identification information is transmitted independently from data transmitted from the client device; and

based on determining that the second identification information corresponds to the first identification information, establishing a secure communication link with the medical device.

14. The method of claim 13 , wherein the first identification information uniquely identifies the medical device.

15. The method of claim 13 , wherein the first identification information comprises a numeric identifier associated with the medical device.

16. The method of claim 13 , wherein the first identification information comprises a cryptographic public signature verification key.

17. The method of claim 13 , wherein the first identification information comprises a cryptographic private payload decryption key.

18. The method of claim 12 , wherein the second identification information comprises a random number.

19. One or more non-transitory processor-readable media storing instructions which, when executed by one or more processors, cause performance of:

accessing a user account provided by a cloud-based service;

retrieving, via the cloud-based service and prior to delivery of a medical device to a user associated with the user account, first identification information associated with the user account, the first identification information identifying the medical device; and

receiving a message to delete the first identification information after the medical device fails to be provided to the user within a threshold period of time.

Assignments (2)
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jan 16, 2026
From: MEDTRONIC MINIMED, INC.; COMPANION MEDICAL, INC.
To: CITIBANK, N.A.
Reel/Frame 074394/0237 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 24, 2022
From: FINNEY, SAMUEL
To: MEDTRONIC MINIMED, INC.
Reel/Frame 060891/0515 →
Continuity (2)
Continuation 16885156 · May 27, 2020
Related Publication 20220408267A1 · Dec 22, 2022
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