Low-Cost Smart Insulin Box: A Portable and Interactive System for Enhanced Diabetes Management

Diabetes is one of the most common life-threatening diseases in the world.The accurate amount, and on-time injection will directly affect the patient's health.The current standard of care for insulin-dependent diabetes management is paper based, so the patients provided with self-management support through health coaches which consumes time and effort.Smart insulin box as proposed meets the needs of the market by integrating electronic technology and IoT network functionality.The interactive box comprises a particular device with embedded sensors in each compartment.Two Infrared and one DHT11 sensors are used.IR sensors are used for detecting the absence or availability of the insulin pen inside the box.While, DHT11 sensor is used for measuring the internal temperature and humidity of the package.The interactive box not only transmits patient status messages to the cloud but also receives a reminder message to patient mobile phone presented by LCD screen.The system manages the insulin injection process and provides a remote monitoring system for doctors using two individual applications.Doctor application provides remote monitoring and controlling for insulin amount and injection time while patient application used to notify patients about injection time, status, and insulin stock status.The system is laboratory tested and evaluated by the authors.The low cost at 84 USD shows promising results.It has a potential impact on patient health outcomes as a smart, low cost, and interactive management system for the insulin injection process which can be integrated with the existing healthcare systems.