Patent ID: 11925422
Assignee: MEDLINE INDUSTRIES, LP
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC A  G  H | IPC A  G  H

Claim 0:
1. A method for tracking medical instruments comprising:
providing a plurality of medical instruments and a medical instrument tracking system for use in tracking at least one of the plurality of medical instruments, the medical instrument tracking system having a display for displaying information regarding the at least one of a plurality of medical instruments and a camera;
continuously tracking movement of the at least one of the plurality of medical instruments relative to a prep zone and a procedure zone via visual identification with the camera of (1) an instrument marker deployed on the at least one of the plurality of medical instruments and (2) one or more zone markers, the one or more zone markers delineating boundaries of the prep zone and the procedure zone; and
displaying information relating to the at least one of the plurality of medical instruments on the display.