US 9,314,082 B2Granted

System and method for extraction of hair follicle

AssigneePiloFocus, Inc.

InventorsCarlos K. Wesley, Trevor K. Lewis

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Abstract

Systems and methods for extracting hair follicle from underneath an external surface of the skin are provided. The systems may include a first member and a counter pressure device. The first member may define a first bore and may have a longitudinal axis. A portion of the first member may be configured to be moved below an external surface of a skin. The first member may be configured to translate at least in a first direction along the longitudinal axis through a tissue and rotate about the longitudinal axis. The counter pressure device may be configured to interface with at least the external surface of the skin such that the tissue is disposed between the first member and the counter pressure device. The translation and rotation of the first member may result in cutting at least a portion of the tissue.

Claims14

Dependent claims

A system configured to extract a tissue from underneath an external surface of a skin, the system comprising:

a first system configured to extract the tissue, the first system extending along a first longitudinal axis, the first system including:
a first member defining a first bore extending along a longitudinal axis, wherein,
at least a portion of the first member is configured to approach the tissue from beneath the external surface of the skin;
the first member is configured to translate at least in a first direction along the longitudinal axis of the first member through the tissue and to rotate about the longitudinal axis of the first member so as to cut at least a portion of the tissue;
and
a second system configured to alter an alignment of the tissue, the second system being coupled to the first system and extending along a second longitudinal axis parallel to and spaced apart in a superior direction from the first longitudinal axis of the first system, the second system including:
a counter pressure device configured to extend from the second longitudinal axis towards the longitudinal axis of the first member so as to interface with at least the external surface of the skin when the tissue is disposed between the first member and the counter pressure device.

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A system configured to extract a tissue that includes at least one hair follicle from underneath an external surface of a skin, the system comprising:

a first system configured to extract the at least one hair follicle, the first system extending along a first longitudinal axis, the first system including:
a first means for making a channel, the channel comprising a proximal end and a distal end, such that at least a part of the tissue comprising the at least one hair follicle is within the channel, and the proximal end and the distal end are configured to approach the tissue from underneath an external surface of the skin;
a second means for clipping at least a part of the tissue within the channel
a second system coupled to the first system, the second system extending along a second longitudinal axis parallel to and spaced apart in a superior direction from the first longitudinal axis of the first system, the second system including:
a depth limiting means for configuring a distance between the distal end of the channel and the external surface of the skin.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 14/272,990Filed 8 May 2014 · continuation in part
Priority: 17 Sep 2009
Published: US 2014/0236181 A121 Aug 2014
Granted: 19 Apr 2016
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification14 codes

A45D 26/0057
Hair-singeing apparatus; Apparatus for removing superfluous hair, e.g. tweezers: with multiple elements having a translatory movement parallel to…
A61B 17/320016
Surgical cutting instruments: endoscopic cutting instruments, e.g. arthroscopes, resectoscopes
A61B 17/32002
Endoscopic cutting instruments, e.g. arthroscopes, resectoscopes: with continuously rotating, oscillating or reciprocating cutting instruments
A61B 17/32053
Excision instruments: punch like cutting instruments, e.g. using a cylindrical or oval knife

Family

Application61/243,271Us provisional application · filed 17 Sep 2009
Application13/496,905Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 30 Apr 2012
Application61/673,143Us provisional application · filed 18 Jul 2012
Application13/654,252Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 17 Oct 2012
Application61/821,098Us provisional application · filed 8 May 2013
US 2014/0236181 A1Pre-grant publication · published 21 Aug 2014
US 8,998,931 B2Parent of this continuation-in-part
US 2012/0215231 A1Published application
US 2013/0096600 A1Published application
US 9,364,252 B2Related patent
US 9,314,082 B2This patent

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