US 12,239,608 B2
Methods and apparatus for performing liquid medication bottle-splitting operations
Kenneth Perano, Saint Charles, MO (US)
Assigned to Express Scripts Strategic Development, Inc., St. Louis, MO (US)
Filed by Express Scripts Strategic Development, Inc., St. Louis, MO (US)
Filed on Jan. 27, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/102,574.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/304,538, filed on Jan. 28, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0240943 A1, Aug. 3, 2023
Int. Cl. A61J 1/20 (2006.01)
CPC A61J 1/202 (2015.05) [A61J 1/2048 (2015.05)] 23 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus for liquid medication bottle-splitting, the apparatus comprising:
a first dispensing section comprising a funnel-shaped hollow body with a wide inlet opening tapering to a narrow outlet;
a second dispensing section comprising a second funnel-shaped hollow body with a second wide inlet opening tapering to a second narrow outlet; and
a crossover channel connecting the first dispensing section to the second dispensing section, the crossover channel including a crossover opening extending a length of the crossover channel, and the crossover channel being angled to evenly distribute a flow of liquid medication into at least a first split portion in the first dispensing section and a second split portion in the second dispensing section;
the first dispensing section adapted to dispense the first split portion, and the second dispensing section adapted to dispense the second split portion.