ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,543,226, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to HILL-ROM SERVICES INC. (Batesville, Ind.).

"Wireless link pairing authentication" was invented by Jason M. Williams (Cary, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods include a control device that matches a first identifier received over its first communication channel and associated with a medical device with a second identifier received over its second communication channel as well as a receiver device that receives the second identifier from the medical device via a third communication channel from the medical device and transmits the second identifier to the control device via the...