Methods and apparatuses for attaching hair using surgical thread
OwnerJeffrey Riopelle, Mark Thomasinventors
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Abstract
A human hair implant procedure involves inserting a length of barbed surgical thread through a cannula so that a first portion including a distal end of the barbed surgical thread is near a distal end of the cannula and a second portion is outside the proximal end of the cannula, then inserting the distal end of the cannula through an entry point of the skin of the human and advancing the cannula under the skin until the proximal end of the cannula is near the entry point of the skin. Then, removing the cannula from under the skin, leaving in position under the skin the first portion of barbed surgical thread which secures a hold to tissue under the skin, and finally, attaching hair to the second portion of barbed surgical thread.
Claims6
A method for attaching hair to a human, comprising:
- inserting a length of barbed surgical thread through a cannula so that a first portion including a distal end of the length of barbed surgical thread is near a distal end of the cannula and a second portion of the length of barbed surgical thread is outside the proximal end of the cannula;
- inserting the distal end of the cannula through an entry point of the skin of the human;
- advancing the cannula under the skin until the proximal end of the cannula is near the entry point of the skin;
- removing the cannula from under the skin, leaving in position under the skin the first portion of the length of barbed surgical thread which secures a hold to tissue under the skin;
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- attaching hair to the second portion of the length of barbed surgical thread.
A method for attaching hair to a human, comprising:
- inserting a surgical thread through a cannula so that a first barbed portion of the surgical thread extends from a proximal end of the cannula through an inner cavity of the cannula to a distal end of the cannula, a second smooth portion of the surgical thread exits the distal end of the cannula and extends from the first portion outside and along an exterior surface of the cannula to beyond the proximal end of the cannula, and a third smooth portion of the surgical thread extends from the first portion to beyond the proximal end of the cannula;
- inserting the distal end of the cannula through an entry point of the skin of the human;
- advancing the cannula under the skin until the proximal end of the cannula is near the entry point of the skin;
- removing the cannula from under the skin, leaving in position under the skin the first barbed portion of the surgical thread which secures a hold to tissue under the skin;
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- attaching hair to the second and third smooth portions of the length of surgical thread.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.