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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 21, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 25, 2017
Pacesetter, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Yongjian Wu, Saratoga, CA (US);
Mostafa Sadeghi, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Chao-Wen Young, Cupertino, CA (US);
Jun Yang, Valencia, CA (US);
Samir Shah, Valencia, CA (US);
Simon Skup, Santa Clarita, CA (US);
PACESETTER, INC., Sylmar, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods and devices for establishing secure communications with an implantable medical device (IMD) are provided. The method and devices receive a credential from an external instrument (EI). The credential is signed utilizing a private key, and the credential includes at least two of a credential time to live (TTL) indicator, an IMD Identifier (ID), and an EI ID. The method and device authenticate the credential using a public key and verify the at least two of the TTL indicator, the IMD ID, and the EI ID. The method and device establish a secure communications session with the EI based on the verification and authentication.