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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 07, 2006
Filed:
Apr. 16, 2004
Bernard H. Cohen, Miami, FL (US);
Bernard H. Cohen, Miami, FL (US);
Bernard Cohen Technology, LLC, Miami, FL (US);
Abstract
The method for isolating an area of hair-bearing skin and measuring a combined cross section of hair in the area comprising the steps of: preparing a pre-measured site on the scalp; isolating a standardized bundle of uncut hair at the site; compressing the bundle of hair with a measurable load while simultaneously measuring the height of the bundle of hair with a piston and cylinder device. One embodiment of the device comprises a body having a slot for receiving a bundle of hair, an anvil positioned adjacent said slot, and a mechanism for causing relative movement between the body having the slot and the anvil thereby to compress a bundle of uncut hair received in the slot against the anvil.