Intelligents Pillbox: Automatic & Programmable Assitive Technology Device
12 Jun 2020-International Journal of Engineering Research and (IJERT-International Journal of Engineering Research & Technology)-Vol. 9, Iss: 05
TL;DR: By this system helps patients to take the required medicine in the right quantity at the right time without need of any nurse in the hospitals.
Abstract: There can be a lot of individuals who need constant help may it be our elderly people, family members, the ones who have special needs. These people apparently need the care which most family members cannot provide due to their busy schedule. Some people may forget to take the medicines at the correct time and can forget the medicines which they have to take. So, in order to help them with this liability we have developed this project for hospital application. In hospital the people are provided a Pill box on which there will be a display which notifies the people about the medicine. Along with this we can alert them with an alarm. So that even if the patient is sleeping or busy with some work the alarm helps in alerting him. To confirm that the patient has taken that medicine or not we can put IR Sensor at the opening end of the pillbox. So, when the alarm gets on the automatically the pill box gets open using pill dispenser mechanism. When the patient put his/her hand in the box the IR Sensor Recognized and the alarm will be off automatically. By this data we can tell that the patient has taken the medicine. It comes with one more feature that when the patient is taken the medicine intimate to the related doctor by using Think speak server. By this system helps patients to take the required medicine in the right quantity at the right time without need of any nurse in the hospitals. If the patient is physically disabled and not able to move and take the medicine for such patients, we are using android application so that they can control the robot movement and can take their medicine in time without taking the help of any other person. Also our pill box contains BP and heart rate monitoring sensor to notify hospital management for quick treatment at critical condition.
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26 May 2014
TL;DR: An intelligent pill box and its back-end monitoring system can remind the elders to take medicine in time and can inform the families remotely when the elders take the medicine.
Abstract: Taiwan is stepping into the aging society. Most of the elders have multiple chronic illnesses, and they use drugs to stabilize their health status. Pharmacists Association urged the family should be more concerned on medication safety of the elders. Thus, this paper designs an intelligent pill box and its back-end monitoring system. The implemented pill box can remind the elders to take medicine in time and can inform the families remotely when the elders take the medicine. The safety design of this pill box can prevent the drugs abusing. The caregivers can easily schedule the time for the elders to take medicine.
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01 Oct 2016
TL;DR: A pill dispenser with alarm system to help elderly people taking right medication at the appropriate time, using combination of infrared sensor and Arduino microcontroller to control the medication dose.
Abstract: Medication misuse among the elderly has become a big issue in healthcare industry. Especially for those who have been prescribed several different medications at once, and for a prolonged duration of time, they tend to forget to take their medicine on time, or they easily taking wrong medicine on same time. Hence, we propose a pill dispenser with alarm system to help them taking right medication at the appropriate time. Combination of infrared sensor and Arduino microcontroller control the medication dose. Alarm system is implemented via popup notification on the user's smart phone.
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