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

Claim 10:
11. 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 including a user interface and an alarm;
continuously tracking movement of the at least one of a plurality of medical instruments via the medical instrument tracking system;
displaying information relating to the at least one of a plurality of medical instruments on the display; and
using the user interface to suspend or delay the alarm while displaying on the display additional information relating to a condition that triggered the alarm, the additional information including at least one of a medical instrument position, location, velocity or speed of travel, vector or direction of travel, telemetry and/or instrument marker data.