Construction of a Smart Medication Dispenser with High Degree of Scalability and Remote Manageability
Joint Authors
Source
Journal of Biomedicine and Biotechnology
Issue
Vol. 2012, Issue 2012 (31 Dec. 2012), pp.1-10, 10 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2012-07-26
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
10
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
We propose a smart medication dispenser having a high degree of scalability and remote manageability.
We construct the dispenser to have extensible hardware architecture for achieving scalability, and we install an agent program in it for achieving remote manageability.
The dispenser operates as follows: when the real-time clock reaches the predetermined medication time and the user presses the dispense button at that time, the predetermined medication is dispensed from the medication dispensing tray (MDT).
In the proposed dispenser, the medication for each patient is stored in an MDT.
One smart medication dispenser contains mainly one MDT; however, the dispenser can be extended to include more MDTs in order to support multiple users using one dispenser.
For remote management, the proposed dispenser transmits the medication status and the system configurations to the monitoring server.
In the case of a specific event such as a shortage of medication, memory overload, software error, or non-adherence, the event is transmitted immediately.
All these operations are performed automatically without the intervention of patients, through the agent program installed in the dispenser.
Results of implementation and verification show that the proposed dispenser operates normally and performs the management operations from the medication monitoring server suitably.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Pak, Ju Geon& Park, Kee Hyun. 2012. Construction of a Smart Medication Dispenser with High Degree of Scalability and Remote Manageability. Journal of Biomedicine and Biotechnology،Vol. 2012, no. 2012, pp.1-10.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-467578
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Pak, Ju Geon& Park, Kee Hyun. Construction of a Smart Medication Dispenser with High Degree of Scalability and Remote Manageability. Journal of Biomedicine and Biotechnology No. 2012 (2012), pp.1-10.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-467578
American Medical Association (AMA)
Pak, Ju Geon& Park, Kee Hyun. Construction of a Smart Medication Dispenser with High Degree of Scalability and Remote Manageability. Journal of Biomedicine and Biotechnology. 2012. Vol. 2012, no. 2012, pp.1-10.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-467578
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-467578