摘要 |
Method of direct hair implantation consisting in sequentially harvesting single hair follicles from a donor region and directly implanting the same at a recipient region of the scalp, wherein the method employs a hair harvesting instrument with a sterile disposable punch of appropriately small diameter adapted to successively perform cutting of a single hair follicle when it is brought in contact with the root of the hair follicle and is manually rotated around the perimeter of the same. A micro gripper means is thereafter used for the extraction of the cut hair follicle and for loading a forwardly projecting tubular needle of a hair implanting instrument with the extracted hair follicle. A hair implanting instrument is then employed for a selective placement of said hair follicle in the appropriate direction and at an appropriate position on a demarcated recipient region of the scalp. The process of single hair follicle harvesting, extraction and direct implantation is repeated until completion of the planned direct hair implantation procedure.
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