Patent ID: 7946448

Claim:
A pill dispenser for removing a pill from a blister pack having a pill containing compartment with a foil seal, said pill dispenser comprising: a tray adapted to contain pills; a stage, a press assembly, and connecting means selectively detachably supported by said tray; said stage having an upper surface provided with a passage means communicating with said tray; said passage comprising an opening, said opening passing through said stage, and a cavity having an interior perimeter ledge surrounding said opening, said ledge having a uniform depth from said stage upper surface; said press assembly being rotatably coupled to said stage by said connecting means; said press assembly including an elongated, tapered punch having a distal tip; said press assembly being configured for rotating said tip into said passage means; an adapter having a uniform thickness equal to said ledge uniform depth, the adapter having a peripheral shape and dimension providing snug fitting engagement with said cavity, wherein an adapter upper surface of said adapter is flush with said stage upper surface when said adapter is inserted into said cavity; and said adapter having an adapter aperture extending therethrough, said adapter aperture sized to correspond with said pill, for concentrating the force of the tip onto a portion of the foil adjacent to said pill; whereby said blister pack may be loaded to said dispenser with said foil adjacent to said stage and with said compartment aligned with said passage means and said press assembly may be manually manipulated to rotate said tip into said passage means for forcing said pill through said foil seal and through said passage means and into said tray.