Patent ID: 8768251
Filing Date: 2014-07-01
Classification: A61F,G16H,H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for exclusively pairing wireless devices in a medical environment, comprising: providing a Bluetooth connection between at least two wireless devices, wherein a master wireless device is configured with Bluetooth master device functionality and a slave wireless device is configured with Bluetooth slave device functionality, wherein the master wireless device comprises a master wireless medical device and the slave wireless device comprises a slave wireless medical device, and wherein the slave wireless device is configured to control a surgical instrument host via the master wireless device; providing a master personal identification number of the master wireless device to the slave wireless device and at least one slave personal identification number of at least one slave wireless device to the master wireless device; acquiring, at the master wireless device, one unique slave address from one slave wireless device; comparing, at the master wireless device, the unique slave address to a listing of slave wireless device unique addresses available at the master wireless device to determine at least one candidate slave wireless device; generating, at the master wireless device, a key based on the slave personal identification number of one candidate slave wireless device; transmitting the key from the master wireless device to the one candidate slave wireless device; and exclusively pairing the master wireless device and the one candidate slave wireless device when the key acquired from the master wireless device matches one wireless unique address in the listing of slave wireless device unique addresses, and the one candidate slave wireless device provides an authentication message to the master wireless device.