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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 22, 2018
Filed:
May. 21, 2015
Applicant:
Restoration Robotics, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Inventor:
Clifford A. Oostman, Jr., Hansville, WA (US);
Assignee:
RESTORATION ROBOTICS, INC., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/34 (2006.01); A61B 34/30 (2016.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/3468 (2013.01); A61B 34/30 (2016.02); A61B 90/06 (2016.02); A61B 2017/00752 (2013.01); A61B 2090/061 (2016.02);
Abstract
Instruments, systems and methods are provided for efficient loading, indexing and replacement of cartridges for storing, for example, hair grafts. In addition, an improved urging mechanism for expelling hair grafts from a receptacle of a storage cartridge is provided, as well as a method of its operation. Furthermore, cartridges with a plurality of receptacles comprising slots for loading hair grafts are disclosed.