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Background
Background
Older adults, and especially stroke patients often struggle with limited mobility and dexterity and are reduced to the use of one arm to complete tasks. Patients may need assistance with prescription management which can include receiving alerts to take medication, remembering if medication was taken, and taking medication out of its package.
The Design
The Design
The cap, which is designed to fit on a standard prescription pill bottle, consists of an internal sliding dispenser of collects one pill and slides to a dispensing configuration to close off the entrance to the prescription bottle with the rest of the pills to address dispensing one pill at a time.
The dispenser insert is interchangeable, allowing for users to swap out the dispenser to accommodate many different size and shape pills. It is designed to be pushed inwards to dispense the pill, and with the use of spring steel, can jump back to the original configuration.
The external part of the design has a hinge with magnets. The user will be able to flip open and close the cap with ease to replace the dispensing insert with ease.
A seal is incorporated in the cap to ensure that the pills are protected from any outside contamination. They are deisgned to prevent the user from having to apply a large amount of force to insert or remove the cap from the standard prescription pill bottle.
Near the bottom of the cap, there is a funnel containing obstructions that slows down the pills as they near the top of the cap. The obstructions were chosen to address the issue of granular jamming of the pills so that only one pill will reach the insert first and can therefore be separated without the weight of the rest of the pills on the single pill to be dispensed.
Ease of Use
Ease of Use
Design Performance
Design Performance
Five volunteer students from the course participated in operating the cap and provided feedback for operating the design and potential improvements. Total performance has been tallied in the bottom row.
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