US Patent Issued to Advanced Neuromodulation Systems on Dec. 16 for "Split key architecture for facilitating authentication between an implanted medical device and an external device" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,499,206, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Advanced Neuromodulation Systems Inc. (Plano, Texas).

"Split key architecture for facilitating authentication between an implanted medical device and an external device" was invented by Greg Creek (Prosper, Texas) and Scott DeBates (Frisco, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for facilitating device and application authentication between an external device and an implanted medical device (IMD), wherein a therapy application executing on the external device is operative to communicate with the IMD via wireless telemetry communications. A device authentication parameter may b...