Design and Implementation of RISC-V based Smart Insulin Pump

Abstract

Diabetes is a major problem that occurs in different age group. In medical technology small percent of delay can lead to the several damages. Hence it is very important to reduce the delay and increase the performance. Recent inventions in medical technology leads to the invention of implantable devices which are placed inside the body which are used to monitor, treat many medical diseases. For the efficient functioning of implantable devices, the delay should be less. RISC-V processor, a free open source architecture which consists of only 47 base instructions to execute any function thus reducing the delay and power consumption is used. Hyperglycemia is a condition that results from an excessive rise in glucose levels. If it is not treated, it can cause heart problems, kidney damage, and nerve damage. To overcome this problem insulin is given to the patients. Insulin pump is developed and is already available in the market but the problem with the existing one is consumes more power 0.12 mW. In this research work, RISC-V based smart insulin pump has been proposed to regulate glucose levels by injecting required insulin. This study proposes a design for a smart insulin pump based on RISC-V that uses 90nm technology to save area and power.