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Establishing secure communication between an implantable medical device and an external device

US9026792B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateFeb 27, 2014
Grant dateMay 5, 2015
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Expiry dateFeb 27, 2034

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L2209/24
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Establishing secure communication between an implantable medical device and an external device includes: accessing, at the implantable medical device, biological data; utilizing the biological data, at the implantable medical device, to generate a public cryptographic key; and utilizing the public cryptographic key, at the implantable medical device, to generate a private cryptographic key.

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