Patent ID: 7699251

Claim:
A device for dividing medications into smaller dosages, the device being comprised of: a housing having a top section and a bottom section, a backend of the top section connected to a backend of the bottom section via one or more hinges such that an underside portion of the top section is substantially adjacent to an upper-side portion of the bottom section when the one or more hinges are closed, and the upper-side portion of the bottom section is a substantially negative profile of the underside portion of the top section; the top section having one or more capsule loading ports, a first cutting blade, and a second cutting blade; each capsule loading port having a substantially circular cross-section and located on sides of the top section between the backside and a front end of the top section; the first cutting blade substantially parallel and equidistant to the sides of the top section and connected to the top section via two or more flexible retaining means, wherein the first cutting blade is in a start position as capsules are loaded into the one or more capsule loading ports, and the first cutting blade is in a second position when the first cutting blade is moved towards the underside portion of the top section and divides the capsules in the one or more capsule loading ports; the second cutting blade fixedly connected to the underside of the top section; the bottom section having two or more pill stabilizers and a medication storage area, the two or more pill stabilizer being for retention of medications to be divided by the second cutting blade when the one or more hinges are closed.