Device and method for the authentication of a user of a medical device

Abstract

A treatment system (100) for treating a patient comprises a medical device (10) and a portable authentication device (20), wherein the medical device (10) is adapted to output an acoustic signal when a wireless communication connection between the medical device (10) and the portable authentication device (20) is successfully established, the portable authentication device (20) is adapted to receive the acoustic signal, to generate, based on the received acoustic signal, a signal containing a signal corresponding to the received acoustic signal, and to wirelessly transmit the generated signal to the medical device (10), and the medical device (10) is adapted to determine whether or not the portable authentication device (20) is located at a position where acoustic communication between the medical device (10) and the portable authentication device (20) is possible, depending on whether or not it receives the signal containing the signal corresponding to the acoustic signal received by the portable authentication device (20).

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