A Smart Medication Box with Regular Medications and In-Time Refilling

The Elderly people practice Polypharmacy by receiving many medications for acute and chronic conditions due to their effectiveness in preventing diseases or slowing disease progression. Elderly people are encouraged to manage medicines by themselves, in spite of their difficulties like poor vision, forgetfulness, non-availability of caretakers, busy schedules of their children etc. A smart Medication box is implemented for elderly people which enables them to take medicines in time, even in the absence of caretakers and sends the status of medication to the family members. The Smart medication box designed initially alerts elderly people to take medicines in the stipulated time by utilizing LED display, sound and light. It also sends the same message in the LED display simultaneously to the family member. After the medicine is consumed, with the help of the GSM module, the message of MEDICINE TAKEN is sent to the family member. The smart Medication box also monitors the stock of medicines continuously and automatically refills it by sending a request to the authenticated pharmacist nearby for supplying the necessary medicines in advance.