Follicular extraction punch and method
OwnerJohn P. Coleinventor
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Abstract
Provided herein is an instrument and method useful to incise in to the skin to a precise depth and at a specific angle with respect to the surface of the skin of a patient, for the extraction of individual follicular groups or individual follicular units. An instrument according to the invention precisely limits the depth of incision, and creates a circular incision around a hair, follicular unit, or follicular cluster in a manner such that no damage occurs to any of the hair shafts.
Claims21
1-37. (canceled)
An apparatus to extract one or more hair follicles from skin tissue, the apparatus comprising:
- a nipple end portion, the nipple end portion having a length dimension and further including a bore disposed therethrough having an axis approximately parallel to the length dimension;
- a dissection punch to extract the one or more of the hair follicles from the skin tissue via the bore, the dissection punch being disposed within the bore and comprising a cutting edge to pierce the skin tissue.
An apparatus to extract a follicular unit from an area of skin, comprising:
- a main body comprising a handle to be gripped by an operator, the main body having first and second ends;
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- at least one punch to score an area of skin and to extract the follicular unit from the area of skin, the at least one punch to be disposed at the first end of the main body.
An apparatus to extract one or more hair follicles from skin tissue, the apparatus comprising:
- means for gripping the apparatus by an operator;
- means for scoring the skin tissue;
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- means for extracting the one or more of the hair follicles from the skin tissue.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.