Friday, February 27, 2015

Smart haler

Pollution is increasing every day. Due to this, many people are affected by various respiratory infections, mainly asthma. World Health Organization estimates 350 million individuals have asthma world-wide; a figure which could rise to 450 million by 2025. The present methodology of treatment of asthma is through simple inhalers. The idea which we are going to propose is to attach an electronic component to the inhaler. An application is embedded between a smart-phone and the device. In order for the patient to access his inhaler, the device attached to the inhaler is programmed with features like an out of range alarm, medication reminder, panic button, spirometer, find device button, deep breathing exercise, puff-counter, usage statistics and medicine expiry alert. The device which is equipped with the above feature is linked to a smart-phone through a cloud network. When the person is experiencing any trauma, he/she can access the smart-phone to know the position of the inhaler or can even press the panic button to notify emergency services. The out of range is used to indicate the range option of a Bluetooth and will provide an alarm if it is not found within the given range. The medication remainder is used to provide the user his daily remainder of inhalation. Also, by using sensors, the amount of medication constituents present inside the inhaler cartridge can be obtained. Additional features like interfacing the equipment with the system of the doctor can be done so that the doctor can be able to monitor the patient’s results. By incorporating the above features, the patient’s health can be provided with much care.  Hence, by these features, the possibility of monitoring the patient’s health can be done.

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