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Automated Pill Cutter / Dispenser

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Automated Pill Cutter / Dispenser

Name:Personal
Weber, Erica Role :Text(marcrelator)
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Name:Personal
Cooper, Alyssa Role :Text(marcrelator)
creator

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Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering; Dr. Stanislaw Legowski & and Dr. David Whitman Role :Text(marcrelator)
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Laramie, Wyoming
University of Wyoming (keyDate="yes")
2008-04-23

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eng

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For people with severe arthritis or a disability that limits dexterity, accessing daily medications can be a painful, tedious task. If the pills of any medications are to be cut in half, this becomes a virtually impossible task. In an effort to help increase the independence of such clients, we designed a prescription bottle cap that automatically cuts and/or dispenses a prescribed dosage at a given dosage interval as set by the pharmacist. Our battery-powered device automatically dispenses a half, one, or two-pill dosage at the time interval that is programmed into the device through an LCD screen/keypad user interface. The prototype cuts and/or dispenses a single size and shape of pill and reminds users to take medications with both audible and visual alarms. It also provides multi-modal indicators of device status displayed to user during the dispensing/cutting process and continually displays recorded information on how many dosages have been dispensed. note
From - Undergraduate Research Day 2008 - Celebration of Research - Abstracts
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Self-help devices for people with disabilities--Design and construction; Drug delivery devices--Design and construction

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Undergrauate Research Day 2008

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