US 11,676,441 B2
Mobile system for dispensing medication
Honey Garg, San Diego, CA (US); Magnus R. Felke, San Diego, CA (US); and Robert Gaede, San Diego, CA (US)
Assigned to CAREFUSION 303, INC., San Diego, CA (US)
Filed by CareFusion 303, Inc., San Diego, CA (US)
Filed on Aug. 13, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/402,403.
Application 17/402,403 is a continuation of application No. 16/530,911, filed on Aug. 2, 2019, granted, now 11,094,158.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/716,302, filed on Aug. 8, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0375088 A1, Dec. 2, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G07F 17/00 (2006.01); G16H 20/13 (2018.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.01); H04W 76/10 (2018.01)
CPC G07F 17/0092 (2013.01) [G16H 20/13 (2018.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.02); H04W 76/10 (2018.02)] 30 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of accessing a medication, the method comprising:
establishing a near-field communication (NFC) connection between a medical device and NFC circuitry associated with a user separate from the medical device;
determining, based on information obtained from the NFC connection, pairing information for a mobile device to connect to the medical device;
automatically establishing a short range wireless connection between the medical device and the mobile device associated with the user based on the determined pairing information; and
sending, from the mobile device to the medical device via the short range wireless connection, a request for access to a medication provided by the medical device.