Patent ID: 7275671

Claim:
A pill splitter for splitting a pill in quarters along a major axis and a minor axis, the pill splitter comprising: a) a lower body; b) an upper body, integrally affixed to the lower body; c) a rotating bed receptacle, rotatingly disposed between the upper and lower bodies, and further comprising: (i) a bed substantially conforming to the pill shape; and (ii) a membrane, disposed below the bed, containing a cruciate cutout comprising a major axis slit and a minor axis slit; d) a long, thin cutting blade, disposed below and in proximity to the bed receptacle; e) means for rotating the bed receptacle to a first position wherein the cutting blade is disposed beneath the major axis slit and beneath the major axis of the pill; and to a second position wherein the cutting blade is disposed beneath the minor axis slit and beneath the minor axis of the pill; and f) means for striking the pill from above, thereby driving the pill onto the blade below, so that when the pill is placed into the bed and the pill is struck from above, the pill is split along the axis above cutting blade.