Addoz Med-O-Wheel Smart User manual

Addoz Med-O-Wheel Smart
Operating instructions

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AZ10123-0
Version 1.0
Addoz Oy
2017

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Contents:
1Contents of packet .........................................................5
2Basic use of the Med-O-Wheel Smart............................5
3Med-O-Wheel Smart ......................................................6
4Starting to use the Med-O-Wheel Smart.......................7
4.1 Installing the batteries ............................................7
4.2 Opening the cover..................................................8
4.3 Closing the cover....................................................8
5Use of the dosage cassette............................................8
5.1 Opening and closing the dosage cassette .............9
5.2 Refilling the Med-O-Wheel Smart...........................9
5.2.1 Selecting a suitable dosage calendar..............9
5.2.2 Dispensing of medicine................................. 10
5.2.3 Filling in and attaching the dosage stickers.. 10
6Use of the Med-O-Wheel Smart.................................. 11
6.1 Settings mode...................................................... 11
6.2 Time of day.......................................................... 12
6.3 Size of dosage cassette ...................................... 12
6.4 Sound volume...................................................... 13
6.5 Dosage times....................................................... 13
6.6 Dosage cassette for the dispenser...................... 14
6.7 Setting of start point ............................................ 14
6.8 Dosage window ................................................... 15
6.9 Dosage reminders ............................................... 15
6.10 Error function....................................................... 16
6.11 Battery warning.................................................... 16
7Cleaning the Med-O-Wheel Smart.............................. 16
8Other noteworthy matters............................................ 17
9Additional equipment and accessories........................ 17
9.1 Lock..................................................................... 17
9.2 Dosage stickers and dosage calendars .............. 17
10 Other Addoz
®
products.......................................... 18
10.1 Med-O-Wheel ...................................................... 18
11 Warranty ................................................................ 18
12 Med-O-Wheel CE certification............................... 18
13 Contact information ............................................... 19

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Congratulations on your purchase of the Addoz
®
Med-O-Wheel Smart!
The Med-O-Wheel Smart is an easy-to-use and safe aid to
medical dispensing.
The Med-O-Wheel Smart will help you to administer your
medicine at the right time, and prevent the unintentional
incorrect use of the medicine. If necessary, it can remind you
to take your medicine and prevent you from taking it either
too early or too late.
The Med-O-Wheel Smart will help children, young people
and those of an active working age to remember the right
time to take their medicine. It can also support the elderly or
infirm at home, helping them to maintain a good balance in
their medical treatment. That way they remain capable to
stay at home as long as possible. At its best, regularised
dispensing of medicine improves general well-being
significantly.
From a point of view of treatment results, medicine
dispensing at the right time is of vital importance in all forms
of medical treatment for people of all ages.
The Med-O-Wheel Smart is suitable for all orally-
administered medicines and vitamins in tablet form,
excluding suckable tablets.

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1 Contents of packet
Parts and accessories in the packet:
• electronic Med-O-Wheel Smart
• 14- and 28-compartment dosage cassettes
• cover, with calendar window and dispensing opening
•
dosage calendar
•
dosage sticker booklet
•
user
instructions
• batteries (2 x AA = LR6).
The material of the plastic parts of the Med-O-Wheel Smart is
polycarbonate specially manufactured for the purpose. These parts are
highly resistant to shocks and cleansing agents.
Please note, however, that the Med-O-Wheel Smart is an electronic device,
which should be protected from shocks and moisture.
2 Basic use of the Med-O-Wheel Smart
In normal use, there is an empty dosage compartment under the device’s
cover lid, and you can receive the next dose of medicine by requesting it at
the right time. The dose is requested by pressing the centre of the
dispenser cover, on the lens button in the middle. If the permitted time for
administering the dose is at hand, the dispenser rotates the correct dose to
the position of the lid. At other times, the display shows the dispensing time
for the next dose, and the left side of the display shows the number of the
dose.
The dosage time set in the Med-O-Wheel Smart is the time when the device
gives the first reminder of the next dosage of medicine. Because there is
often a need slightly to vary the time for administering the medicine based
on fluctuations in the normal daily rhythm, each dose may be taken an hour
before the actual dosage time. In practice, the dosage time is usually set at,
for example, 15 or 30 minutes after the intended dispensing time, when the
user has the chance to take the dose before the audible reminder sounds.
At the dosage time, the Med-O-Wheel Smart sounds to remind the user to
take the dose of medicine. The Med-O-Wheel Smart then sounds reminders
at intervals over a two-hour period if the dose is not administered. After that,
the missed dose is registered as forgotten, the reminders cease and the
dispenser switches to waiting for the next dosage.

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3 Med-O-Wheel Smart
The key parts of the Med-O-Wheel Smart are:
1 Display
2 Lens button
3 Lid covering the dispensing opening
4 Locking pin
5 Cover
6 Dosage cassette (inside the dispenser)
7 Battery compartment (under the dispenser)
8 Frame
Display The display comprises an LCD screen and two indicator
lights.
Lens button During normal use, the transparent central part of the
device is the only button used. The dose of medicine is
received by pressing this button.
Lid The lid closes the dispenser in order to avoid dirt and
possible splashes of water from coming into contact with
the medicine. If desired, the lid can easily be removed.
Locking pin The cover is attached to the frame by a short threaded
locking pin. The locking pin prevents the cover from
being accidentally opened.
Cover Under the lid, the cover has a dispensing opening, which
serves the medicine from the dispenser.
Dosage cassette The device contains a 14- or 28-compartment dosage
cassette.
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Battery compartment
If desired, the cover of the battery compartment in the
bottom of the device can be locked with a screw.
Frame The frame is transparent, so the medicine in the
dispenser and the dosages stickers on the bottom of the
cassette can be seen without opening the cover.
4 Starting to use
the Med-O-Wheel Smart
The Med-O-Wheel Smart is very simple to use. One to four dispensing
times are set in the dispenser’s electronic alarm clock, and the dosage
cassette is filled with the required medicine.
The Med-O-Wheel Smart is suitable both for independent use and in
organised medical care. Often in independent use, the use of just one
dosage cassette is necessary, to which the medicine is refilled at intervals.
In organised medical care, the dosage cassettes may be filled at a chemist,
for example, who then delivers them to the user and replaces them with
empty cassettes. The Med-O-Wheel Smart supports both these
applications.
A brief summary of the set-up:
1 Install the batteries
2 Open the cover of the dispenser,
• take a dosage cassette from the dispenser and
fill it with medicine
• set the dosage times and make other settings
3 Put the cassette into the dispenser and guide it to its start
position or ‘home base’ (SI:HO function)
4 Close the cover of the dispenser
The Med-O-Wheel Smart is now ready to use.
The following paragraphs describe the operation of the dispenser in greater
detail.
4.1 Installing the batteries
The cover of the battery compartment has a groove. Pull the cover in the
direction of the groove. Install the batteries so that their polarity matches the
markings correctly. Ensure that the positive (+) poles of both batteries are
positioned in accordance with the plus signs in the compartment.

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4.2 Opening the cover
Press the black locking pin downwards and open the
cover by turning it. Please note that the thread of the
cover is short and corresponds to about five minutes on
the clock.
4.3 Closing the cover
Place the cover in the ‘five minutes to’ position as shown above, and close it
by turning it clockwise. Finally press the black locking pin in, in order to
prevent the cover opening accidentally during use.
5 Use of the dosage cassette
There are two basic types of dosage cassettes, the Addoz
®
Med-O-Wheels:
those with 14 dosage compartments and those with 28. Both types are the
same size, so one compartment of a 14-compartment cassette holds twice
the amount of medicine of a compartment in a 28-compartment cassette.
Suckable tablets and other tablets with a sticky surface may get stuck inside
the compartment. Avoid using the cassette for the dispensing of such
tablets.
Once you have selected the correct dosage calendar and put it in the
middle of the cassette, the calendar will show which dose is where in the
compartment.
A separate cover is also available for the dosage cassette. This can be
used as an aid to refilling the cassette, for example. The calendar shows
which dose is in the open compartment. Please note that the cover must be
turned in a clockwise direction.
On the dosage stickers to be attached to the bottom of the dosage cassette,
you can record which medicine is in the cassette and when it should be
administered.
When you wish to close the Med-O-Wheel completely, turn the dispensing
opening in the cover to the zero or ‘home base’ position. Then all dosage
compartments will be closed.
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Setting the calendar is easiest when the cover of the dosage cassette is not
in position. Set the black zero mark of the calendar at the position of the
cassette’s coloured logo. Press the edges of the calendar, so that it is
pressed behind the three couplings of the compartment and stays in its
position. The calendar is correctly set up, if it clicks three times when
pressed into position. Thanks to the fastening couplings, a correctly set
calendar will remain in its position, irrespective of the position of the dosage
cassette.
5.2.2 Dispensing of medicine
The medicine can be distributed into the dosage cassette either with or
without the cover. When distributing medicine using the cover, only one
compartment at a time is open. In that way, a tablet cannot drop into the
wrong compartment. This is the recommended method of distributing,
because it reduces the changes of errors. Removal of the cover is shown in
Chapter 5.1.
The dosage calendar and the text and colours on it are intended to facilitate
distribution and recognition of the compartment’s dosage times (morning,
daytime, evening or night).
Once all the medicine has been distributed into the dosage cassette, close
it so that the dispensing opening of the cover is at ‘home base’ position. In
that way, the medicine is protected from contamination and remains in the
correct compartments.
5.2.3 Filling in and attaching the
dosage stickers
In a possible emergency situation, the purpose of the Med-O-Wheel Smart’s
dosage stickers is to provide medical personnel with information on what
medicine the person in need of assistance has been taking. It is advisable
to prepare for such a situation by writing the names of the medicines in the
dosage cassette on the dosage stickers.
Write the name and strength of the medicine in the ‘MEDICINE’ field in the
middle of the sticker. On the grid on the right side of the sticker, mark how
many tablets of the medicine in question are in each daily dosage. In the
space on the left side of the sticker, you can write, for example, the name
and date of the user of the cassette.
On the bottom of the cassette are three small ridges, in between which the
stickers can be put. The names of a total of nine different medicines can be
written on three stickers.

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Please note that a sticker must not be stuck on top of the ridges.
The stickers do not stick permanently and can easily be removed later.
Remove the sticker from the booklet as soon as you have filled it in, so that
the adhesive surface will not get dirty.
6 Use of the Med-O-Wheel Smart
The Med-O-Wheel Smart acts like an electronic alarm clock. If necessary, it
reminds the user to take his/her medicine through an audible signal. At the
same time, the dispenser ensures that only the correct dosage is
administered. Please note that the device will not rotate the dosage
cassette without the user pressing the button in the middle of the cover, and
then ‘requesting’ the next dose.
An important part of the correct and desired operation of the device is its
accurate setting to the needs of the user:
• time of day
• the number of compartments in the cassette (14 or
28)
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the volume of the audible signal
• dosage times: one, two, three or four times a day
6.1 Settings mode
The settings of the Med-O-Wheel Smart can be made when its cover is
open. If necessary, see Paragraph 4.2 concerning the opening of the cover.
When you have opened the cover of the dispenser, you will see the user
interface as depicted in the adjacent picture. Its symbols will help you to
remember which settings you can make.
If you wish, you can enter, check or change the
settings. Switch the device to settings mode by
pressing button 1 on the left, and by holding it
down for about three seconds, until the device
emits an audible signal and the time and yellow
indicator light start to blink.

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By pressing button 1 for a short time, you can switch from one setting to
another, and check and set the values you want:
6.2 time of day: the time blinks on the display
6.3 size of dosage cassette: C14 or C28 blink on the display
6.4 the volume of the audible signal:
L and the volume level blink on the display
6.5 dosage times:
the dosage number appears on the left side of the display
and the set dosage time blinks on the display
After that, the cycle begins again from the time of day.
You can browse the settings as many times as you wish, without their
values changing. When you change a value, the change is saved in the
device’s memory, when you press button 1 for three seconds. If you wish,
you can easily change the settings again.
The dispenser will revert to normal mode, when you press button 1 for three
seconds. The device will also revert automatically to normal mode within
one minute of the last input. In that case, any settings changes that may
have been entered will not be stored in the memory.
6.2 Time of day
You can access the time of day settings mode by pressing button 1 for
three seconds, upon which the numbers in the display will start to blink.
The time is set in digital, 24 hour format (e.g. 06:00).
The time is set using buttons 2 and 3, with button 2 increasing the hour
reading by one hour and button 3 increasing the minute reading by one
minute.
The hours and minutes rotate so that after hour setting 23 comes 00, and
after minute setting 59 comes 00.
The time does not change automatically between summer time and winter
time.
Please note that the Med-O-Wheel Smart starts from the time you have set,
once the device reverts to normal mode. If you change the time a little (by a
few minutes or an hour), the Med-O-Wheel Smart notices and continues the
dosage programme normally.
6.3 Size of dosage cassette
Dosage cassettes can have either 14 or 28 compartments.
You can access the cassette size settings mode by pressing button 1 for
three seconds, upon which the numbers in the display will start to blink.
After that press button 1 once again.

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Press button 3 to select C14 or C28 on the display, depending on the
number of compartments in your dosage cassette.
The setting can be accepted by pressing button 1 for three seconds.
6.4 Sound volume
You can access the volume adjustment settings mode by pressing button 1
for three seconds, upon which the numbers in the display will start to blink.
After that, press button 1 twice.
L:10 may then blink in the display. This is the default factory setting. The
volume can be adjusted on a scale of 0-15.
The setting can be accepted by pressing button 1 for three seconds.
6.5 Dosage times
The times for taking the medicine or the dosage time must be set so that
the first dosage time is the day's first time for taking the medicine, then the
second, etc.
You can access the dosage time settings mode by pressing button 1 for
three seconds, upon which the numbers in the display will start to blink.
After that, press button 1 three times.
The number on the left side of the display represents the number of the
daily dose for the time you are setting.
Set the dosage time in the same way as the time of day,
using button 2 for the hours and
button 3 for the minutes (settings goes in 5-minute steps).
Always set both hours and minutes!
Once the time for taking the medicine has been set, briefly press button 1.
The dispenser will then switch to the setting for the next dosage time. At the
same time, the Med-O-Wheel Smart checks that the dosage time you have
just set meets the conditions set for dosage times described in Paragraph
6.8. If the set time is, for example, less than four hours from the previous
dosage time, the dispenser gives an error signal and a red light blinks. In
that case, the incorrectly set time is rejected and the display then shows
four lines (--:--). Reset the time, observing the minimum requirement of four
hours between dosage times.
Four lines where the dosage time should be mean that neither the dosage
in question nor any possible subsequent dosages are valid.
If you wish to delete the dosage times, set four lines as the dosage time. In
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All changes can be made and accepted at the same time by pressing button
1 for three seconds.
6.6 Dosage cassette for the dispenser
Once the necessary settings have been made in the Med-O-Wheel Smart,
the refilled dosage cassette can be put into the dispenser. It is advisable to
put the medicine into the cassette before the cassette is put into the Med-O-
Wheel Smart. Refilling of the dosage cassette is described in Chapter 5.
Please note that, before putting the cassette in place,
both the cover and the dosage calendar must be
removed from it. A cassette containing only medicine
must be put into the Med-O-Wheel Smart so that the
zero position or coloured logo of the cassette
matches up with the teeth of the black rotating ring.
In that way, the dosage cassette can easily be
inserted into the Med-O-Wheel Smart.
Avoid forcing the dosage cassette into the
dispenser and rotating the cassette in the dispenser by hand.
6.7 Setting of start point
If the cassette’s so-called ‘home base’ is at the position of the cover
opening, the dispenser is ready to use. It automatically takes into account
the time of day and brings the next dosage from the correct compartment.
Please note that, whenever you change the dosage times, the start point
must be reset by guiding the Med-O-Wheel Smart to its home base, i.e. the
position of the coloured logo. The rotation to the home base is done by
pressing button 3 for three seconds, upon which SI-HO text appears in the
display. In this SI-HO or rotation mode, pressing button 1 rotates the
cassette by one notch, and pressing button 2 rotates the dispenser to the
home base. Normal mode can be recovered by pressing button 3 for three
seconds. The device will also revert automatically to normal mode within
one minute of the last input.
Please note! Neither the dosage cassette nor the
rotating ring must ever be turned by hand! This may
damage the device. Always allow the device to turn
the cassette using the built-in motor.
We recommend that you always start from the
home base. Do not change the settings once you
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Close the cover of the Med-O-Wheel Smart and put the device in a suitable
position, where its audible reminding signal will be easily heard.
6.8 Dosage window
The dosage window lasts a total of three hours, during which the Med-O-
Wheel Smart will, if requested, provide the next dosage. The dosage
window opens one hour before the set dosage time, and closes two hours
after it.
The following is a description of a Med-O-Wheel Smart dosage period:
ADVANCE TIME dosage is given if requested, but there is no audible
reminder for it
DOSAGE TIME an audible signal reminds the user to take the dose
ALARM TIME if a dosage is forgotten, a remote alarm sounds
(optional) and reminders then continue
SKIP at this point, two hours after the dosage time, the
dosage in question is skipped and the dispenser
switches to waiting for the next dosage time
SAFETY TIME ensures that two dosages may not be taken too close
to each other, with at least one hour in between
NORMAL the dispenser is in normal mode and awaiting the next
dose
6.9 Dosage reminders
At the set dosage time, the Med-O-Wheel Smart gives an audible ‘wake-up’
signal, ten long beeps. This wake-up signal is repeated three times at one-
minute intervals, if the dosage is not taken before it.
After that, the Med-O-Wheel Smart gives an audible ‘reminder’ signal, at
fifteen-minute intervals. This signal consists of three short beeps. In that
way, the device should not disturb other people who may be near, but will
attract the attention of the user.
NORMAL (idle) ADVANCE TIME
60 min DOSAGE TIME 60 min ALARM TIME 60 min
dosage
time
NORMAL (idle)
dosage window
SKIP
SAFETY TIME
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6.10 Error function
If the Med-O-Wheel Smart detects a functional fault, it emits an error alert,
five rapid beeps. The red warning light blinks simultaneously with the
audible signal.
The most typical error is that the dosage cassette is not able to rotate freely
inside the device. The reason for this may be a dirty cassette or dispenser,
stickers on top of each other or stuck to the ridges on the bottom of the
cassette or weak batteries. In some situations, for example, medicine inside
a dosage cassette might have been placed so that it locks the cassette in
position. Also check that the position of the cassette is correct (Paragraph
6.7).
The Med-O-Wheel Smart operates using optical sensors. The function of
the dispenser might be disturbed by particularly bright light. Do not use the
device in bright sunlight or directly under very bright lighting. If the
dispenser is in excessively bright light, it will not rotate the cassette at all
and will give an error message. Remove the device from the bright light and
try again.
6.11 Battery warning
The batteries of the Med-O-Wheel Smart will last for about six months. The
device will warn about weak batteries through a long series of rapid audible
signals when you press the operating button. In that case, the battery power
indicator on the display will show only one segment. Depending on the type
of batteries you are using, this will be approximately enough for a further
one week of operation. Change the batteries in good time.
The Med-O-Wheel Smart saves all settings information in its memory. In
that way, even if a device is left without batteries for an extended period,
you only need to set the correct time and the device will be ready to use.
Even without batteries, the clock will stay at the right time for a short while,
so changing the batteries will not affect the time that the device shows.
7 Cleaning the Med-O-Wheel Smart
The Med-O-Wheel Smart should be kept clean. It is, after all, a question of
medicine, so the highest standards of hygiene must be aimed for.
The dosage cassette can be washed along with household dishes, either by
hand or in a dish-washing machine. Please note that the dosage stickers
must, however, be removed from the bottom of the dosage cassette during
machine washing. The same stickers can be stuck back on again after the
wash. The surface of the stickers can withstand several removals and
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Please note! The Med-O-Wheel Smart is an electronic device, which
should be protected from moisture. Only the dosage cassette is made of
dish-washer resistant plastic, so the whole device must NOT be soaked or
put in the wash.
If necessary, the other parts of the Med-O-Wheel Smart may be wiped with
a damp cloth and mild detergent. The cloth should not be so wet that it
leaves drops of water on the surface of the device. The drops might enter
the device and damage it.
8 Other noteworthy matters
Do not fill the dosage cassette with suckable tablets, as they may soften in
moist air and stick to the cassette. Tablets coated in gelatine may also stick
to the compartments. Always store medicine in a dry place. A dry tablet will
not get stuck so easily.
If the Med-O-Wheel Smart moves the dosage cassette by more than one
compartment when the operating button is pressed, this means that one or
more of the previous doses have been missed. The dispenser is designed
to disregard possibly forgotten dosages, so that the dose meant for just the
time in question is the one that is available.
9 Additional equipment and
accessories
9.1 Lock
As additional equipment, a metal lock that locks and opens with a key can
be acquired for the Med-O-Wheel Smart. The device can then only be
opened by the holder of the key. Two keys are delivered with the lock.
Normally the keys are made in series so that all locks have the same key.
Individualised locks can also be ordered and delivered.
9.2 Dosage stickers and dosage
calendars
Additional dosage stickers and calendars can be ordered from the outlet
where you purchased the product.

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10 Other Addoz
®
products
10.1 Med-O-Wheel
Addoz
®
Med-O-Wheel is a product available from chemists that is an
excellent everyday storage system for medicines. In practice, it is the same
as the cassette in the Med-O-Wheel Smart, with a dosage calendar and a
cover.
Its use is very simple; the cover is turned one notch and the medicine
poured into the compartments. The dosage calendar shows which dose is
in the compartment in question.
Because the Med-O-Wheel’s dosage cassette is completely compatible with
the Med-O-Wheel, you can buy several cassettes and, when you go
travelling for example, take with you ready distributed medicine for a longer
period of time.
11 Warranty
The manufacturer’s warranty lasts for two years from the date of purchase.
The warranty covers any manufacturing and raw material defects arising
during the period of guarantee and notified to the manufacturer or
authorised service company, and the costs of repairing damage incurred by
the product as a result of such defects.
For warranty repair, the device must be delivered to the manufacturer. The
warranty does not cover normal wear, such as batteries. Neither does the
warranty cover damage caused by use for other than the intended purpose
or use contrary to these instructions.
Depending on the number of daily dosages and the number of necessary
audible signals, the batteries will last for 6-12 months. Only use good quality
batteries.
12 Med-O-Wheel CE certification
The Med-O-Wheel Smart is classed as a MEDDEV 2.4/1 medical device
and meets the standards for CE certification.

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13 Contact information
Manufacturer of the Addoz
®
Med-O-Wheel Smart:
Addoz Oy
Säästöpankinkatu 2
FI-30100 Forssa
Finland
[email protected]
www.addoz.com

Addoz Med-O-Wheel Smart
Operating instructions