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Hair implantation device

  • US 5,989,279 A
  • Filed: 12/10/1997
  • Issued: 11/23/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/10/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An instrument for implanting hair grafts into a patient'"'"'s scalp, said instrument comprising:

  • a housing having an implanting end and adapted to be manipulated by a surgeon during implantation of hair grafts, said housing having a bore extending at least part way thereinto from the implanting end;

    a cutting device at the implanting end of said housing for making an incision into the patient'"'"'s scalp, into which a hair graft is to be implanted;

    a feeding station adjacent the bore and spaced away from the implanting end of said housing, the feeding station including a receiving assembly to receive a cartridge which stores plural hair grafts; and

    an implanting member slidably movable in the bore between at least said feeding station and the implanting end, said implanting member being constructed (1) to receive a hair graft at the feeding station, and (2) to slide the hair graft down said cutting device into the incision made in the patient'"'"'s scalp by said cutting device, said implanting member including a forwardly extending finger that laterally cushions said hair graft during implantation.

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