Date of Publication :10th July 2019
Abstract: Most of the people at old age forget to take medicines on time .There should be a means to remind such people to take medicines on time. This project presents a Smart Medicine box to users who regularly take drugs or vitamin supplements, or nurses who take care of the older patients. It would also significantly release the nurses and user's burden on frequently preloading pills for patients users. Our medicine kit has individual compartments that can be filled with medicines and designed in a way to fill medicines when the compartments are empty. When it is time for medication the medicine box drops the pills and sounds an alarm with notification until we take the pills .The setup is interfaced with servo motor and a GSM module to provide notification. The goal of the project is to remind users to take pills regularly and to provide this product at affordable cost. There are several aspects we need to be done in the future to meet the user needs. Firstly, the strategies are to be developed and to modify the device based on the user evaluation results. This includes creating a user manual, choosing a larger LCD display, using a metal or plastic box to cover the entire circuitry and using larger pill boxes
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