Methods, systems and apparatus to pair medical devices to an in-body network

摘要

Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to pair devices to an in-body network. An example apparatus disclosed herein includes a device capability manager to identify remote sensors associated with a candidate medical device, an encryption engine to provide the candidate medical device with hashing instructions to be applied to input values from selected ones of the remote sensors, a measurement engine to acquire input values from local sensors corresponding to the selected ones of the available remote sensors during a measurement schedule, the encryption engine to apply the hashing instructions to the input values from the local sensors, and a pairing engine to authorize the candidate medical device when an encryption key associated with the remote sensors includes a threshold indication of parity with an encryption key associated with the local sensors.

主权项

1. An apparatus to authorize a candidate medical device to communicate with an in-body network, the apparatus comprising:
a device capability manager to identify remote sensors associated with the candidate medical device; an encryption engine to provide the candidate medical device with hashing instructions to be applied to first input values acquired from selected ones of the remote sensors; a measurement engine to acquire second input values during a measurement schedule from local sensors embedded in a body hosting the in-body network, the local sensors corresponding to the selected ones of the remote sensors, the encryption engine to apply the hashing instructions to the second input values; and a pairing engine to authorize the candidate medical device to communicate with the in-body network when a first encryption key associated with the selected ones of the remote sensors and the hashing instructions exhibits a threshold indication of parity with a second encryption key associated with the corresponding ones of the local sensors and the hashing instructions, the first and second encryption keys generated in response to the selected ones of the remote sensors being embedded in the body.