System and method for securely authenticating a data exchange session with an implantable medical device
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1. An apparatus for securely authenticating a data exchange session with an implantable medical device, comprising:
- an external device comprising a key generator configured to dynamically generate a crypto key for each data exchange session with an implantable medical device;
the external device configured to establish an inductive telemetric link to the implantable medical device and to download the crypto key to the implantable medical device through the inductive telemetric link for each data exchange session;
the external device configured to then transact the data exchange session with the implantable medical device through a long range telemetric link authenticated with the crypto key.
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Abstract
A system and method for securely authenticating a data exchange session with an implantable medical device is presented. A crypto key uniquely associated with an implantable medical device is defined to authenticate data during a data exchange session. A secure connection is established from an external source with a secure key repository securely maintaining the crypto key. Authorization to access data on the implantable medical device is authenticated by securely retrieving the crypto key from the secure key repository.
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1. An apparatus for securely authenticating a data exchange session with an implantable medical device, comprising:
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an external device comprising a key generator configured to dynamically generate a crypto key for each data exchange session with an implantable medical device; the external device configured to establish an inductive telemetric link to the implantable medical device and to download the crypto key to the implantable medical device through the inductive telemetric link for each data exchange session; the external device configured to then transact the data exchange session with the implantable medical device through a long range telemetric link authenticated with the crypto key. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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