Patent ID: 11938095
Assignee: STUDIO 010 INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 13:
14. A pill splitter comprising:
a first housing comprising a platform;
a first blade secured to the first housing;
a second housing structured to slide relative to the first housing in a direction from an open position to a closed position in which one or both of the second housing and the first housing comprise one or more surfaces that define a pill container space; and
a second blade secured to the second housing, the pill splitter being structured so that moving of the second housing in the direction toward the closed position, with a pill being supported by the platform, splits the pill by bringing the second blade toward the first blade with both a cutting edge of the second blade and a cutting edge of the first blade cutting into the pill, with the platform moving relative to a foundation of the first housing in the direction, and with the moving of the platform exposing the first blade during the moving of the second housing toward the closed position;
wherein the first housing further comprises a protrusion that is integrally formed with one of the foundation or the platform, and wherein the protrusion extends into an aperture in the other of the foundation or the platform to allow movement of the platform relative to the foundation during the moving of the second housing toward the closed position but to inhibit separation of the platform from the foundation.