Surgery – Instruments – Cutting – puncturing or piercing
Patent
1995-05-09
1996-12-17
Hafer, Robert A.
Surgery
Instruments
Cutting, puncturing or piercing
606132, 606191, 623 15, A61B 1734
Patent
active
055848516
ABSTRACT:
An instrument for transplanting a plurality of hair grafts into respective pre-formed holes in the skin of a patient, includes an elongate hollow tube having first and second ends, and an open channel extending along a length of the tube, the tube being adapted to hold a plurality of hair grafts, and a dilation device for dilating the pre-formed holes in the skin of the patient, including a spoon-shaped tip extending from the first end of the tube. Additionally, a method for transplanting hair grafts is provided, wherein the tube is loaded with a plurality of hair grafts, and the spoon-shaped tip is successively inserted into the pre-formed holes to dilate same, and sliding the hair grafts into respective, dilated pre-formed holes. In another aspect of the invention, the hair transplant instrument has a multiplicity of channels, each containing a hair graft.
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Hafer Robert A.
Yu Justine
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