Designing low cost digital dose reminder system

Forgetfulness is a major difficulty in Patients who do not take their drugs with the exact dosage on time, it has been found that this leads to malfunctioning and lowers the efficiency of their medication; a prominent practical solution has been studied and provided here. Dose Reminder System, is a...

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Published in2013 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON COMPUTING, ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING (ICCEEE) pp. 357 - 362
Main Authors Mohammed, Mohammed Nabri Ahmed, Ahmed, Ahmed Hassan Mohamed, Salih, Tasneem Mahmoud
Format Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published IEEE 01.08.2013
Subjects
Clocks
DC motors
Dispenser
Dose
Drug
Drugs
Microcontrollers
Pins
Prototypes
Real-time systems
Reminder
System
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Summary:Forgetfulness is a major difficulty in Patients who do not take their drugs with the exact dosage on time, it has been found that this leads to malfunctioning and lowers the efficiency of their medication; a prominent practical solution has been studied and provided here. Dose Reminder System, is a simple device designed for home use, it can be easily programmed by the caregiver and used by the elderly. Time & dose control proved to be very effective in illness management; therefore, it was essential to develop an effective solution that solves this problem, which will increase accuracy and reduce amount of attention & cost needed for care giving. The prototype produced here was designed on low cost to make it within reach of the majority; functions are fully working, also the model is mobile but the size is a bit larger than required. The design was successfully implemented and tested.
DOI:10.1109/ICCEEE.2013.6633962