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Medicine Dispensing Bot

Need Statement:

A hospital needs to automate the process of dispensing medicine to the patients due to lack of staff and to reduce the human effort. The medicine must be dispensed based on the inputs fed by the doctors as per prescription.

Introduction to medicine dispensing bot:

Caring of the aged is of a serious concern in the developing countries. Family members are responsible for the care and management of the old. In the modern age it is difficult for family members to be available all the time to support the aged. Today, in our society most families are nuclear. Elderly would prefer to remain independent and their desire for independence in natural, but it is a worry for their children. Sometimes despite their best effort, the aged fail to remember to take their medication on time. Automatic Medication dispenser is one such approach to help them take their medicines efficiently. As the cost of in home medical care rises, it has become more and more incumbent among individuals to opt for a device that effectively takes care of their medications. The automatic medicine dispenser serves the purpose

The existing solutions for medicine dispensing bot are

1) Hospital Delivery Robot(Hospi):

  • Hospi is essentially an autonomous cargo container.
  • It's designed to ferry small but important things (like drugs) from one place to another, which is a critical task in hospitals, and usually requires a human to make a dedicated trip to a pharmacy that may be on a different floor of the hospital.
  • This sort of thing is a waste of time for highly trained medical professionals, which is why a robot makes sense to have as a delivery system.
  • COMPONENTS USED IN THE HOSPITAL DELIVERY ROBOT: Stepper motors, wheels, DC motor

2)Automatic capsule/pill dispensing cabinet

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  • An automatic capsule /pill dispensing cabinet is a computerized medicine cabinet for hospitals and health care settings.

  • The ATDPS Server program can be connected with OCS or computer system at the hospital or pharmacy to share the prescription details shared in real time. Received prescription details are then sent to ATDPS immediately to be ready for dispensing & packaging

  • An ACRS chip or RFID tag on each canister has a unique identification number assigned to support self-recognition of its location no matter where it is installed. As a result, this product allows to track tablets, use tablets with nearing expiry date first, as well as to perform automated inventory control.

  • Each auto canister can accommodate up to 500 tablets at a time (when using 7 mm of round tablet). This is especially useful for long-term patients whose prescription include halved tablets or tablets in special shapes.

  • In case of packaging for multiple patients, the LED indicator embedded in each cell is conveniently color-coded to help the operator drop correct tablets into each cell for the right patient.

3) Personalized dispensing and monitoring machine

Personalized medicine dispensing and monitoring machine

  • The product is an integrated, secure, multilingual, intelligent and connected pill dispenser, medication management and remote monitoring system for Seniors in Residences and Long-term Care Facilities, Rehab Centers, Veterans, Indigenous Peoples and Chronic Care patients.
  • The perfect assistant for medication storage and management, health monitoring, remotely and locally, in home, residence, clinic, hospital or institutional environments .
  • The machine ensures the right pills are dispensed at the right time to the right person. The machine is a secure, automatic pill dispenser which promotes medication adherence. The machine can also help prevent prescription drug abuse by securely storing, locking and only dispensing medications to the patient or an authorized person.
  • The pill dispenser was designed with the help of seniors, for seniors who need to manage 5+ medications per dose, patients with chronic disease, veterans and anyone trying to cope with complex medication regimens.
  • The product is a personal medication dispensing and remote monitoring solution that ensures seniors, chronic care patients, veterans and those in need, at home, residence or managed care facility, take the correct medications on time and notifies caregivers, or pharmacists, psychiatrists, clinicians and physicians, if they miss a dose.

4)Smart pill/capsule dispenser

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  • The Med-Q Electronic medicine box was designed to be able to hold and dispense any and all FDA-approved medicines. Each type of medicine is sorted into its own, individual pill box compartment. This will allow you to always be able to manually access your medicines. Med-Q Automatic pill Dispenser with alarms is the best Medication Dispenser for Seniors keep track of which reservoir has each type of pill.
  • With Smart medicine dispenser, you can ensure that they are taking the right pills at the right time. This pill dispenser has a lot of medication chambers which holds up to six doses of medication per day.
  • It comes with a smart alarm feature that sounds like a blast reminding to take the medicine. Tamper-proof locking key system prevents overdose

Have you gone through any DIY project?

1)DIY Smarty Pill: The smart pill dispenser for everyone

  • This product features 6 separate pill containers for all your different pills. It dispenses water along with pills for convenience using off the shelf water bottles.
  • It also has customizable LED lights and built in speaker to announce when pills should be taken. On the product, there is a built in display for the user to see when pills need to be taken.
  • By having a modular design, it allows the user to buy pill containers for just the pill types they need, saving money when they buy this product, but also down the line if their prescription changes, as they do not need to buy an entire new device.
  • This product has the potential to be applicable to not just senior citizens, but any adult or child with an illness or disease that requires them to take many medications, multiple times a day.
  • In addition, a companion app is also being developed that will allow family members and physicians to monitor and keep tabs on the patient's device, to make sure that medication is being taken when the device notifies the patient, and that there is no medication abuse by the patient.

2)DIY Automatic medicine dispensing machine

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  • A lot of people, especially elderly people, take a lot of medication on a daily basis to stay as healthy as possible. Some of that medication needs to be taken on a exact time, or they don't function as well. So a machine was designed that automatically gives the right pills at the right time and also sounds an alarm so that the person who needs those pills knows it's time for his or her medication.
  • The 'machine' has seven drums (one for each day of the week) with 4 compartments that you can fill with your medication. When filled, you put them back in the machine and connect them to it.
  • On the front of the machine is a LCD-screen and 2 buttons. There you can set the time and date and program when you need the medication. When it is time for your medication, the machine drops the correct pills and sounds an alarm until you take the pills and push a button. After that it goes back to "sleep" until the next alarm.

3) Automatic medicine dispenser

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  • This is a pill dispenser robot able to provide the patient the correct amount and type of medicine pills. The dosing of the pill is performed automatically at the correct time of the day, preceded by an alarm. When empty, the machine is easily refilled by the user.
  • The dispensing and refilling mechanism is controlled by means of an application connected via Bluetooth to the robot and by means of two buttons.

4)Capsule dispensing machine

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  • The product is an innovative and revolutionary capsule dispenser that allows the easy pills administration, making it quick and hygienic, as well as turning the daily task of obtaining pills into a fun experience.
  • The machine's functionality, focused on hygiene, provides added value to the product it contains, allowing the user, whether professional or personal, to get the necessary capsules, minimizing its contact and completely eliminating the contact with those that are not going to be used, as well as reducing the time spent for it.
  • Its compact design, with a simple and innovative mechanism composed only of injected plastic parts and without the addition of any metal spring or other components, makes the container alive and provides it with a lot of dynamism while interacting with the user.

Referred links:

  1. https://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/medical-robots/panasonic-hospital-delivery-robot
  2. https://www.myjvm.com/images/icon_view/04_ATDPS_DOC/view05.png
  3. https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQKhrRnev6HWCiQKWiq4GDDgrmNdtDOvpsPO0hZ2p8KSB3tu_YuNrSiI5dandW4wrjCYlA&usqp=CAU
  4. https://medipense.com/en/
  5. https://medipense.com/en/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/rxpense_by_medipense.png
  6. https://www.packagingoftheworld.com/2021/01/kek-capsule-dispenser.html
  7. https://www.hackster.io/com-bros/smartypill-the-smart-pill-dispenser-for-everyone-c3a478
  8. https://hackster.imgix.net/uploads/attachments/792026/img_1276_hiL8gHRWYL.JPG?auto=compress%2Cformat&w=900&h=675&fit=min
  9. https://www.instructables.com/The-Automatic-Medication-Dispencer/
  10. https://content.instructables.com/ORIG/F5G/LFEZ/G9C6ZBXZ/F5GLFEZG9C6ZBXZ.jpg?auto=webp&frame=1&width=933&height=1024&fit=bounds&md=037fb6ad7d81a3853c4f77a133870918
  11. (https://content.instructables.com/ORIG/F6E/JHKJ/JQ2O66GP/F6EJHKJJQ2O66GP.jpg?auto=webp&frame=1&width=640&height=1024&fit=bounds&md=42dc5c6fd65c14f81dcb1aaff75a0f01)
  12. (https://programmablepillreminder.files.wordpress.com/2019/04/pill-box-am-pm-no.png)

List out each components with details you have found out(details can include working principle, constructions and interaction aspects).

S.no. Components Mechanism Links
1 Arduino Uno It is a micro controller which can be programmed for performing a desired task https://574214-1855514-raikfcquaxqncofqfm.stackpathdns.com/pub/media/catalog/product/cache/611ba9de0d006d26269eed952dfea487/a/a/aarduinoesp.jpg
2 Stepper Motor It is a dc motor that can move in discrete steps https://i0.wp.com/zbotic.in/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/AI0043.1.jpg
3 Buzzer It is an audio signaling device https://robu.in/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Piezo-Electronic-Buzzer-Beep-Alarm-Bell-Continuous-Sound-3v-24v-Buzzer-Electromagnetic.jpg
4 Real Time Clock It is an electronic device that measures the passage of time https://canary.contestimg.wish.com/api/webimage/5bab6577a1ee333103a12f02-large.jpg?cache_buster=7630d707cdacfa0a9f45c9e115342140
5 IR Sensors It is an electronic sensor which can measure infrared light radiation from objects in its field of view https://robu.in/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/reflective-ir1-768x619.jpg
6 40 Pin 30cm Jumper Wire An electric wire with connector or pin at each end https://robu.in/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/male-to-female.png
7 Switches For making and breaking the connection in the circuit https://robu.in/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/6A-250V-AC-SPDT-ON-OFF-Rocker-Switch.jpg
8 2 Ball Bearing A type of rolling element that uses ball to maintain separation between the bearing races https://robu.in/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/F688ZZ-Flanged-Ball-Bearing-1-768x768.jpg
9 USB 2.0 A Cable to deliver signals with high transfer speed https://www.roboelements.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/USB-Type-A-Male-Socket-for-PCB.jpg
10 LED Lights For lightings https://autopowerz.in/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/atmos001-car-fancy-lights-multicolor-love-me-original-imafavtfey3tfh5f.jpeg
11 Mini Magnets for holding the components https://www.roboelements.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Neodymium-magnet-1.jpg

Cost estimation:

S.no COMPONENTS COST
1 Arduino Uno 1000/-
2 Stepper Motor 94/-
3 Buzzer 49/-
4 Real Time Clock 131/-
5 IR Sensors 69/-
6 40 Pin 30cm Jumper Wire 65/-
7 Switches 49/-
8 2 Ball Bearing 69/-
9 USB 2.0 A 15/-
10 LED Lights 325/-
11 Mini Magnets 35/-
Total Around 2000/-