Combination pill cutter and crusher pliers

A combination cutter and crusher pliers for medicinal pills for humans comprising:

• a. a lower handle and an upper handle, said upper handle and said lower handle joined at a pivot;
• b. an upper jaw of one piece with said lower handle;
• c. a lower jaw of one piece with said upper handle;
• d. a semi-cylindrical crushing basin, further comprising a plurality of spaced-apart and discrete medicinal pill sockets, adapted to receive at least one medicinal pill of said medicinal pills for crushing into powder, in said lower jaw proximate said pivot, wherein
• i. said plurality of spaced-apart and discrete medicinal pill sockets in said semi-cylindrical crushing basin comprises a linear, side-by-side array of said plurality of spaced-apart and discrete medicinal pill sockets;
• and
• ii. said semi-cylindrical crushing basin comprises an inner surface of a longitudinal half of a right circular cylinder shell;
• e. a cutting basin, further comprising a concave oval pill socket, adapted to receive a medicinal pill of said medicinal pills for cutting in half, in said lower jaw distal said pivot;
• f. a blade cavity in said upper jaw complementarily shaped, sized and corresponding to said cutting basin and said concave oval pill socket;
• and
• g. a semi-cylindrical crusher support in said upper jaw complementarily shaped, sized and corresponding to said semi-cylindrical crushing basin and said plurality of spaced-apart and discrete medicinal pill sockets;
• h. wherein said semi-cylindrical crushing basin is configured to retain said at least one said medicinal pill after said at least one medicinal pill is crushed;
• and
• i. wherein said cutting basin is configured to retain first and second cut halves of said medicinal pill after said medicinal pill is cut.

A combination cutter and crusher pliers for medicinal pills for humans comprising:

• a. a lower handle and an upper handle, said upper handle and said lower handle joined at a pivot;
• b. an upper jaw of one piece with said lower handle;
• c. a lower jaw of one piece with said upper handle;
• d. a semi-cylindrical crushing basin, further comprising a plurality of spaced-apart and discrete medicinal pill sockets, adapted to receive at least one medicinal pill of said medicinal pills for crushing into powder, in said lower jaw proximate said pivot, wherein
• i. said plurality of spaced-apart and discrete medicinal pill sockets in said semi-cylindrical crushing basin comprises a linear, side-by-side array of said plurality of spaced-apart and discrete medicinal pill sockets, and
• ii. said semi-cylindrical crushing basin comprises an inner surface of a longitudinal half of a right circular cylinder shell;
• e. a cutting basin, adapted to receive a medicinal pill of said medicinal pills for cutting in half, in said lower jaw distal said pivot;
• f. wherein said plurality of spaced-apart and discrete medicinal pill sockets are of various sizes;
• g. a concave oval pill socket in said cutting basin;
• h. a semi-cylindrical crusher support in said upper jaw complementarily shaped, sized and corresponding to said semi-cylindrical crushing basin and said plurality of spaced-apart and discrete medicinal pill sockets;
• i. a plurality of medicinal pill crusher protrusions extending from said semi-cylindrical crusher support and aligned, shaped, and sized corresponding to said plurality of spaced-apart and discrete medicinal pill sockets in said semi-cylindrical crushing basin;
• and
• j. a blade cavity in said upper jaw adaptively shaped, sized and corresponding to said cutting basin and said concave oval pill socket;
• k. wherein said semi-cylindrical crushing basin is configured to retain said at least one said medicinal pill after said at least one medicinal pill is crushed;
• and
• l. wherein said cutting basin is configured to retain first and second cut halves of said medicinal pill after said medicinal pill is cut.