The Design and Implementation of Personal Automatic Pill Dispenser

• Main Authors: HUANG, SHENG-HUI, 黃昇輝
• Other Authors: 林錦垣
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2016
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/78752567966307003641

碩士 === 國立聯合大學 === 電機工程學系碩士班 === 104 === Due to the population ageing and the increasing chronic population in Taiwan, it is necessary to take medicine at fix time in the treatment of chronic diseases. A personal smart drug box to remind the patient of taking medicine is therefore derived. This study aims to design a personal drug dispensing machine with the functions of reminder and real-time drug dispensing for chronic patients and the elderly. Six cells and a rotary drug reservoir to control drugs dropping into the gate are covered in this system. Meanwhile, in order to enhance the stability of a gate controlling the quantity of dropped drugs, each drug cell is designed various replaceable drug dispensing tubes, according to the sizes and shapes of drugs, and a button for the patient taking the medicine. The rotation of drug cells and the drug dispensing procedure are controlled with a micro-controller, and the quantity and the time to take the medicine are set by a mobile phone. The data transmission between the drug dispensing machine and the mobile phone is communicated with Bluetooth. For the convenient operation, a user-friendly frame with the setting of medicine taking time and quantity, data transmission, Bluetooth connection, and off-line control is designed on the mobile phone. The experimental tests prove that the drug dispensing machine designed in this study reveals 90% dropping accuracy on three sizes of round pills and a capsule commonly used for chronic diseases. Meanwhile, the drug dispensing machine presents two operating modes. When the normal mode is set, the drug dispensing machine would real-time dispense drugs before the patient taking the medicine so as to prevent the drugs from mutual influence caused by long-term concentration before been taken as well as to avoid the patient repeatedly taking the medicine. When the patient needs to withdraw the medicine for several meals because of going out, the specific mode can be set through the mobile phone to unlock the setting.