Alternative-Reality Devices and Methods for Establishing and Visualizing Historical Sites of Vascular Access

A method of an alternative-reality device, comprising:

• generating an anatomical target from an anatomical portion of a patient in one or more images, video frames, or a combination thereof obtained from a patient-facing camera of the alternative-reality device upon executing anatomical target-defining instructions stored in memory of the alternative-reality device by one or more processors thereof;
• storing the anatomical target in a corresponding target data file in the memory;
• tracking sites of vascular access from the one-or-more images, video frames, or the combination thereof upon executing vascular access site-tracking instructions stored in the memory by the one-or-more processors, the tracking of the sites of vascular access in relation to the anatomical target in the target data file;
• displaying on a display screen of the alternative-reality device one or more graphical elements anchored to the anatomical portion of the patient in an environment thereof to indicate to a user of the alternative-reality device at least historical sites of vascular access.

A method for establishing and visualizing historical sites of vascular access, comprising:

• obtaining an alternative-reality device including anatomical target-defining instructions and vascular access site-tracking instructions in memory of the alternative-reality device for execution by the one-or-more processors of the alternative-reality device;
• capturing an anatomical portion of a patient in one or more images, video frames, or a combination thereof with a patient-facing camera of the alternative-reality device, thereby allowing the alternative-reality device to generate an anatomical target in a corresponding target data file in the memory and track sites of vascular access with respect to the anatomical target in accordance with the anatomical target-defining instructions and the vascular access site-tracking instructions, respectively;
• and
• viewing an environment including the anatomical portion of the patient by way of a display screen of the alternative-reality device, as well as one or more graphical elements on the display screen anchored to the anatomical portion of the patient to indicate at least historical sites of vascular access.