RxSecure

Specific Solution Development!
Specific Solution Development!
Specific Solution Development!
Specific Solution Development!
Working Hard!
Working Hard!
CAD!

Inspiration

We got our team together through friends and acquaintances while being mindful of developing a good team dynamic and complementing skill sets. We then got a room at the CULC, and looked around us and the internet for problems that needed urgent solutions. We explored food, healthcare, social justice, GT-related issues, Education and divided deeper into each of them, identifying specific problems in each one. We then began to gauge the severity of each problem, the ability to develop a solution within the scope of a hackathon, and then we brainstormed solutions for each field, ultimately narrowing down on the healthcare and GT-related issues general field, specifically, the abuse of upper schedule prescription medications - abuse meaning overdosing, improper consumption, and reselling.

We associated the cause of this issue to a lack of regulation after pharmacy pickup - no checkups by the doctor to ensure if the drug is administered, and if it is correctly administered. We also acknowledged that these can be addictive, and addiction is rarely if ever to be blamed on a user.

What it does

The system is composed of 4 components, a device at the pharmacy (not developed), a pod containing medication, a dispensing and reminding device at home (referred to as the device), and a database which communicates between the pharmacy, doctor, and patient. While we trust the user, we implement a secure pod system between the pharmacy and end-user and use RFID and a database to unlock the pod if and only if it is in the device at home. The pharmacy sends a message to the database upon pickup, and the device alerts the doctor if the medicine is not added to the device within a certain time interval. The Rx (prescription) is updated by the doctor to the database and the device at home. Once the pod is added to the device by the patient and unlocked by the device RFID check, the Rx determines appropriate times for medicine dispensing and alerts the doctor if medication is NOT consumed at correct times. The device also looks at the prescription and releases only the correction amount of prescription as mandated by the Rx, preventing overdosing and indulging temptations that an addictive substance might come with. After every action in our network, the database is updated so that the doctor may view it and take a course of action based on the information.

How we built it

//not enough time to fill out! Please stop by our table upstairs and talk to us! We're eager to tell you more! It's the first hackathon for 3 of us!

Challenges we ran into

Scope - we may have taken a bite too big! implementing the database took time. Conventional rapid prototyping methods for a product of home use were not rapid enough!

Accomplishments that we're proud of

Learning a lot, having a prototype, and making friends along the way!

What we learned

Database development, RFID hacking, Develop aesthetically pleasing while also developing a functional prototype. Working with PI's! Additionally, water is wet and stays wet (wooden waterjetted prototype :/) and support material takes a lot of time to take out of a 3d print if time for a bath isn't present! :)