Patent ID: 11962707
Assignee: LOEWENSTEIN MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY S.A.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC H  A  G | IPC G  H

Claim 0:
1. A method for authenticating at least one ventilator with at least one remote station, the ventilator being capable of connecting itself via at least one interface to the at least one remote station, wherein the method comprises:
storing at least one authentication file on the ventilator, which authentication file contains at least one signature code of a signing authority, a public keycode of the signing authority being known to the at least one remote station,
sending the authentication file to the at least one remote station by the ventilator when establishing a connection to the at least one remote station, the remote station checking the signature code of the authentication file using the public keycode as to whether the signature code originates from the signing authority, and
authenticating the ventilator when the at least one remote station recognizes the signature code as originating from the signing authority;
transferring therapeutic data from the ventilator to the at least one remote station, and
discarding the transferred therapeutic data by the at least one remote station if the remote station does not recognize the signature code as originating from the signing authority.