ANDROID DEVICE OPERATED INSULIN PUMP CONNECTED USING BLUETOOTH

Bhamidipati Venkatasivaram Charan, Harigovind G Menon, Rudhrananth B, Rohit Mohan, Rahul R Nair, K P Peeyush

Abstract: Health care today have turned out to be more technology oriented. Diabetes Mellitus is one of the most predominant and common disease prevalent throughout the world. The use of insulin pumps is advocated over manual supplying of insulin to allow precise and accurate delivery of the prescribed volume of insulin over a specified time into the body. There is a drastic increase in the number of people using Android operating system mobile devices. The open sourced nature of android helps in easily programing applications as per the user’s requirements. In this paper we describe the design and implementation of an android application for controlling a subcutaneous insulin pump. A user friendly application would be developed which would help the patient administer insulin in both basil and bolus modes. The insulin pump would be programmed using a microcontroller and the connection with the android device would be established using Bluetooth technology. Using android application simplifies the operation of the insulin pump, eliminates manual handling of pump settings and helps in monitoring and tracking every activity of the pump, increasing the efficiency of diagnosis. A well-organized warning system would be incorporated for ensuring that any malfunctions are intercepted and necessary alarms are provided for alerting the user. A history log would also be maintained using android database which could be referred to by the physician

Keywords: Diabetes Mellitus, Bluetooth, Android Device, Insulin pump

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15623/ijret.2014.0319001