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Apparatus for automated differential hair transplant

  • US 10,449,033 B2
  • Filed: 05/30/2014
  • Issued: 10/22/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/30/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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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:

  • (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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