Pill cutting and storage device

An apparatus comprising:

• a fixed base, the fixed base comprising a base, a fixed member and a first cutting edge;
• a lever arm attached to the fixed base at a pivot point, the lever arm comprising a second cutting wedge;
• a pivot member coupling the lever arm to the fixed base at the pivot point, wherein the lever arm is positionable between an open position and a closed position, wherein the lever arm rotates with respect to the pivot point to move the second cutting wedge to contact the first cutting wedge where a cutting surface of the first cutting wedge aligns with a cutting surface of the second cutting wedge when the lever arm is in the closed position, wherein the cutting surface of the first cutting wedge and the cutting surface of the second cutting wedge are oriented parallel to an axis of rotation of the pivot point, and wherein the base, the fixed member, and the lever arm, in a closed position, form a first compartment on a first side of the first and second cutting wedges and form a second compartment, separate from the first compartment, on a second side of the first and second cutting wedges, the first side opposite the second side, wherein the base forms a bottom to the first and second compartments;
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• a cover rotatably coupled to the apparatus at the pivot point, the cover rotating between a first position that covers only one side of the first and second compartments when the lever arm is in the closed position, and an open position that exposes at least a portion of the first and second compartments, wherein the first and second compartments are enclosed when the lever arm is in the closed position and the cover is over the compartments, wherein the cover is separately pivotable from the lever arm.

An apparatus comprising:

• a base;
• a fixed member attached to the base, the fixed member comprising a first cutting wedge;
• a lever arm pivotably attached to one or more of the base and the fixed member at a pivot point, the lever arm comprising a second cutting wedge, the lever arm positionable between an open position and a closed position, wherein the first cutting wedge and the second cutting wedge each taper to corresponding cutting surfaces by way of a wedge shape, wherein each wedge shape has an angle between 50 degrees and 80 degrees with respect to the cutting edge;
• a cover rotatably coupled to the base at the pivot point, the cover shaped to cover only one side of two separate compartments formed between the base, the fixed member, the first and second cutting wedges, and the lever arm when the lever arm is in the closed position, wherein the compartments are enclosed when the lever arm is in the closed position and the cover is over the two compartments, wherein rotation of the cover, separate from rotation of the lever arm, exposes one or both of the compartments, wherein the cover comprises a transparent material so the two compartments are visible through the cover;
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• a pivot member located at the pivot point and extending through the cover and lever arm and attached to one of the fixed member and the base,
• wherein the cutting surface corresponding to the first cutting wedge and the cutting edge corresponding to the second cutting wedge are oriented parallel to an axis of rotation of the pivot point and wherein the lever arm rotates to move the second cutting wedge to contact the first cutting wedge where the cutting surface of the first cutting wedge aligns with the cutting surface of the second cutting wedge when the lever arm is in the closed position.