A pill grinder and a method for using thereof are provided. The pill grinder includes: a base plate; a guiding assembly; a handle component including a pair of handle connecting rods, wherein, a first connecting rod is connected to a first end of each handle connecting rod, a roller shaft is connected between the handle connecting rods, axial directions of the roller shaft and the first connecting rod are both parallel to a first direction, the first connecting rod is kept pressed towards the base plate by an elastic returning component; and a grinding component, sleeved outside the roller shaft. When the handle component rotates around the first connecting rod, guided by the guiding assembly, the grinding component has a grinding stroke along a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. Therefore, pills can be better grinded with easier operation and less time, and safety in use is largely enhanced.

A sealed assembly for pill crushing and delivering and a method for using thereof are provided. The assembly includes: a connecting valve with different diameters, including a first end, a valve and a second end provided with a syringe-abutting interface, wherein, an opening diameter of the first end is larger than that of the second end; and a pill-crushing carrier including a sealed cavity having only one filling-in opening, the pill-crushing carrier has a first state when separated from the connecting valve and the filling-in opening is exposed for pills delivering into the carrier, and a second state when the filling-in opening is connected to the first end of the connecting valve, crushed and dissolved pill powders in the sealed cavity can be taken out through the connecting valve. The assembly can crush pills and dissolve powders in a sealed cavity, deliver powder-dissolved liquid and prevent powders from dispersing.

A method for managing medication, comprising the steps of: providing a server having databases, including a drug-to-drug interaction database, a drug-to-allergy interaction database, and a database of user profiles; detecting a current time of a first user, the first user being associated with a first user's profile within the database of user profiles, wherein the first user's profile comprises a medication list; providing a medication dispenser adapted to store and dispense medication associated with a first medication prescription of the medication list, the first medication prescription having a set of instructions for consumption by the first user; adding the first medication prescription to the first user's profile; implementing a reminder schedule according to the set of instructions and the current time detected; sending consumption reminder notifications to the first user according to the reminder schedule; and tracking adherence by the first user to the set of instructions.

A pill locator is provided. The pill locator has an edge and a hole. The edge is configured to abut a recess of the pill cutter so that the board is fixed in the recess. The hole is configured to receive a pill, a shape and a size of the hole corresponds to a shape and a size of the pill. Because the pill is fittingly positioned in the hole, the pill may not be moved with respect to the pill locator. With the edge of the board abutting the recess of the pill cutter, the pill locater may not be moved with respect to the pill cutter. As a result, the pill in the pill locater may not be moved with respect to the pill cutter, so the pill will be split into two equal pieces.

A pill cutter attachable to a pill bottle for splitting a pill to form a split pill that includes a pill cutter body extending between first and second body ends. The first body end presents a first surface for holding a pill. A lid is coupled to the first body end, is moveable between open and closed positions, and presents a second surface facing the first surface when in the closed position. A cutting instrument is coupled to the second surface of the lid and is configured to split the pill to form a split pill when the lid is moved from the open position toward the closed position. A cutter connector extends away from the second body end of the pill cutter body. The cutter connector is configured to attach rotatably to a pill bottle to collectively define a holding chamber for holding the split pill.

An apparatus for liquefying solid pills includes a grinder configured to grind the solid pills to a powder, a receptacle configured to attach to the grinder and to capture the powder, and a cap configured to attach to the receptacle. The cap includes a port therethrough in fluid connection with the receptacle. The port is configured to mate with a tip of a syringe.

A pill cutter has a base, a clamping assembly, a connecting unit, a cover, and a cutting assembly. The clamping assembly has two first clamping units moveably mounted on the base. The connecting unit has a base end moveably mounted on the base and a cover end pivotally mounted on the cover. The cutting assembly has a pressing unit moveably mounted on the cover and a blade securely mounted on the pressing unit. When the cover is opened, the connecting unit moves along with the cover and pulls the two first clamping units away from each other. When the cover is closed, the two first clamping units move toward each other by springs to stably clamp a pill in any shape or size. Therefore, a user can simply press the pressing unit to move the blade to safely cut the clamped pill.

A box for drug management and recycle is provided, which includes a drug box body, a camera device, a card-swiping device, a display device, a processor, and a power supply. A RFID detection device and electronic locks are arranged in the recycle box. A wireless communication module, an early warning module and a processing module are arranged in the processor, and the processor is wirelessly connected to a server terminal. The acquisition and return of the drugs can be jointly completed through face recognition and card-swiping recognition, and can be specified to an individual according to the obtained employee number and other information, thus facilitating the strict management of drug and achieving the recycle of unwanted drug. Therefore, the recycle box has a broad clinical prospect.

Pill cutters and methods of cutting pills. The pill cutters may optionally include a spinnable blade and may be configured to cause the blade to spin to cut a pill. The pill cutters may be adapted to adjust the position of the pill before cutting the pill.

This disclosure relates to a method tapering or uptitrating a drug, e.g., benzodiazepines or non-benzodiazepine sedative hypnotics. Also disclosed is an apparatus for cutting or splitting a pill which can be used to blind or mask a dosage during a taper or uptitration plan. Also disclosed are methods of using the apparatus. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present disclosure.