Automated medical dispenser system By Afraa Abdulraheim Ahmed Mohammed In

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Automated medical dispenser system

By
Afraa Abdulraheim Ahmed Mohammed
INDEX NO: 064045

Under Supervision of
Prof. Sharif Fadul Babiker

A Report submitted in partial fulfillment of the
Requirement for the degree of
B.Sc. (HON)
In
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
To
Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Faculty of Engineering
University of Khartoum
July 2011
Declaration of originality

I declare that this report entitled “Automated medical dispenser system” is my own
work except as cited in the references. The report has not been accepted for any degree

and is not being submitted concurrently in candidature for any degree or other award.
Signature: _________________________
Name: ____________________________
Date: _____________________________

I
ACKNOWLEDGMENT

My sincere thanks goes to God almighty through whose inspiration and divine
direction made it possible, for me, to accomplish and finally attained this academic
level. I wish to thank Him for all that He has gifted us with, though He can never
be praised or thanked enough.
.
My profound gratitude goes to my supervisor, Professor Sharif Fadul Babiker
for making this thesis possible through his wealth of academic experience and
friendly supervisory.
My inestimable appreciation, love and gratitude go to my family members for
their moral advice and support throughout my study period.
Special thanks also to all my graduate friends, especially to my partner, Tasneem
Amin Banani for sharing the literature and invaluable assistance. Her hard work
and team spirit were not but an impressive motivation for carrying out this project
forward.
.
Lastly, I offer my regards and blessings to all of those who supported me in any
respect during the completion of the project. It goes without saying that I am
deeply indebted to our esteemed university, which I am so proud to be one of its
students.
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Abstract

As people grow older, they depend more heavily upon outside support for
health assessment and medical care. The current healthcare infrastructure in recent
society is widely considered to be inadequate to meet the needs of an increasingly
older population. One solution, called aging in place, is to ensure that the elderly
can live safely and independently in their own homes for as long as possible. For
achieving this purpose the Automatic health machines were involved.
Automatic health monitoring is a technological approach which helps
people age in place by continuously providing information and products.
The implementation of Information and Communication Technologies in
the pharmacies over the last decades has entailed the possibility of using
automated decision support systems generating alerts to help pharmacists to
identify medication related problems when dispensing prescriptions.
The elderly and sick are typically prescribed several medications each
with varying conditions such as dosage amounts and times to be taken.
Having to cope with their present condition is already difficult enough
without being burdened with keeping track of different medications and
their parameters. Several products have attempted to solve this ever
growing problem, but only the pill box has achieved mainstream success. It
is a set of containers each with a day of the week on it. It requires the user
every week to load the correct medication at the correct dosage into its
daily container. This system is too reliant upon the user. Even if the
medication is loaded correctly the user still has to remember to take the
medication. The Automated Medication Dispenser System (AMDS) will
significantly improve upon the pill box by dispensing up to five different
medications, alerting the user when to take their pills through both audio
and visual alarms, displaying the dosage amount, and displaying the
medication names.

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:صلختسملا
ِحذصنا ِىٍٍقرن ًجساخنا ِىػذنا ىهػ َشثك أ جّذشت ٌَٔذًرؼٌَ إذثصا اًهك، شًؼنا ًف طاُنا وذقذ اًهك
غعأ ٕذَ ىهػ ذًرؼذ حٍِِناذنا خاؼًرجًنا ًف ءاُثنا ِحٍذصنا حٌاػشهن حٍرذرنا حٍُثنا ٌّإ .ِحٍثطنا ِحٌاُؼنأ
ازْ قٍّثطُ رت حَخٕخُ ٍْشَ نا خاجاٍردا خاػاشًت ىًّغٌ اي،ذدٔلاا ّمَذنا . ًاُّع شثكلأا ٌِاكغنا ِخاجاد حٍثِهَْذ
جشرف لٕطلأ ِحصاخنا ىِٓذٍٕت ًف مقرغي مكشتٔ حيلاغت إشٍِؼٌَ ٌَْأ ٍُِكًٌُْ ٍٍَُغًنا ٌّأت ًٍَْضََ أَذثًنا
.حُكًي
ءأذنا خاًٍك مثي حفهرخي فٔشظ مك غي حٌٔدلأا ٍي ذٌذؼنا ىضشًنأ ٍغنا ساثك جداػ فصٕذ
حٌافكنا ٍّف اًت ةؼص مؼفنات ْٕ ًناذنا ىٓؼضٔ غي ىهقأرنا ىنإ حجاذنا .اْراخذا ةجٌ ًرنا خاقٔلأأ
خاجرًُنا ٍي ذٌذؼنا داجٌا ىذ ذقٔ .آت حصاخنا ميإؼنأ حٌٔدلاا ٍي حفهرخي عإَا غثرذ حهقثي ٌٔد
حٌٔدلاا ذصس ىكذري للاخ ٍي طقف ٍكنٔ ، ىضي دقٔ يأ ٍي جذٌاضرًنا حهكشًنا ِزْ مد مجأ ٍي
واٌأ ٍي وٌٕ مك ًٍضرذ خأٌاذنا ٍي حػًٕجي ٍػ جساثػ ْٕٔ .ذئاغنا حاجُنا قٍقذذ ىذ ذق
ًف خٍذصنا ٍٍؼًنا ءأذهن حذٍذصنا حػشجنا مًٍذذ وذخرغًنا ٍي ةهطرٌ َّإف كنر ىهػ ٔ,عٕثعلأا
ّهؼجٌ اًي وذخرغًنا ىهػ اٍثغَ جشٍثك جسٕصت ذًرؼٌ واظُنا ازْ .عٕثعا مك اٍيٌٕ ّت حصاخنا حٌٔاذنا
لاص اي وذخرغًنا ٌاف خٍذص مكشت حيذخرغًنا حٌٔدلاا مًٍذذ ىذ ارإ ىرد ٔ, ظثهنأ اطخهن حضشػ
Automated Medical Dispenser ًنَا واظُنا حطعإت ًنارناثف ءأذنا زخأ شكزذ ٍّهػ
، حٌٔدلاا ٍي حفهرخي عإَا حغًخ ىنا مصٌ اي ىنا حٌٔدلاا ذصس ىكذري ىهػ ظٕذهي ٍغذذ مجع
، حٌشصثنأ حٍؼًغنا سازَلإا جضٓجأ للاخ ٍي ءإع ذد ىهػ بٕثد زخأ ذُػ وذخرغًنا ٍّثُذٔ
.حٌٔدلأا ءاًعأ ضشػٔ ، حػشجنا حًٍك ضشػٔ

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Table of Contents
Declaration of originality…………………………………………………………………………………………………………..I
Acknowledgement…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………...II
Abstract…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..III
صهخرغي…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….IV
Table of figures……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….VIII
1 Chapter one: Introduction ....................................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
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2 Chapter two: Literature review ............................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
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2.3 Automated Medical dispenser system: ............................. Error! Bookmark not defined.
2.4 Definitions: ..................................................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
2.4.1 Hardware Definitions: ............................................. Error! Bookmark not defined.
2.4.1.2 GSM: ...................................................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
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2.5.1 CODEVISIONAVR SOFTWARE: ......................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
2.5.2 Proteus Professional Simulator: ............................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
2.5.3 PonyProg Programmer: ........................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
2.5.4 Introduction to AVR and Microcontrollers: ............. Error! Bookmark not defined.
2.5.5 AT-MEFA 16:......................................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
2.6 The overall configuration: ............................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
2.7 MEDICATION SUPPORT ............................................. Error! Bookmark not defined.
2.8 Previous Work ................................................................ Error! Bookmark not defined.
2.8.1 Dose Administration Aids : ..................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
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2.8.2 proposed single tablet type medication dispenser : ... Error! Bookmark not defined.
2.8.3 Automatic pill dispenser: ......................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
2.8.4 E-Pill dispenser: ...................................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
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3.6 HARDWARE TOOLS & APPROACH: ................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
3.6.1 ATmega16 AVR microcontroller:.............................. Error! Bookmark not defined.
3.6.2 ULNA2003: .............................................................. Error! Bookmark not defined.
3.7 MAX232: ........................................................................ Error! Bookmark not defined.
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3.7.2 LED VISUAL ALARM: ................................................ Error! Bookmark not defined.
3.7.3 AUDIO ALARM: ........................................................ Error! Bookmark not defined.
3.7.4 LCD: ........................................................................ Error! Bookmark not defined.
3.7.5 Keypad: ................................................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
3.7.6 Stepper motor: ........................................................ Error! Bookmark not defined.
3.8 SOFTWARE APPROACH: .................................................. Error! Bookmark not defined.
3.8.1 CODEVISIONAVR SOFTWARE: .................................. Error! Bookmark not defined.
3.8.2 Proteus Professional Simulator: ............................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
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3.8.3 PonyProg Programmer: ........................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
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4.4.1 LCD TESTING: ................................................................ Error! Bookmark not defined.
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4.4.3 AUDIO ALARM TESTING : ............................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
4.4.4 Keypad testing: ............................................................. Error! Bookmark not defined.
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4.5 Obtained Simulation results : ................................................ Error! Bookmark not defined.
4.6 Simulation
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5.3 Recommended Future Work:
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5.4 Referencess
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5.4 appendixes………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….66
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Table of figures
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Figure ‎2.7: Dose Administration Aids ............................................ Error! Bookmark not defined.
Figure ‎2.8: proposed single tablet type medication dispenser. ......... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Figure ‎2.9: Automatic pill dispenser steps. ..................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Figure ‎2.10: E-Pill dispenser. ........................................................ Error! Bookmark not defined.

Figure ‎3.1: over all design. ............................................................. Error! Bookmark not defined.
Figure ‎3.2: ATmega16 AVR microcontroller. ................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Figure ‎3.3: ULNA2003. .................................................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Figure ‎3.4: MAX232. ...................................................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Figure ‎3.5: RS-232. ......................................................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Figure ‎3.6: LCD. .............................................................................. Error! Bookmark not defined.
Figure ‎3.7: Keypad. ......................................................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Figure ‎3.8: Stepper motor. ............................................................. Error! Bookmark not defined.
Figure ‎3.9: CODEVISIONAVR SOFTWARE. ........................................ Error! Bookmark not defined.
Figure ‎3.10: Proteus Professional Simulator. .................................. Error! Bookmark not defined.
Figure ‎3.11: PonyProg Programmer. ............................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Figure ‎3.12: switching dispensing. .................................................. Error! Bookmark not defined.
Figure ‎3.13:Main dispensing. .......................................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Figure ‎3.14: Overall dispensing. ...................................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Figure ‎4.1: Whole system layout ..................................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
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Figure ‎4.6: keypad Interface: ............................................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
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