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Justin Zagorski
Rochester Institute of Technology
MSD Project P09321
February 19, 2009
John Veenstra
CEO
PJSolutions, Inc.
Pittsford, NY
Dear John:
Thank you for choosing the RIT MSD Program to handle your automated medication dispenser project. The following agreement defines the terms and conditions of this project. Please keep a copy for your records and return a signed copy to me in the enclosed envelope.
By the completion of Multidisciplinary Senior Design II the team will deliver a functional updated prototype of an automated medication dispenser. It will be a standalone unit with laptop interface for two patients who require meds on a time-based scale and who desire to keep their medication in a safe and secure location. The prototype nitinol fibers will run off external power and laptop and will keep a record of access with a SmartCartridge™. It will properly and reliably dispense six pills twice a day, for two patients, for a week.
The unit will meet the desired needs defined to us by the customer. The unit will be user friendly and will be able to report information to an internal database kept on the EEPROM. It will interface with a USB drive for laptop/FPGA/ROM and will have biometric fingerprint access connected to the laptop. It will be self-containing, mobile, and ergonomically sound. Lastly, it will be cost-effective and affordable for home use.
The prototype will have 6 levels of access: Super user, Administrator, Pharmacist, Delivery personnel, Caregiver, and Patient. The following will be the process of use: The unit will begin at a designated location where a qualified technician will fill the SmartCatridge™ with the patient’s given prescriptions for a week. The software will map out the locations of the medication and it will be a qualified technician’s responsibility to replenish it. The unit will then be given to an authorized transporter who will deliver the unit to the patient’s place of residence and, if needed, set up and install the unit. Installation will include the unit being connected to a personal computer, the program running, and having the delivery confirmed through the installing technician’s login. Once ready to use the patient will be able to take his/her medication by simply approaching the unit and scanning their fingerprint. The unit will then dispense the correct medication for the appropriate time frame. If the patient does not access the unit in the given window of time an alarm/reminder system will activate. The patient is responsible for taking the medication, the unit is only designed to dispense medication and provide reminders if and when necessary.
Security is incorporated by a biometric scanner and/or a unique PIN. Only though this mode of entry will the medication be dispensed and replenished. Each of the entry actions will be recorded in a security log that only specific users will have access to. The unit will be structurally secure with no visible screws and the nitinol latches which will be contained inside the unit’s housing.
Justin Zagorski
Project Lead
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