Patent ID: 8190651

Claim:
A system for device identification and pairing comprising: a plurality of remote user interface computers, each including a display device and a user input device and each connected to a first network via a first data communication link and connected to a second network via a second data communication link; a plurality of medical devices each having a medical device user interface connected to the second data communication link and adapted to exchange data with the remote user interface computers; a database adapted to store patient medical information including a treatment prescription that includes use of one of the medical devices, and a health care provider computer system connected to the first data communication link and adapted to retrieve, add and modify patient medical information stored in the database; wherein each remote user interface computer is associated with a patient based on identification and verification information entered by an operator to the remote user interface computer via the user input device, wherein, based on the patient identification and verification, the remote user interface computer retrieves the treatment prescription associated with the patient from the database, wherein, based on the treatment prescription, the remote user interface computer senses, using the second data communication link, the available devices indicated for use in the treatment prescription, and prompts the operator to enter a verification key sequence generated, by the remote user interface computer, on a selected device that the operator intends to use for treating the patient, wherein, when the remote user interface computer does not receive a verification key sequence or receives an incorrect key sequence from one or more of the medical devices, the operator is prompted to retry the key sequence or change devices, and wherein, when the remote user interface computer receives a correct verification key sequence from the selected medical device, the remote user interface computer identifies the selected medical device as the one the operator intends to use and pairs with the selected medical device to establish a communication link for carrying out the prescribed treatment; wherein the health care provider computer system is adapted to monitor patient treatment in real-time as it occurs on any of the medical devices that are being used to treat a patient associated with a health care provider authorized to use the health care provider computer system.