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Privacy-protecting system and method for wireless medical devices

  • US 10,230,699 B2
  • Filed: 06/28/2016
  • Issued: 03/12/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/06/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of concealing use of a wireless-enabled medical device (WEMD), the method comprising:

  • detecting at least one device type of at least one respective wireless device in a neighborhood of the WEMD;

    selecting a cover device type based at least in part on the at least one detected device type, wherein the cover device type is selected so as to be different from the at least one detected device type;

    operating the WEMD to measure physiological parameter data; and

    wirelessly conveying the physiological parameter data from the WEMD by encapsulating the physiological parameter data in a message having a message type associated with the selected cover device type to simulate the selected cover device type.

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