System and method for pairing medical devices

A medical device monitoring system, comprising:

• a plurality of monitors, wherein each monitor of the plurality of monitors comprises:
• an infrared emitter that is activated to emit an infrared signal comprising identification information of a respective monitor, the identification information repeated in the infrared signal with a random time gap between repeats;
• a controller that activates the infrared emitter and that sets the random time gap in the infrared signal of the respective monitor;
• and
• monitor communication circuitry;
• and
• a medical device comprising:
• a sensor that acquires medical device data of a patient;
• an infrared receiver disposed on the medical device and that receives the infrared signal comprising the identification information from each monitor of the plurality of monitors in accordance with the random time gap of each infrared emitter;
• a processor that extracts the identification information from the infrared signal of each monitor;
• and
• communication circuitry that communicates the medical device data to the monitor communication circuitry of at least one monitor of plurality of monitors using the identification information of the at least one monitor extracted from the infrared signal.

A method, comprising:

• setting a random time gap based on a signal transfer time of identification information associated with a monitor;
• driving transmission of an infrared signal by an infrared emitter, the infrared signal comprising repeats of the identification information, wherein at least two of the repeats are separated by a signal off period having a length based on the random time gap;
• pairing with a medical device based on receipt of the infrared signal by an infrared receiver of the medical device, wherein the pairing comprises extracting the identification information from the infrared signal and validating the identification information;
• and
• receiving medical device data from the medical device based on the pairing.