Method for identifying medical devices

A method of identifying medical devices, called medical devices of interest, the medical devices of interest being i) devices intended for being inserted into a patient's body, ii) devices intended for being brought into contact with the patient's body, and iii) devices intended for being connected to devices inserted into or in contact with the patient's body, each medical device of interest having an outer part visible from outside the patient's body, the method comprising the following steps:

• a. collection of images of the outer parts of medical devices of interest, each image being labeled with an identifier of the medical device of interest from a set of predefined identifiers, the collected images forming a training image database, the collection of images being computer-implemented,
• b. training of an identification model from the training image database in order to obtain an identification model trained to assign an identifier, from the set of predefined identifiers, to a medical device of interest to be identified according to an image of the outer part of the medical device, the training of the identification model to be a trained identification model being computer-implemented,
• c. obtaining a received image by reception of an image of the outer part of a medical device of interest to be identified, the reception of the image being computer-implemented,
• d. assignment, by a trained classification model, of an identifier to the medical device of interest imaged on the received image, the assignment by the trained classification model being computer-implemented, and
• e. characterizing the medical device of interest according to the assigned identifier,
• wherein each identifier is associated with at least one of an Internet link and a remote database through which visual support is obtained with regard to the use of the medical device of interest, the characterization step comprising a display of the visual medium corresponding to the Internet link or to a database associated with the assigned identifier.