CPC A61B 34/20 (2016.02) [A61B 34/25 (2016.02); A61B 90/37 (2016.02); A61B 90/92 (2016.02); A61B 90/98 (2016.02); A61B 90/39 (2016.02); A61B 2034/2051 (2016.02); A61B 2034/2055 (2016.02); A61B 2034/256 (2016.02); A61B 2090/376 (2016.02); A61B 2090/3983 (2016.02)] | 18 Claims |
1. A method of distinguishing two tracked instruments, comprising:
determining a first tracking device characteristic of a first tracking device associated with a first instrument;
determining a second tracking device characteristic of a second tracking device different from the first tracking device associated with a second instrument;
looking up in a first database a first tracking device indicia of the first tracking device, wherein the first tracking device indicia is user distinguishable;
looking up in a second database a second tracking device indicia of the second tracking device, wherein the second tracking device indicia is user distinguishable from the first tracking device indicia;
customizing a user interface to illustrate a first icon including a first icon indicia based on the first tracking device indicia and a second icon including a second icon indicia based on the second tracking device indicia; and
displaying the customized user interface associated with the first tracking device and the second tracking device;
wherein customizing the user interface to illustrate the first icon including the first icon indicia based on the first tracking device indicia includes forming the first icon to include a first color that matches a first color of the first tracking device indicia in only a first image;
wherein customizing the user interface to illustrate the second icon including the second icon indicia based on the second tracking device indicia includes forming the second icon to include a second color that matches a second color of the second tracking device indicia in only a second image;
wherein the first and second images are simultaneously displayed.
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