Design & Implementation of an Automated Reminder Medicine Box for Old People and Hospital

The main objective of this research is to develop a smart medicine box to remind the old people or patient in the hospital to take the appropriate dose of medicine in the time suggested by the doctor. The device has twenty-one airtight compartments to keep the medicine. The attendant of a patient or nurse can make a weekly plan of medicine remainder by keeping medicine in twenty-one compartments for taking medicine three times per day. The attendant can manually set the time of taking medicine or load a text file in an SD card mentioning the time for taking medicine of every compartment. The device has a real-time clock to read the time. When time is matched with the set time, the device plays a sound in the speaker to share the information of medicine quantity and blinks the LED of the specific compartment where medicine is kept for that time. The device also informs the patient whether the medicine should take before a meal or after a meal. The device can ensure the medication safety, appropriate medicine dose, and prevention of drug abusement of elderly people.