Surgery – Instruments – Cutting – puncturing or piercing
Patent
1997-03-05
1999-11-23
Dawson, Glenn K.
Surgery
Instruments
Cutting, puncturing or piercing
606133, 606131, A61B 1732
Patent
active
059892730
ABSTRACT:
The invention provides methods and apparatus for producing hair transplantation donor strips for use in hair transplantation procedures. According to one exemplary method, a surgical instrument is provided having at least two planar blades, with each blade having a sharpened edge, and with the blades being substantially parallel to each other. The blades are translated along and through an area of the scalp having hair to form at least two parallel incisions in the scalp. The orientation of the blades relative to the hair is adjusted such that the blades are generally aligned at all times with the direction of hair growth for the hair between the blades when the surgeon is making the incisions. A graft of skin having hair is then removed from between the incisions formed by the blades. At least a portion of the graft of skin having at least one hair is then placed into another area of the scalp.
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