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US 2023/0009753 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.
Claims22
A pill cutter, comprising:
- a bladed portion that includes a blade;
- and
- a base portion including,
- a pill cutting surface sized and configured to receive a pill thereon, and
- a first pill positioning member disposed on a first side of a blade plane and a second pill positioning disposed on a second side of the blade plane,
- the first and second pill positioning members each rotatable about an axis relative to the pill cutting surface to facilitate contact between the first and second pill positioning members and a pill that is positioned on the cutting surface within the blade plane.
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A pill cutter, comprising:
- a bladed portion that includes a blade;
- and
- a base portion including,
- a pill cutting surface sized and configured to receive a pill thereon, and
- a first pill positioning member disposed on a first side of a blade plane, the first pill positioning member adapted to rotate about a first axis relative to the pill cutting surface, and
- a second pill positioning member disposed on a second side of the blade plane,
- the second pill positioning member adapted to rotate about a second axis relative to the pill cutting surface,
- the first and second pill positioning members positioned relative to the pill cutting surface to facilitate contact between the first and second pill positioning members and a pill that is positioned on the cutting surface within the blade plane.
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A pill cutter, comprising:
- a bladed portion that includes a blade,
- a base portion including a pill cutting surface sized and configured to receive a pill thereon, and
- first and second pill securing members positioned and adapted to be movable together relative to the pill cutting surface,
- the first pill securing member positioned to apply a downward stabilizing force on the pill on a first side of a blade plane, the second pill securing member positioned to apply a downward stabilizing force on the pill on a second side of the blade plane.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.