Device for transplanting small diameter hair grafts
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1. A device for transplanting small-diameter hair grafts, comprising:
- a hand-held cutting instrument, the instrument comprising;
a tool-holding body,a rotary cylindrical tool comprising a hollow needle having an axial bore extending therethrough, said tool having an opening at an end concentric with the axial bore for cutting out a graft, the opening having a diameter substantially equal to a diameter of the axial bore of the needle,a motor assembly suitable for driving said tool in rotation with respect to said body, andmeans for extracting the graft by sucking up said graft through the axial bore of the needle, said extraction means comprising a container for intermediate storage of the extracted graft and a collector hose for passing the extracted graft from the axial bore of the needle to said container.
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A device for transplanting small diameter hair grafts using a hand-held cutting instrument having a body holding the tool, a rotary cylindrical tool and a drive assembly capable of driving the tool in rotation with respect to the body. The tool has a hollow end for cutting a graft. The cylindrical tool is a hollow needle with an axial through bore of the same diameter as the hollow cutting end to which it forms an extension. The device extracts the graft by sucking it up through the axial bore of the needle.
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1. A device for transplanting small-diameter hair grafts, comprising:
- a hand-held cutting instrument, the instrument comprising;
a tool-holding body, a rotary cylindrical tool comprising a hollow needle having an axial bore extending therethrough, said tool having an opening at an end concentric with the axial bore for cutting out a graft, the opening having a diameter substantially equal to a diameter of the axial bore of the needle, a motor assembly suitable for driving said tool in rotation with respect to said body, and means for extracting the graft by sucking up said graft through the axial bore of the needle, said extraction means comprising a container for intermediate storage of the extracted graft and a collector hose for passing the extracted graft from the axial bore of the needle to said container. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
- a hand-held cutting instrument, the instrument comprising;
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5. A device for transplanting small-diameter hair grafts, comprising;
a hand-held cutting instrument, the instrument comprising, a tool-holding body, a rotary cylindrical tool comprising a first hollow needle having a first axial bore extending therethrough, said tool having an opening at an end concentric with the first axial bore for cutting out a graft, the opening having a diameter substantially equal to a diameter of the first axial bore, and a motor assembly suitable for driving said tool in rotation with respect to said body;
means for extracting the graft from the first axial bore;
a hand-held apparatus for implanting the extracted graft, said apparatus comprising,a second body, a second hollow needle extending from said second body and having a second axial bore extending therethrough for reimplantation, said second axial bore having a diameter substantially equal to the diameter of the first axial bore, a container for intermediate storage of the extracted graft, and means for inserting the extracted graft intermediately stored in the container into a scalp via said second hollow needle; and
a collector hose for passing the extracted graft from the first axial bore to said container.- View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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