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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:
Dec. 22, 2009

Filed:

Apr. 21, 2006
Applicants:

Dung T. MA, Westminster, CA (US);

Hao V. Nguyen, Grand Prairie, TX (US);

Inventors:

Dung T. Ma, Westminster, CA (US);

Hao V. Nguyen, Grand Prairie, TX (US);

Assignee:

Abbott Medical Optics Inc., Santa Ana, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 7/00 (2006.01); H04M 1/66 (2006.01); H04M 1/68 (2006.01); H04M 3/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A method and apparatus for managing the establishment of a wireless connection between an instrument host and a non-fixed device is provided. The method comprises acquiring the non-fixed medical device address over a fixed wire by replacing the traditional wireless searching mechanism. The method also comprises providing an authentication mechanism between the instrument host and the non-fixed device, for example, across a wireless communications network.


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