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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 30, 2006
Applicant:
John P. Cole, Atlanta, GA (US);
Inventor:
John P. Cole, Atlanta, GA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/50 (2006.01); A61B 17/3205 (2006.01); A61B 17/322 (2006.01); A61B 17/34 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 19/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/32053 (2013.01); A61B 17/322 (2013.01); A61B 17/3403 (2013.01); A61B 17/3468 (2013.01); A61B 17/3496 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00752 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00902 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00969 (2013.01); A61B 2017/3492 (2013.01); A61B 2019/306 (2013.01); A61B 2019/462 (2013.01);
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.