Patent ID: 7828181

Claim:
A method for splitting pills, comprising the steps of: a) forming a planar lower body; b) centering the forward and rear sides of a pill on the lower body by: i. forming a rigid, substantially v-shaped pill stop on the lower body; ii. affixing two or more slide guides to the lower body; iii. disposing a planar slide on the lower body, wherein a rear pill stop is formed on a forward end of said slide, said slide slideably guided by the slide guides, with the plane of the lower body parallel to the plane of the slide; iv. advancing the slide until the rear pill stop is in contact with the rear side of the pill, so that the pill is retained securely between the pill stops; wherein the rear stop comprises two or more pill guides affixed to the forward edge of the slide; and the method further comprising the step of forming a slot in the slide parallel to the sliding direction of the slide, and between the pill guides, with the slot exiting the forward edge so that a cutting blade can move through the slot while splitting the pill, and c) splitting the pill.