Automated Medication Dispenser Objective: Robust prototype to allow 2 patients to have a week’s worth of 6 different pills automatically dispense on a time-basis with the scan of a fingerprint. Customer: Anyone who takes medication on a time-basis and desires to keep their medication in a safe and secure location. Additional Information: Can be located at the team’s EDGE website at https://edge.rit.edu/content/P09321/public/Home. Justin Zagorski (IE) – Project Lead Rebecca Jaiven (EE) – Lead Engineer Michael Boquard (CE) Matthew Jones (ME) Felix Feliz (ME) Shuaib Mansoori (EE) John Veenstra (PJ Solutions - Sponsor Dan Phillips (EE) – Faculty Guide Ed Hanzlik (ME) – Faculty Advisor User Approaches the dispenser User places finger on finger print reader Correct nitinol latch is actuated and medicine falls with the use of gravity Medicine cylinder rolls down the dispensing ramp User takes medicine Deposit empty medicine cylinder into return slot at the rear of the dispenser Background 10% of all hospital and 23% of all nursing home admissions are due to patients failing to take prescription medications correctly. At any given time, regardless of age group, up to 59% of people taking 5 or more medications are taking them improperly. System Architecture Key Customer Needs/Engineering Specs 360° Security™ & SmartCartridges™ Laptop Interface & GUI Properly and reliably dispense medication Biometric Access Design Concept USB/Power Input Empty Return Area Electrical Flow Diagram Cylinder Holders Collapsible Legs Dispense Ramp Pharmacist Control GUI Patient Control Special Thanks to: TCS Industries Inc., Richard Bentley