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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 09, 2010
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2004
Jeffrey A. Von Arx, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Scott J. Healy, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Scott Vanderlinde, Plymouth, MN (US);
Jeffrey A. Von Arx, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Scott J. Healy, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Scott Vanderlinde, Plymouth, MN (US);
Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc., , MN (US);
Abstract
A system and method for securely authenticating a data exchange session with an implantable medical device is presented. A crypto key uniquely associated with an implantable medical device is defined to authenticate data during a data exchange session. A secure connection is established from an external source with a secure key repository securely maintaining the crypto key. Authorization to access data on the implantable medical device is authenticated by securely retrieving the crypto key from the secure key repository.