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US 2021/0401671 A1Published application
Pill cutters and methods of use
AssigneeSplitrx LLC
InventorsBarry CHESKIN, Terah Whiting SMILEY
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Abstract
Pill cutters and methods of cutting pills. The pill cutters may optionally include a spinnable blade and may be configured to cause the blade to spin to cut a pill. The pill cutters may be adapted to adjust the position of the pill before cutting the pill.
Claims29
A handheld pill cutter adapted to cut a pill, comprising:
- a base portion that includes a pill receiving area sized and configured to receive a pill;
- a bladed portion that includes a blade adapted to spin, the bladed portion movably coupled to the base portion and movable relative to the base portion to allow access to the pill receiving area to position a pill in the pill receiving area;
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- one or more energy communication elements configured to operably communicate energy from an energy source to the blade to cause the blade to spin relative to the bladed portion,
- the blade arranged and disposed relative to the pill receiving area such that when the bladed portion is moved towards the base portion and when the blade is spinning, the blade cuts through a pill that is secured in the pill receiving area.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.