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Cooper_Weber.pdf
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Cooper_Weber.pdf |
application/pdf |
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| Title |
Automated Pill Cutter / Dispenser
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| Type of Resource |
still image
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| Date Created |
2008-04-23
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| Digital Origin |
born digital
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| Rights Statement |
http://digital.uwyo.edu/copyright.htm
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| Keyword (topic) |
TBD
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| Series Title |
Undergrauate Research Day 2008
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| Creator(s) |
Weber, Erica
Cooper, Alyssa
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| Genre |
Powerpoint/pdf
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| Publisher |
University of Wyoming
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| Place of publication |
Laramie, Wyoming
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| Language |
eng
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| Summary |
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.
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| Notes |
From - Undergraduate Research Day 2008 - Celebration of Research - Abstracts
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