Apparatus for automated differential hair transplant
First Claim
1. An automated apparatus for hair transplantation of at least one hair follicle, comprising a robot with at least one articulated mechanical arm and adapted to be positioned perpendicularly and adjacently in relation to a patient'"'"'s head, comprising in association with the mechanical arm:
- (i) a tool assembly for differentially extracting, selecting and implanting the at least one hair follicle with administration of local and phased anaesthesia, and(ii) a computerized interface for analysis of hair follicles, through artificial vision,wherein the tool assembly comprises an extraction tool and an implantation tool, wherein the extraction tool comprises at least one cylindrical internal tube for collecting the hair follicles and at least one external cylindrical concentric tube for puncturing the skin and the implantation tool comprises at least one needle and at least one cylindrical adjacent tube containing the at least one hair follicle to implant; and
wherein a channel system with suction and vacuum for selectively conducting hair follicles extends from the extraction tool to the implantation tool.
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Abstract
The present invention relates to an apparatus for automated hair transplantation through the well-known extraction technique of capillary units or FUE, comprising the morphological analysis of hair follicles in real-time by means of artificial vision, mapping of points for extraction and implant, simulation of the final result, a system of local anaesthesia, global, simultaneous or in sequential phases, at least one articulated mechanical arm associated with a tool for differentially extracting and implanting hair follicles.
The present invention is useful to reduce the time and cost associated with the intervention, improve the quality of the operation and the final result, in terms of capillary density, contemplating the study of cell differentiation of follicles with the required estimate of time required regarding the growth. Minimizes the positional discomfort of the patient, the pain associated with the administration of anaesthesia, among other inconveniences usually experienced by the patient in this type of intervention. The present invention is useful for diagnosis, treatment and hair transplantation procedures.
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14 Claims
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1. An automated apparatus for hair transplantation of at least one hair follicle, comprising a robot with at least one articulated mechanical arm and adapted to be positioned perpendicularly and adjacently in relation to a patient'"'"'s head, comprising in association with the mechanical arm:
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(i) a tool assembly for differentially extracting, selecting and implanting the at least one hair follicle with administration of local and phased anaesthesia, and (ii) a computerized interface for analysis of hair follicles, through artificial vision, wherein the tool assembly comprises an extraction tool and an implantation tool, wherein the extraction tool comprises at least one cylindrical internal tube for collecting the hair follicles and at least one external cylindrical concentric tube for puncturing the skin and the implantation tool comprises at least one needle and at least one cylindrical adjacent tube containing the at least one hair follicle to implant; and wherein a channel system with suction and vacuum for selectively conducting hair follicles extends from the extraction tool to the implantation tool. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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