发明名称 |
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR HARVESTING, STORING, AND IMPLANTING HAIR GRAFTS |
摘要 |
A system and method for harvesting, storing, and implanting biological units, in particular hair follicular units (FUs). The system is particularly useful to facilitate hair transplant procedures. FUs are harvested from a body surface, either attached to a patient or in a strip of removed tissue, and shuttled into a cartridge having a plurality of receptacles. The receptacles are open in a distal direction toward a removal tool, but a cover over the proximal ends of the receptacles prevents the FUs from continuing out of the cartridge. The cover is made of a permissible medium, which may be fluid permeable and/or puncturable. One way to shuttle the FUs is to provide a pressure differential, such as by applying suction to the proximal end of a receptacle. The shuttle subsystem may be incorporated within an overall automated or robotic system, or the shuttle subsystem may form part of a semi-automated or even manual apparatus. |
申请公布号 |
CA2790776(A1) |
申请公布日期 |
2009.04.09 |
申请号 |
CA20082790776 |
申请日期 |
2008.08.21 |
申请人 |
RESTORATION ROBOTICS, INC. |
发明人 |
OOSTMAN, CLIFFORD A., JR. |
分类号 |
A61B19/00;A01N1/02;A61B17/00;A61F2/10 |
主分类号 |
A61B19/00 |
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