Patent ID: 7636549
Filing Date: 2009-12-22
Classification: G16H,H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for establishing a wireless connection between an instrument host and at least one non-fixed medical device, comprising: providing a fixed cable wire connection between the instrument host and the non-fixed medical device, wherein the instrument host is a component of a phacoemulsification system, wherein the non-fixed medical device comprises a footpedal switch for use with the instrument host, and wherein the instrument host provides master device functionality and the non-fixed medical device provides slave device functionality; discovering a slave device address of the non-fixed medical device over said fixed cable wire; authenticating the non-fixed medical device; and removing the fixed cable wire between the instrument host and the non-fixed medical device before authenticating the instrument host with the non-fixed medical devices, wherein the authenticating is performed over a wireless communications network.