ECE.19 – JAMA Pill

• Ameer Abdrabo
• Jerryco Bosita
• Adham Kenawy
• Muhammad Murtaza

With an ongoing opioid crisis that has escalated exponentially over the years, there is aneed for an action to be taken. In 2019, nearly 50,000 people in the United States died from opioid overdoses and this increased to more than 100,000 in 2020. Our project aims to help anyone who suffers any sort of addiction to prescription drugs. We designed a device that has different mechanisms to prevent an individual from overdosing on their prescription. JAMA Pill includes a dispensing, anti-tampering, locking, emergency button and battery warning mechanisms. This device takes the prescription from the pharmacist to automatically dispense the medication based on the duration required for the specified prescription. The device comes with a locking mechanism so that the user cannot open the device, which is only accessible to the pharmacist. We also included the anti-tampering mechanism so that if the user tampers with the device, it will send a red flag for the pharmacist. In cases of an emergency, we have the emergency button which allows the user to dispense one extra pill, due to any human error. Finally, in order to make sure the device does not lose battery to the user, we implemented a LED light that turns on when the device is below 20%. This notifies the user so that they can charge the device back up before it loses its battery and does not dispense any of the medication. Furthermore, our ultimate goal is to reduce the addiction of not only opioids but drugs in general in the United States. This device has a potential to implement additional features to better enhance the user experience and device performance. It’s not bounded by the current feature, in future, a mobile app and additional safety features can also be added.