EFFICIENT PROCEDURE FOR PAIRING MEDICAL DEVICES FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION WITH LIMITED USER INTERACTION

摘要

The invention relates to a method for pairing a handheld diabetes managing device (104) with an insulin pump (204) for secure wireless communication with limited user interaction, comprising: at the insulin pump (204), outputting (408) a pump identification signal that contains a pump identification code that uniquely identifies the insulin pump (204); at the diabetes managing device (104), receiving (412) the pump identification signal; at the diabetes managing device (104), obtaining (414) the pump identification code from the pump identification signal; at the diabetes managing device (104), displaying (416) the pump identification code on a diabetes managing device display; at the insulin pump (204), displaying (418) the pump identification code on an insulin pump display; at the diabetes managing device (104), receiving (420) an insulin pump selection input that selects the pump identification code corresponding to the insulin pump; at the diabetes managing device (104), generating (428) a first verification string; at the insulin pump (204), generating (430) a second verification string; at the diabetes managing device (104), displaying (432) the first verification string on the diabetes managing device display; at the insulin pump (204), displaying (434) the second verification string on the insulin pump display; at the diabetes managing device (104), receiving (436) a first confirmation input corresponding to the first verification string matching the second verification string; at the insulin pump (204), receiving (438) a second confirmation input corresponding to the first verification string matching the second verification string; and establishing (440; 442) a secure bidirectional communication link between the diabetes managing device (104) and the insulin pump (204) based on the receipt of the first confirmation input by the diabetes managing device and the receipt of the second confirmation input by the insulin pump.