| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 606187000 | Hair or artificial hair injector or anchor | 18 |
| 20100179580 | Anti-Popping Devices and Methods for Hair Implantation - A system and method for implanting follicular units (FUs) into a body surface while suppressing expulsion of previously-implanted FUs. The system is particularly useful to facilitate hair transplant procedures. FUs are implanted in a body surface from an implant tool or needle that may be incorporated within an automated or robotic system, or may form part of a semi-automated or even manual apparatus. An anti-popping member prevents expulsion of the FUs adjacent to the location at which an FU is being implanted. The anti-popping member may be carried on the implant device, or may be a flexible membrane applied to the body surface. If on the device, the anti-popping member may be arranged near the distal tip thereof and may be shaped and mounted so as to conform to uneven body surfaces. | 07-15-2010 |
| 20100234871 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR HARVESTING AND IMPLANTING HAIR USING IMAGE-GENERATED TOPOLOGICAL SKIN MODELS - Systems and methods are provided for orienting a hair harvesting tool relative to a follicular unit to be harvested. Further, systems and methods of implanting follicular units are provided, which are based on the orientation of the existing follicular units or based on pre-determined insertion angle. The provided systems and methods use image processing and image-generated topological skill models. In some embodiments surface fit is performed using, for example, a planar fit, quadric fit, cubic fit, mesh fit and parametric fit. | 09-16-2010 |
| 20110319921 | Hair transplanting device and method for the use thereof - A direct hair transplanting device enabling sequential harvesting of single hair follicles from a donor region and implantation of the same at a recipient zone of the scalp comprising a tubular housing ( | 12-29-2011 |
| 20120179189 | Methods and Systems for Modifying a Parameter of an Automated Procedure - A variety of systems and methods are described which enable quantitative information to be extracted regarding automated procedures, including those performed at a high speed that may require a user input, without having to interrupt the procedure. In addition, these systems and methods serve to provide information on one or more parameters of the automated procedure, whereby they may be modified, if required, to improve the automated procedure or the results from such a procedure. The systems and methods provided are especially useful in automated hair transplantation procedures. | 07-12-2012 |
| 20120245612 | HAIR IMPLANT ANCHORS AND SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USE THEREOF - A hair implant anchor usable with a hair implant anchor deployment device for inserting one or more hairs into a tissue portion is provided. The hair implant anchor includes a holder configured to grip one or more hairs and one or more selectably deployable leaves formed with the holder. When the anchor is in its first configuration prior to implantation of the hairs, the leaves are constrained by the deployment device in a position generally parallel to an insertion axis, and in a second configuration, subsequent to implantation of the hair, the leaves adopt a position extended away from the insertion axis, thereby securing the holder and hair gripped thereby within the tissue portion. The invention also provides a method for use of the anchor, a hair implantation system, a multi-hair implantation system and a hair implantation assembly. | 09-27-2012 |
| 20120289986 | ARTIFICIAL HAIR TRANSPLANTATION METHOD - An artificial hair transplantation method for implanting, directly or indirectly, artificial chemically synthesized filaments into the epidermal layer and the dermal layer of the human scalp features painless incisions and allows hair restoration to be attained in a short period of time, such as a few hours. | 11-15-2012 |
| 20120310267 | Anti-Popping Devices and Methods for Hair Implantation - A system and method for implanting follicular units (FUs) into a body surface while suppressing expulsion of previously-implanted FUs. The system is particularly useful to facilitate hair transplant procedures. FUs are implanted in a body surface from an implant tool or needle that may be incorporated within an automated or robotic system, or may form part of a semi-automated or even manual apparatus. An anti-popping member prevents expulsion of the FUs adjacent to the location at which an FU is being implanted. The anti-popping member may be carried on the implant device, or may be a flexible membrane applied to the body surface. If on the device, the anti-popping member may be arranged near the distal tip thereof and may be shaped and mounted so as to conform to uneven body surfaces. | 12-06-2012 |
| 20130096600 | Hair Restoration - A surgical apparatus for hair removal surgery includes an extraction module, a visualization component and a bridging component. The extraction module includes independently controllable coring and clipping devices. The visualization component acts to align a target hair follicle with the extraction module. The extraction module also includes at least one independently controllable suction port. The instrument also includes a dissection module having a tissue separating device. | 04-18-2013 |
| 20130226212 | Hair transplanting device and method for the use thereof - A direct hair transplanting device enabling sequential harvesting of single hair follicles from a donor region and implantation of the same at a recipient zone of the scalp comprising a tubular housing ( | 08-29-2013 |
| 20130226213 | IMPLANTING APPARATUS - Provided is an implanting apparatus. The implanting apparatus includes: a casing; an implanting needle portion in the casing; a mandrel portion forwardly and backwardly movable in relation to the implanting needle portion; an elastic member disposed between the implanting needle portion and the mandrel portion; a movable portion movable forwards and backwards to move the implanting needle portion; a spring fixed relative to the casing so as to fix a position of the mandrel portion when the implanting needle portion is moved; and a transforming portion movable together with the implanting needle portion for transforming the spring. Therefore, musculoskeletal ailments of medical personnel arising from an excessive use of an hair implanting device may be prevented, and hair implantation may be performed accurately, regularly, swiftly, and without depending on a skill of medical personnel. | 08-29-2013 |
| 20130226214 | HAIR IMPLANTER WITH IMPROVED STRUCTURE OF NEEDLE - A hair implanter is equipped with a tube in which a shaft is disposed movable in an axial direction thereof, a tapered hollow needle extending from a tip end of the tube, and slits extending from a tip of the needle in an axial direction thereof to divide a body of the needle into a plurality of needle strips. The needle strips are so shaped that when the shaft is pushed, it contacts inner surfaces of the needle strips, and when the shaft is further advanced in sliding contact with the inner surfaces of the needle strips, the needle strips will elastically bend radially outwardly. Each of the slits extends toward the base end of the tube across a point at which the shaft contacts the inner surfaces of the needle strips. This achieves smooth opening of the tip of the needle with a small degree of force pushing the shaft. | 08-29-2013 |
| 20140052167 | METHOD OF PREPARING REGENERATED HAIR FOLLICLE GERM FOR TRANSPLANTATION IN WHICH HAIR COLOR IS CONTROLLED, COMPOSITION INCLUDING REGENERATED HAIR FOLLICLE GERM FOR TRANSPLANTATION, AND METHOD OF TRANSPLANTING REGENERATED HAIR FOLLICLE GERM - A method for producing a regenerative hair follicle germ for transplantation, in which a color of hair that grows after transplantation is controlled, includes preparing a first cell mass containing mesenchymal cells; preparing a second cell mass containing epithelial cells; preparing a cell mass containing pigment stem cells; binding the cell mass containing the pigment stem cells to at least one among the first cell mass and the second cell mass, and closely contacting the first cell mass and the second cell mass, at least one of which has been bound to the cell mass containing the pigment stem cells, and culturing them within a support. | 02-20-2014 |
| 20140188150 | HAIR TRANSPLANTER - Disclosed is a hair transplanter which may finely adjust and set the length of a hair transplantation tool, into which a hair root is inserted, according to thicknesses of skin tissue layers within the scalps of individuals during hair transplantation and thus be conveniently used. | 07-03-2014 |
| 20140243870 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ALIGNING HAIR FOLLICLE - Systems and methods for aligning hair follicle are provided. The systems may include at least one piercing member. The piercing member may be configured to pivot about a pivot axis. The piercing member may be operable to translate along a chosen axis, wherein the chosen axis may intersect with the pivot axis. The translation of the piercing member in a first direction may enable the piercing member to pierce through an external surface of a skin, and translation of the piercing member in a second direction may enable the piercing member to retract out of the skin. | 08-28-2014 |
| 20160015424 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR LOADING FOLLICLES - A follicle loading apparatus that is positioned in a follicle supplier and loads a follicle on an inlet of the follicle loading apparatus according to an air pressure, and then the inlet is moved into the follicle supplier so as to accommodate the follicle in the follicle supplier, is provided. | 01-21-2016 |
| 20160030075 | Systems and Methods for Creating Hair Transplantation Procedure Sites - Methods and systems are provided for determining the location of procedure sites, for example hair implantation sites, the method and systems enabling a natural looking randomness to be maintained to achieve a desired density while avoiding previously created procedure sites and existing features. | 02-04-2016 |
| 20160045223 | INJECTOR FOR HAIR IMPLANT WITH AUTOMATIC FOLLICLE SUPPLY FUNCTION - Disclosed is an injector for hair implant, and more particularly, to an injector for hair implant with an automatic follicle supply function which is capable of continuously and automatically supplying follicles so that the follicles are rapidly and easily implanted into a scalp. | 02-18-2016 |
| 20160120574 | DISPOSABLE NEEDLE HAIR TRANSPLANTER - A disposable needle hair transplanter includes: a plunger structure having an outer barrel defining a passage, a plunger assembly having at least one push needle movable within the passage of the outer barrel, and a hair transplantation depth controller drivingly connected with the plunger assembly via a link; a needle having a needle seat connected with the outer barrel and at least one needle tube in which a hair follicle is loadable, the hair transplantation depth controller serving to restrict the depth by which the needle tube is thrust into the scalp; and a hair follicle depth controller having a cylindrical structure fitted around the needle seat and a shaft tube connected with the cylindrical structure and coaxially disposed around the needle tube. The hair transplantation depth controller is disposed around the shaft tube and movable along the shaft tube toward or away from the scalp. | 05-05-2016 |
