US 11,833,357 B2
Pairing of external communication devices with an implantable medical device via a patient remote controller
Chirag Shah, Valencia, CA (US); and Peter Yoo, Burbank, CA (US)
Assigned to Boston Scientific Neuromodulation Corporation, Valencia, CA (US)
Filed by Boston Scientific Neuromodulation Corporation, Valencia, CA (US)
Filed on Dec. 20, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/068,971.
Application 18/068,971 is a continuation of application No. 17/447,384, filed on Sep. 10, 2021, granted, now 11,559,693.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/085,872, filed on Sep. 30, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0117981 A1, Apr. 20, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04W 76/10 (2018.01); H04B 3/54 (2006.01); A61N 1/372 (2006.01); H04W 76/14 (2018.01)
CPC A61N 1/37223 (2013.01) [A61N 1/37247 (2013.01); H04W 76/14 (2018.02)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for pairing a second external device for communications with an implantable medical device (IMD) using a first external device, the method comprising:
(a) receiving at the first external device a first input to pair the second external device for communications with the IMD;
(b) in response to the first input, transmitting from the first external device to the IMD a first command along a first communication link, wherein the first command causes the IMD to enter a pairing mode whereby the IMD broadcasts pairing data;
(c) receiving the pairing data at the second external device from the IMD; and
(d) receiving at the second external device a second input, wherein the second input causes the second external device to pair for communications with the IMD along a second communication link.