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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 19, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 22, 2021
The General Hospital Corporation, Boston, MA (US);
Walfre Franco, Westborough, MA (US);
Esmeralda Ibarra-Silva, Boston, MA (US);
William A. Farinelli, Boston, MA (US);
Joshua Tam, Boston, MA (US);
Richard Rox Anderson, Boston, MA (US);
Lynn Drake, Boston, MA (US);
Sandeep Korupolu, Boston, MA (US);
The General Hospital Corporation, Boston, MA (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods are provided for performing a hair transplant using a hair transplant device. The hair transplant device comprises an extraction unit including a coring needle configured to extract at least one hair follicle from a donor site, an implanting unit removably coupled to the extraction unit, the implanting unit including a splitting needle configured to create an opening in a recipient site, a housing coupled to the extraction unit, and a user interface extending from the housing and moveable relative to the housing. The user interface includes a pin movable within the coring needle relative to the housing.