Patents by Inventor Volker Zeuner

Volker Zeuner has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Pairing a medical apparatus with a control unit
    Patent number: 10420879
    Abstract: The invention provides for method of operating a medical instrument (100, 200, 400, 500, 600, 700) comprising a battery powered medical appliance (104) and a control unit (102). Both have Bluetooth communication modules. A first memory of the medical appliance contains a onetime password (210) and of a password-authenticated key agreement algorithm (212). The control unit has a second memory (223) with an implementation of the password-authenticated key agreement algorithm (212?). The method comprises entering (300) the onetime password into the data entry interface (140, 221, 504, 604) of the control unit. The method further comprises generating (302) a Bluetooth encryption key (218) by the medical appliance and the control unit with the onetime password by exchanging data across the wireless communication channel by executing the password-authenticated key agreement algorithm. The method further comprises storing (304) the Bluetooth encryption key in the first memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: ROCHE DIABETES CARE, INC.
    Inventors: Wolfgang Heck, Kai-Oliver Schwenker, Ralf Schmitz, Volker Zeuner, Carsten Mueglitz, Thomas Eissenloeffel, Christian-Alexander Luszick
  • PAIRING A MEDICAL APPARATUS WITH A CONTROL UNIT
    Publication number: 20170308665
    Abstract: The invention provides for method of operating a medical instrument (100, 200, 400, 500, 600, 700) comprising a battery powered medical appliance (104) and a control unit (102). Both have Bluetooth communication modules. A first memory of the medical appliance contains a onetime password (210) and of a password-authenticated key agreement algorithm (212). The control unit has a second memory (223) with an implementation of the password-authenticated key agreement algorithm (212?). The method comprises entering (300) the onetime password into the data entry interface (140, 221, 504, 604) of the control unit. The method further comprises generating (302) a Bluetooth encryption key (218) by the medical appliance and the control unit with the onetime password by exchanging data across the wireless communication channel by executing the password-authenticated key agreement algorithm. The method further comprises storing (304) the Bluetooth encryption key in the first memory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2015
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Inventors: Wolfgang Heck, Kai-Oliver Schwenker, Ralf Schmitz, Volker Zeuner, Carsten Mueglitz, Thomas Eissenloeffel, Christian-Alexander Luszick