Surgery – Instruments – Cutting – puncturing or piercing
Patent
1997-02-10
1998-10-06
Dawson, Glenn K.
Surgery
Instruments
Cutting, puncturing or piercing
606185, A61B 1734
Patent
active
058171207
ABSTRACT:
An instrument for implanting hair grafts into a patient's scalp includes an elongate housing adapted to be manipulated by a surgeon during implanting of the hair grafts. The elongate housing has a throughbore extending at least partway therealong from a first end thereof, and has a loading position adjacent to the throughbore for loading hair grafts into the instrument. A cutting device is affixed to the first end of the elongate housing by which the surgeon may make an incision in the patient's scalp, into which a hair graft is to be implanted. In the instrument, an implanting member is disposed axially movably within the throughbore of the elongate housing, and includes a forwardly projecting finger. The implanting member is movable from a first position in which the finger is positioned adjacent to the loading position so as to be able to load a hair graft, to a second position in which a loaded hair graft is bounded between the finger and the cutting device, and to a third position in which the finger extends beyond the cutting device.
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