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7627157 System and method for classifying follicular units  
A system and method for classifying follicular units based on the number of hairs in a follicular unit of interest comprises acquiring an image of a body surface having a follicular unit of...
7621934 Methods of harvesting and implanting follicular units using a coaxial tool  
A method of transplanting a hair follicular units includes aligning a longitudinal axis of a harvesting cannula of a tool assembly with a longitudinal axis of a selected follicular unit, advancing...
7621933 Tool assembly for harvesting and implanting follicular units  
A multi-part tool assembly for harvesting and implanting follicular units, comprising an outer cannula having an open, tissue-piercing distal end, and an inner cannula coaxially positioned in a...
7481820 Tissue graft support apparatus  
A tissue graft holder comprising a tray having a plurality of compartments for supporting tissue grafts and a hydrating solution, a channel connecting each compartment to an edge of the tray. The...
7477782 System and method for classifying follicular units  
A system and method for classifying follicular units based on the number of hairs in a follicular unit of interest comprises (i) acquiring a digital image of a body surface having a follicular unit...
7452367 Method and apparatus for transplanting a hair graft  
A hair transplant apparatus and method capture a hair graft into a hair graft chamber readily aligned for implantation into the human scalp. The hair graft can be placed into the hair graft chamber...
7144406 Hair transplant device  
A hair implantation instrument herein employs a simple means for capturing a hair graft in a needle in a position for implantation into a scalp and an escapement mechanism for withdrawing the...
7130717 Hair transplantation method and apparatus  
A hair transplantation method and apparatus utilizes a robot, which includes a robotic arm, having a hair follicle effector associated with the robotic arm.
6585746 Hair transplantation method and apparatus  
A hair transplantation method and apparatus utilizes a stereotactic robot, which includes a robotic arm, having a hair follicle introducer associated with the robotic arm.
6468288 Instrument for implanting hair grafts and other objects into the epithelium of an animal  
An implantation device is disclosed. The implantation device includes a curved main shaft having a first end and a second end, and a removable penetrating tip fitted onto the second end of the main...
6461369 Hair transplanter  
The present invention discloses a hair trasplanter. A needle to be inserted into a scalp has a pointed end portion to reduce damage of the scalp, and a guide plate in adhered to an end portion of a...
6270511 Hair transplant implanter and template system  
A system for use in implanting hair grafts in tissue and for preventing the corruption of implanted hair grafts during the implantation of further hair grafts is provided. The system includes a...
6197039 Triple pointed micro knife  
A surgical implement employs first, second and third like elongated thin vertical closely spaced apart cutting blades. Each blade terminates at its upper end in an arrow head type point. All of...
6120521 Dilator/hair implantor device  
The present invention provides a dilator/hair implanter device comprising a wedge-shaped hollow body, said body having one end for engageably penetrating the scalp of a patient and wherein said...
6110189 Device and method for implanting hair grafts  
A device and method for implanting hair grafts into a patient's scalp is disclosed. The device includes guides, each having an internal passage, which extend downwardly from a base. Spikes extend...
6090142 Hairpiece attachment implant  
A hairpiece attachment implant is taught wherein a subdermal base is implanted below the epidermal layer of the scalp and transdermal posts protruding through the scalp's epidermal layer provide...
6059807 Device for implanting small-diameter capillary grafts  
A device for implanting a small-diameter capillary graft into the scalp, comprising a hollow needle pierced by a throughbore having a smaller diameter than the graft and suitable for gripping, by...
6056736 Device and method for loading hair grafts into a cartridge  
A device and method are provided for loading harvested hair grafts into a cartridge which includes a fixture to hold the cartridge receiving the grafts. A vacuum source imposes a differential...
5989279 Hair implantation device  
A system for transplanting hair grafts from a donor region of a patient's scalp to a recipient region of the patient's scalp. The system includes harvesting N (N≥21) strips of skin containing...
5972014 Crico thyrotomy punch set  
A thyrotomy punch set is provided including a housing having a bore formed along a central axis thereof. A punch includes a rod slidably situated within the bore of the housing with an outboard end...
5968097 Elastic device for extending living tissue and having large capacity for elongation  
A device for extending living tissue includes at least two rigid supports that respectively have a plurality of hook-like barbs on one end thereof for attachment to the skin, each point of...
5951572 Method, apparatus and kit for performing hair grafts  
A device and method are set forth for performing hair grafts which includes a housing, plunger with a needle, and a carriage containing an inventory of hair grafts to be placed. The plunger is...
5922000 Linear punch  
A hair transplant scalp punch comprising a handle and a plurality of punch elements extending from one end of said handle, each punch element having a proximal end secured to said handle and a...
5895403 Surgical cutting tool  
A surgical cutting tool having a "stepped" or "funneled" axial passageway for the evacuation of tissue plugs. The tool is made of a length of cylindrical surgical steel having an axial bore...
5888202 Uni-root multi-exit hair implant  
Synthetic hair may be implanted using bundles of synthetic fibres joined at their lower end so that they will be firmly anchored in the scalp and not easily pulled out. The implants may be inserted...
5873888 Surgical instrument for the transplantation of self-grown hair  
A hair transplant mechanism in which a cartridge holding numerous hair micrografts feeds a plunger mechanism. The plunger mechanism presses individual hair micrografts through a barrel to be...
5858019 Graft site cutter  
A surgical device comprises a first horizontal flat spongy flexible layer having upper and lower surfaces. A second horizontal flat plastic layer also has upper and lower surfaces, the upper...
5817120 Hair implanting instrument  
An instrument for implanting hair grafts into a patient's scalp includes an elongate housing adapted to be manipulated by a surgeon during implanting of the hair grafts. The elongate housing has a...
5817117 Surgical instrument in the form of a scalpel and guide for making perfectly circular incisions  
A surgical apparatus for making perfectly circular incisions comprises a cylindrical post; a ring supported at the bottom of the post for engaging a surgical site to be incised; a guide mounted for...
5797945 Hemostatic dilator  
A hemostatic dilator including a top handle extent with an intermediate surgicell extent coupled thereto. The intermediate surgicell has a helix integrally formed along an entire length thereof for...
5782853 Surgical handle for surgical blades and punches  
A surgical handle according to the present invention accommodates a plurality of surgical implements used in hair transplantation procedures. In particular, the surgical handle accommodates both...
5782851 Hair transplantation system  
A system for transplanting hair grafts from a donor region of a patient's scalp to a recipient region of the patient's scalp. The system includes harvesting N (N≥1) strips of skin containing...
5782843 Apparatus for implanting hair-roots, and a device for placing hair-roots on a conveyor belt for use in the apparatus  
A system for the mechanical implanting of hair roots into the skin has a movable magazine for receiving skin grafts. A skin graft extraction apparatus has a frame that holds a piece of skin for the...
5723009 Device for extending living tissue  
A method for extending skin tissue involving an apparatus that it surgically implanted within the human body, and in particular, beneath the scalp area to extend hair producing tissue for reducing...
5697979 Method and apparatus for securing a hair prosthesis to the human head  
The present invention addresses the disadvantages of the prior art by using an osseointegrated mounting structure to secure the hair prosthesis to the scalp. This structure comprises an implant...
5693065 Frontal sinus stent  
A self-retaining stent made of medical-grade silicone rubber that comprises a tube extended into a bulb on one end of said tube, said bulb consisting of multiple, radially-disposed ribs separated...
5693064 Dermal punch for hair transplantation and methods  
In one aspect, the invention provides a method for transplanting hair. According to the method, an instrument is provided having a concentric cylindrical shaft having a proximal end, a distal end,...
5690678 Arrangement for anchoring suture to bone  
A bore is provided in bone, the bore communicating with a slot provided in the bone's cortical layer and with a channel of larger size than the slot located in cancellous bone below the slot. The...
5662714 Device for extending living tissues  
The technical field of the invention is that of making surgical materials implantable in the human body. The extender device (2) comprises at least two independent resilient members (8) each having...
5611811 Micro and mini hair transplant device  
A device for automating hair transplant procedures. The device includes a part for puncturing the scalp, a part for containing the hair grafts to be transplanted, a part for ejecting the hair...
5611810 Hair transplantation apparatus  
In one aspect, the invention provides a surgical handle assembly including an elongate cylindrical sheath having a proximal end, a distal end, and a central lumen therebetween. A chuck member is...
5601571 Surgical fastener implantation device  
A fastener implanting device used to implant a head portion of a "T" or "H"-shaped fastener within a body. The device has a needle portion and a grip portion. The needle portion encloses a...
5584851 Hair transplant instrument and method for transplanting hair grafts  
An instrument for transplanting a plurality of hair grafts into respective pre-formed holes in the skin of a patient, includes an elongate hollow tube having first and second ends, and an open...
5584841 Instrument for implanting hair grafts  
A method of and instrument for use in micrograft implantation of hair grafts which typically include only one or at most a few hair follicles. A scalp incision is made with the tip of a...
5578054 Method for hair transplantation  
The invention provides a device and method for the surgical transplantation of hair. According to the method, an instrument having a shaft and a blade that is attached to the shaft normal to the...
5545224 Cranial implant hairpiece retainer system  
A hairpiece system, comprising (a) at least one fixation assembly, comprising a cranial implant having a threaded portion at a first end thereof and a head at a second end thereof, a percutaneous...
5470337 Surgical fastener  
A surgical fastener for securing a hollow organ to an outer tissue layer. The surgical fastener includes first and second opposing fastener heads, a filament portion extending between the first and...
5439475 Tissue grafting method using an apparatus with multiple tissue receiving receptacles  
A cosmetic procedure for hair transplantation is carried out with an apparatus (50) comprising a magazine (52) with a plurality of compartments (53) each containing a sample of de-epithelialized...
5395354 Vaginal speculum and fluid collector for endoscopic surgery  
A malleable vaginal speculum is manually shaped to dilate the inner contour of a vagina sufficiently to allow manipulation of endoscopic surgical instruments within the vagina. The malleable...
5360447 Laser assisted hair transplant method  
A hair transplant procedure is described which includes preparing a plurality of hair plugs from a donor site on the scalp. A corresponding number of incisions are drilled into the hairless...
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