Patent ID: 8190900
Filing Date: 2012-05-29
Classification: A61N,H04L

Abstract:
1. A medical network comprising: an implantable medical device (IMD) having a first identifier unique to the IMD and a first device key unique to the IMD; an external device having a second identifier unique to the external device and a second device key unique to the external device; and a machine-readable storage medium separate from the IMD that stores authentication data associated with the IMD, wherein the authentication data includes at least the first identifier unique to the IMD and the first device key unique to the IMD, wherein the external device obtains the authentication data associated with the IMD from the machine-readable storage medium, generates a first communication that includes at least the first identifier and the second identifier and is secured with the first device key, and transmits the first communication, wherein the IMD decrypts the first communication using the first device key to verify the first device key was used to secure the first communication, provides the external device with a network key upon verifying that the first device key was used to secure the first communication, wherein subsequent communications between the IMD and the external device are secured using the network key.