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The Smart Pillbox
A
device to track and alert a person when to take multiple
medications
Tejal R.
Patel
Abstract
The Smart Pillbox
is a pillbox with timed alerts for multiple compartments
that provide prescription medication users with a more
organized and reliable medication tracking method. It is
designed to help people who take multiple medications to
better track their medicine intake. Studies have shown
that patients are increasingly expected to take multiple
medications, and that failure to take them properly poses a
real medical concern.
There are five
components to the Smart Pillbox device: the microcontroller
BS2-IC, the time-keeping chip DS1302, the LCD BPI-216, four
pushbuttons, and six LED’s. The user
turns the device on and uses the pushbuttons
to
select, scroll, display, set and reset the clock. At the
beginning of the day, the patient sets the alert time for
each compartment of the device using buttons and a display
screen. When it is time to take a particular
medication, a light corresponding to the medication’s
compartment goes on, and stays on until the patient pushes a
button to indicate that he or she has taken the medication.
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