Patent ID: 9173992
Filing Date: 2015-11-03
Classification: A61M,A61N,H04B,H04W

Abstract:
1. A medical system comprising a first unit and a second unit, the system comprising: a first wireless communication link configured to transmit a first group of data types between the first unit and to the second unit, the first group of data types including pairing information for pairing the first unit and second unit, the first unit having a first unit identification number and the second unit being assigned a sequential second unit identification number, the second identification number being assigned by the first unit, and a second wireless communication link configured to transmit a second group of data types between the first unit and the second unit after the first unit and second unit are paired, the second group of data including other information, the first wireless communication link having a shorter range of communication than the second wireless communication link, the first unit having a first processor configured to transmit the pairing information via the first communication link and to transmit or receive the other information via the second communication link, the pairing information including the first unit identification number and the second unit identification number, the second unit having a second processor configured to receive the pairing information via the first communication link and send an acknowledgment via the second communication link, the acknowledgment including the first unit identification number and the second unit identification number, the first and second units then being configured to exchange communications via the second communication link only when the received second unit identification number matches the assigned second unit identification number.