Medical implant software systems and methods

A method for remotely bonding a companion device to an implanted medical device, comprising:

• periodically determining if the companion device is bonded to the implanted medical device, wherein it is determined no device is bonded to the implanted medical device if a return handshake is not detected after a predetermined amount of time;
• when no device is bonded to the implanted medical device, advertising a periodic signal containing an encrypted number from the implanted medical device, wherein the encrypted number is encrypted by a cryptographic key associated with the implanted medical device;
• receiving, by the companion device, the periodic bonding signal from the implanted medical device,
• decrypting, by the companion device, the encrypted number transmitted by the periodic bonding signal data using the cryptographic key information, resulting in a decrypted number;
• creating, by the companion device, a response to the decrypted number;
• encrypting, by the companion device, the response to the decrypted number;
• transmitting the encrypted response to the decrypted number to the implanted medical device;
• validating, by the implanted medical device, the transmitted response;
• and
• triggering the implanted medical device to accept and establishing new bonded connections between the companion device and the implanted medical device;
• wherein the cryptographic key information associated with the implanted medical device is provided to the companion device by a build machine at the time the companion device is manufactured.