Patent ID: 11931591
Assignee: WEST AFFUM HOLDINGS DAC
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  H  G | IPC A  G  H

Claim 0:
1. A method for communicating with a patient monitoring medical device system, comprising:
issuing a certificate signing request (CSR) to a certificate authority for attestation, the certificate signing request including a public key associated with a trusted device;
receiving from the certificate authority a signed security certificate, wherein the signed security certificate includes information that identifies a set of permissions that are authorized to the trusted device;
initiating a communication session between the trusted device and a secure component of the patient monitoring medical device system;
transmitting the signed security certificate to the secure component for verification;
authorizing the set of permissions to the trusted device based on the information; and
upon confirmation that the signed security certificate has been verified, authorizing communications between the trusted device and the secure component using the communication session.