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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jun. 06, 2023

Filed:

Jan. 25, 2021
Applicant:

Medtronic Minimed, Inc., Northridge, CA (US);

Inventors:

Anthony C. Ng, Calabasas, CA (US);

Yazid E. Ould Sidi, Northridge, CA (US);

Assignee:

MEDTRONIC MINIMED, INC., Northridge, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 76/14 (2018.01); A61M 5/172 (2006.01); H04W 84/18 (2009.01); H04W 76/18 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 76/14 (2018.02); A61M 5/1723 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3553 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3561 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3584 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3592 (2013.01); A61M 2205/50 (2013.01); A61M 2230/201 (2013.01); H04W 76/18 (2018.02); H04W 84/18 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method and system are provided for controlling which communication interface is used for communication between devices that are configurable to be part of a wireless body area network (BAN) for a medical device system depending on their respective locations with respect to a first device. Based on a security secret shared between the first device and a second device, a secure communication channel can be established between the first device and the second device when the second device is located in a coverage region of the wireless body area network. A controller can determine, whether a quality of service (QoS) over the secure communication channel is greater than or equal to a first threshold. In response to the controller determining that the QoS is greater than or equal to the first threshold, data can be communicated from the first device via magnetic signals using a first BAN communication interface.


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