Manual pill crusher

Details Manual pill crusher Manual pill crusher

2006-09-21

2008-08-19

Rosenbaum, Mark (Department: 3725)

Solid material comminution or disintegration

Apparatus

Hand support comminutor

C241S169200, C241SDIG027

Reexamination Certificate

active

07413137

ABSTRACT:
A manually operable pill crusher device for use with pill pouches. A base includes a crushing surface over which a head is mounted. A handle is attached to a cam inside the head, and the head has a slot that permits the handle to move from a horizontal position to a vertical position. The cam is mounted inside a ram which slideably moves axially inside the head from a raised position in the head when the handle is vertical to a lowered position when the handle is horizontal. The ram includes a crushing surface engaging surface. The head also includes a slot through which a pill in a pouch can be inserted on to the crushing surface when the handle is raised. Lowering the handle then crushes the pill with axial force directly over the crushing surface, avoiding any cocking or arcuate pressure on the pill.

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Official Search Report of the Patent Cooperation Treaty in counterpart foreign Application No. PCT/US07/20313 filed Sep. 19, 2007.

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