US 12,279,946 B2Granted

Hair implants comprising enhanced anchoring and medical safety features

AssigneeLoria Hair Implant Company LLC

InventorVictor Loria

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Abstract

A hair implant suitable for subcutaneous implantation is provided having an anchor comprising an anchor body, and at least one collagen receiving structure selected from the group consisting of at least one tunnel disposed through the anchor body and an external surface feature of the anchor body. The anchor further comprises at least one hair strand projecting from a distal end of the anchor body, wherein the at least one collagen receiving structure is configured to support collagen ligature growth after subcutaneous implantation of the hair implant to anchor the anchor to a hair implant recipient, and the collagen receiving structure is free of hair. A fracture line in the anchor body allows the body to fragment, thereby releasing collagen ligatures and allowing the implant fragments to “release” and fall out of the skin. The at least one hair strand may comprise a primary hair element with emerging hair elements.

Claims4

Dependent claims

A hair implant suitable for subcutaneous implantation, comprising:

(a) an anchor comprising:
(i) an anchor body having a distal end and a proximal end;
and
(ii) at least one collagen receiving structure selected from the group consisting of at least one tunnel disposed through the anchor body;
and
(b) at least one primary hair element having a first end formed in said distal end of said anchor body and having a free end, opposite said first end and wherein said at least one primary hair element further comprises at least one emerging hair element that originates from said primary hair element at a predetermined distance above said distal end and wherein said at least one emerging hair element comprises a free end that is positioned at an elevation above said distal end which is the same elevation as an elevation that said free end of said primary hair element is positioned above said distal end;
and
wherein the at least one collagen receiving structure is configured to support collagen ligature growth after subcutaneous implantation of the hair implant so as to anchor the anchor to a hair implant recipient, and the collagen receiving structure is free of hair.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 17/433,324Filed 28 Feb 2020 · continuation in part
Priority: 31 Jul 2017
Published: US 2022/0226101 A121 Jul 2022
Granted: 22 Apr 2025
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification17 codes

A61F 2/10
Prostheses implantable into the body: hair or skin implants
A61F 2002/0086
Special surfaces of prostheses, e.g. for improving ingrowth: for preferentially controlling or promoting the growth of specific types of cells or…
A61F 2220/0008
Fixations or connections for prostheses classified in groups A61F2/00 - A61F2/26 or A61F2/82 or A61F9/00 or A61F11/00 or subgroups thereof:…
A61F 2220/0016
Fixation appliances for connecting prostheses to the body: with sharp anchoring protrusions, e.g. barbs, pins, spikes

Family

Application15/665,369Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 31 Jul 2017
Application15/718,637Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 28 Sep 2017
US 9,993,334 B1Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 12 Jun 2018
PCT/US2018/044298Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 30 Jul 2018
US 10,105,212 B1Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 23 Oct 2018
Application16/293,171Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 5 Mar 2019
Application16/552,740Parent of this continuation · filed 27 Aug 2019
US 10,561,490 B2Parent of this continuation · filed 18 Feb 2020
US 10,682,223 B2Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 16 Jun 2020
US 2022/0226101 A1Pre-grant publication · published 21 Jul 2022
Application16/552,740Parent of this continuation-in-part
US 2019/0254806 A1Published application
US 2019/0380827 A1Published application
US 12,279,946 B2This patent

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