Patent ID: 11918545
Assignee: nan
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A pill cutter attachable to a pill bottle for splitting a pill to form a split pill, said pill cutter comprising:
a pill cutter body extending along an axis between a first body end and a second body end spaced from said first body end along said axis, with said first body end of said pill cutter body presenting a first surface for holding the pill;
a lid coupled to said first body end of said pill cutter body, with said lid moveable between an open position and a closed position, and with said lid presenting a second surface facing said first surface of the pill cutter body when in said closed position;
a cutting instrument coupled to said second surface of said lid, with said cutting instrument configured to split the pill to form a split pill when said lid is moved from said open position toward said closed position;
a holding chamber member having a first end configured to be releasably coupled to the second body end of the pill cutter body, the holding chamber further having a second end configured to be releasably coupled to the pill bottle, the holding chamber member defining a storage chamber for the split pill;
a cutter connector extending away from said second body end of said pill cutter body, with said cutter connector configured to attach rotatably to either the pill bottle or to the holding chamber member.