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FINGERPRINT ENHANCED AUTHENTICATION FOR MEDICAL DEVICES IN WIRELESS NETWORKS

  • US 20150169857A1
  • Filed: 12/18/2013
  • Published: 06/18/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/18/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An infusion system to administer fluid, the infusion system comprising:

  • an infusion pump having a pump processor, a pump memory and a pump radio to enable bi-directional communication, the pump memory storing a plurality of fingerprint tokens and security conditions; and

    a controller having a controller processor, a controller memory, a controller radio to transmit and receive communication from the pump radio, the controller further having a fingerprint scanner and a graphical user interface, and controls to manipulate the graphical user interface, the graphic user interface and fingerprint scanner enabling the controller to scan and determine tokens associated with any scanned fingerprints, the bi-directional communication between the infusion pump and the controller establishing a relative proximity between the infusion pump and the controller such that when the relative proximity exceeds a pump threshold distance at least one of the plurality of security conditions is automatically matched.

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