ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,538,131, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Impulse Dynamics NV.
"Security for implanted devices" was invented by David Prutchi (Voorhees, N.J.) and Jason Meyers (Haddonfield, N.J.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of managing security of an implanted device including estimating a risk to, or a need of, a user in who the device is implanted; and automatically applying, by the device, a security level regarding communication to the device and/or actions by the device according, to said estimation. In some mebdoimnts, the need is a medical need, such as an emergency situation. In some mebdoimnts the risk is assessed base don a locati...